Grown-ups like chocolates too, especially during the holidays, but chocolates that are stronger in flavor, thus darker and less sweet and perhaps saltier and crunchier too, so here are some snow-capped chocolate domes for the winter festivities !

They’re smooth, yet rugged, but not quite like rocky clusters either, despite the open cracks (that are intentional) revealing what’s inside, with white summits, crowning them, like mountains in the winter.

They’re extremely easy to make, if you have silicon molds but what if you don’t ? Then make chocolate clusters instead ! 

I guess all you need to do for the rocky clusters version is to perhaps increase the quantities of peanuts and pretzels, so they hold together better and spread out less and only stir in the white chocolate slivers, to create some pale streaks, only at the end, right before placing a tablespoonful (or perhaps two) of the mixture, onto a sheet of baking paper (in a platter) to create the mounds that will solidify. Maybe you can also sprinkle some grated white chocolate powder on top, right after the cluster mounds are created and still soft.

They won’t look smooth nor round like these, but the taste and satisfaction will be all the same.

Maybe I’ll also try to make some white or milk chocolate versions for the kiddies too, but I must admit that I find that melting white chocolate isn’t the easiest thing for me to do, it almost always clumps ? Oh well. 

Here are some other holiday sweet & salty chocolate recipes you might want to try : mendiants recipe and dried fruits & nuts clusters recipe.

Enjoy these HAPPY HOLIDAY chocolates, preferably with a little whisky or a cognac, to accompany them … :)