Jewel Choc and Knutsford

I can hardly believe that we are halfway through the week already! I'm joining Kathy of Hummingbird Studio at the Lake blog for Food Wednesday.

For part of hubby's Christmas present last year I made him a little chocolate treat. We always shop together so there wasn't much chance of him having a surprise! I had to wait until he went out for a haircut-and then it was a race against time!

What I made was a little treat for him that he loved. He has been asking would I make another so on Monday we worked together to make another.

I used some cheap chocolate from the newsagents so they were a little thinner blocks than I had used previously.

I had been cooking lunch so used the remaining heat in the oven to melt the chocolate - it just needs to be soft enough to move with a skewer.

I swirled it around to mix the two together - dark and white milk - until they looked well mixed (you could just leave the blocks as they are)

I had my prepared 'jewels' ready on a plate

In this case candied peel, chopped cranberries, crushed amaretti biscuit and chopped pecans

Sprinkle the 'jewels' and give a little press

Allow to set - I made room in my fridge.

Finally break up into bite size pieces (or larger!)

The topping is entirely up to you, but nuts always work well, I used some broken chocolate biscuits, raisins and chopped dried apricots with nuts the first time I made it. Of course the chocolate you use can be any combination. 

Ours in in a box at the front of the fridge - but it won't be for long!

Now, I hope Kathy doesn't mind but I am adding some of my photos here.

After we had our walk in Tatton Park we went to Knutsford - one of the main streets is well known for places to eat - almost every other building has food connections.

It is a very interesting town and has a town trail street museum with signs on walls with pictures of old Knutsford.

The tea room is where we had our drinks and cake but as you can see - there is a very good specialist cheese shop in this little area too!!

Thanks for looking, I'll be back later with some Spring flowers, Chris