Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate

Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate. Bittersweet couverture molded and filled with a decadent salted caramel ganache.

Today I bring you Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate bonbons!

I enjoy life most when it takes me to places I had not dreamed, or intended, only to learn it was exactly where I needed to be. Like a wrong turn on a road trip that leads to the juiciest, most perfectly grilled burger. Or missing a train and meeting the ONE on the next. So it has been, with blogging.

I started this blog a few years ago as a creative outlet, a place to document my adventures and mishaps in what was unfamiliar territory at the time, my kitchen. Views, shares, impressions, ads, clicks and SEO had not yet found their way onto the menu. Ahhh, the good old days! The more time I spent in the kitchen, the more my appetite grew for learning. Two years into blogging and the girl who avoided kitchens found herself enrolled in culinary school. HUH!?!

Unlike those whose love of food and its preparation started them blogging, it was blogging that sparked my passion for the culinary arts. I was already a pro at enjoying great food, but the real pleasure now comes from creating, preparing and watching what I make being enjoyed by friends and family. It's oddly intoxicating!

Sew Pretty, my very first blog, which was open to only family and friends, focused on my fashion and interior designs and book club - a few of my other passions. After taking a series of Wilton cake decorating courses at a local craft store on a whim, I Sugar Coat It was born and filled with decorated cakes, sugar flowers and decorated cookies. Smoothies, savouries, frozen fun and pastries were all thrown into the mix, over time. Now, here we are - chocolate, my first and ever-lasting love.

There have been times throughout my blogging years when I've reached the point of shutting it all down - last week, for instance. Blogging is a great deal of work and I do it all on my own, in addition to a full-time career. I enjoy it! It is beyond frustrating, however, to have someone just grab your work, remove your watermarks and pose it as their own. Even worse, when fellow bloggers you admire don't credit less popular bloggers. I could go on and on about the dark, ugly side of blogging, but that's a whole other post.

To keep going, I remind myself of the wonderful folks I've befriended through blogging, the opportunities I've had to work with some great brands, the creative freedom it provides, the exciting paths down which it has led me and the unknown adventures that await.

Now, back to these little Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate gems. Salted Caramel can most certainly hold its own, but when paired with dark (or milk) chocolate as a ganache, it's catapulted to superstar status. Don't take my word for it, whip up a batch and find out!

Check out my Confections page for more chocoliciousness!

Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate

Salted Caramel Ganache Dark Chocolate. Bittersweet couverture molded and filled with a decadent salted caramel ganache.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Servings: 20 bonbons

Author: I Sugar Coat It

Ingredients

• 40 grams water
• 10 grams glucose
• 50 grams sugar
• 137.5 grams cream 35%
• 250 grams dark chocolate like Valrhona Caraibe
• fleur de sel

Instructions

• To a deep pot, add the water, glucose, sugar and cook until caramelized. Remove from heat.
• Warm the cream in a separate pot. Remove from heat and gradually add to the caramelized sugar.
• Stir in salt to taste.
• Place chocolate in a medium bowl. I used discs, but If you buy in blocks, chop finely to allow for faster melting.
• Pour the salted caramel over the dark chocolate and use a hand whisk to stir until combined and smooth.
• Allow to cool at room temperature.
• Once cooled, pipe into prepared molded chocolate, allow to set and then cap. Check out my Dulcey Bonbons post to learn how.

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