Nikas Culinaria

I made these yesterday. When you pop one in your mouth you taste the chocolate and then you bite down on the candied cranberries and your mouth is filled with sweet tart cranberry juice! A very interesting treat.

Cranberry Clusters
Recipe courtesy The Cookworks, 2003
Show: Cookworks
Episode: Christmas Candyland

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Expert
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 2 dozen

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water plus 2 tablespoons
1 1/4 cups fresh cranberries
1 1/4 cups chopped best-quality white chocolate

Special equipment: a candy thermometer

Combine the sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Increase the heat to high and, without stirring, cook until the syrup is golden amber or until a candy thermometer reads between 250 to 265 degrees F (hard-ball stage), about 10 minutes (see Cook’s Note*). Promptly remove the saucepan from the heat.

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