How to Make Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans With Cointreau

Chocolate covered coffee beans are a delectable treat, a mixture of the bitter crunch of roasted coffee bean and the sweet, rich chocolate coating. Adding Cointreau, an orange-flavored liquor, introduces a citrus note to the chocolate covered coffee beans. A chocolate ganache recipe infused with Cointreau is the best method to introduce Cointreau to a recipe adored by coffee lovers.

Things You'll Need

  • Roasted coffee beans
  • Bittersweet chocolate
  • Whipping cream
  • Unsalted butter
  • Cointreau
  • 2 saucepans
  • Glass bowl that will fit over one of the saucepans
  • Wax paper

Instructions

    • 1

      Measure out 1 cup of roasted coffee beans, 1/4 cup of whipping cream and 3/4 cup of chopped bittersweet chocolate.

    • 2

      Put about 3 inches of water in one saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer, put the glass bowl on top of it, and add the bittersweet chocolate and a tablespoon of unsalted butter. Mix until melted. Add 1 tbsp. of Cointreau to the mixture and combine thoroughly.

    • 3

      Warm the whipping cream in another saucepan, but do not let it come to a boil. When the cream is warm, pour it into the chocolate mixture and combine thoroughly.

    • 4

      Toss 1 cup of roasted coffee beans into the chocolate and stir until they're completely coated. Use a slotted spoon to remove the coffee beans from the glass bowl, and place on a sheet of wax paper to cool and harden. Remove from the wax paper and serve when ready.

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