Be Sweet To Your Valentine.

Making homemade Peanut Butter Cups was a culinary "wow" moment.

So when my hubby suggested homemade Twix?

The response was yes. Emphatically yes.

But J does not flippantly suggest without a few thoughts on the matter.

He really likes shortbread.

He would like a Pez dispenser that held small pieces of shortbread,

(his words) not mine.

So of course shortbread should be the base layer.

We topped it with homemade carmel.

While it sat cooling,

we melted ghirardelli chocolate.

Ok. Everything looked great....looks can be deceiving.

Cause right about here is where the train derailed.

The shortbread was too soft & thick to hold together while being chocolate dipped.

J (one cool-headed conductor) suggested ways to coat those crumbly cookies.

We tried a variety of methods and were able 

to salvage a few rows of bars. We basically painted the chocolate on.

The flavor was fantastic - I should add that we sprinkled these with sea salt.

 But I have some tweaking hours ahead.

I want those shortbread to have 

a bit more crunch & a bit less crumble.

What other candy bars should we make???

Homemade candy is a top-notch Valentine gift.