In Which: Melted Chocolate Proves Hard to Control

A while ago -- it feels like years, but it might only have been one -- my mother gave me this recipe for edible dreidels. I finally got around to making them this year, and in doing so I discovered that a career as a chocolatier is probably not in my future. Melted chocolate is globby! And there is a fine line between melting it and burning it, which I managed only by dumb luck to stay on the correct side of. But, although my dreidels do not look quite as delicate and, uh, dreidel-like, as the ones in the picture I was aiming for, they are still pretty sweet. Literally. Hahaha.

Also, because I had some extra ingredients, I made some chocolate-covered pretzels, pictured here coming out of some kind of space vortex:

I did not manage to use the two ounces of white chocolate, so I left it out just for fun. And it was fun:

Yes, I am the biggest ever dork for taking an actual video. But come on. That is kind of awesome.