Alcohol and chocolate

Colxfile

Hello!

For a party I've been invited to, I've been asked to bring something along, so I'm thinking about bringing along some chocolate-covered marzipan balls. I'd like to make them alcoholic, but I'm not sure if there are any spirits that do or don't mix with chocolate too well. (Or with marzipan, for that matter)

For variety purposes, I may do some in white chocolate, some in milk, and some in dark chocolate - with alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions for those who have to drive back later on. But - again - I don't know if I'll end up making something awful. Are there any definite no-nos?

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Ephemera

Do they necessarily have to be marzipan? I'd try making rum truffles or TiaMaria / Cointreau / whisky truffles...

I used to make brandied cherries too..very popular.
Just find a suitable mould (I used a flexible and suitably shaped ice cube mould) to make the cups, poured in a little melted choc and swirled it around, allowing the excess to drip out with the tray upside down. Into each cup when set, I put one glace cherry that had been sitting in brandy for about a week (I put the brandy in the pot, put lid back on, shake it gently from time to time and when I can hear rugby songs from the cherries I know they've had enough!) Allow the cherry to sit for a mo to let any excess liquid drain down, then coat with choc and allow to set, a hot knife drawn over the bottoms of the chocolates gives them a nice finish. Turn them out carefully, any broken ones are for quality control, naturally!

Another thing you can do is mix your chosen liquer with some fondant icing and use that as a filling for chocolate cups.

As a quick thought... you can buy little petits fours choc cups that would be just right with a brandied cherry in the middle and drizzled with a bit of melted choc to finish...

And I'm on a bliddy diet lol