Meltaways - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. milk chocolate or milk chocolate coating
2/3 c. whipping cream
1 Tbsp. warm melted shortening
1/4 tsp. oil of peppermint
milk chocolate
green coating

Preparation

Melt the 1 pound chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot water.
Remove from heat as soon as it is fully melted.
In a small saucepan, bring whipping cream to a boil; measure the temperature with a candy thermometer.
Let whipping cream cool to about 150\u00b0, about 1 minute.
Pour the warm, melted chocolate into a large mixing bowl; add melted shortening and mix well.
Add flavoring to hot cream; add the hot cream at one time to the chocolate.