Making malt balls

On 7 Dec 2003 01:57:58 -0800, [email hidden] (M.

Tettnanger) said:

What's the basic concept of making malt balls, like Whoppers? I have some brewer's malt, and it
tastes really good. I want to make a candy out of it.

I'm guessing that I mix a bit of shortening in, shape into balls, and bake.

There's some recipes floating around that use malted milk or malted milk powder, but this is -not-
what I'm using. Also most recipes I've found stir chocolate into the mix, forming something that is
not like a real malt ball.

They start out as little rock hard balls of dough and then they're pu into some sort of deep fryer
vacuum that puffs them up. I don't think you'd be able to duplicate them exactly at home. It was on
one of those FoodTV shows.

-sw

sqwertz@clueless-compost said:

(M.Tettnanger) said:

What's the basic concept of making malt balls, like Whoppers? I have some brewer's malt, and it
tastes really good. I want to make a candy out of it.

Malt balls are a type of nougat confection Naturally commercially they're made entirely by machine,
tedious to make at home, so to eliminate the ennui I'd form the nougat into bars.

Chocolate Malt Balls

1/3 cup cocoa 1 1/2 cups sugar
2/2 tsp. salt
3/2 cup malted milk powder
4/3 cup milk
5/4 cup light corn syrup

Mix cocoa, sugar and salt in a pan. Dissolve malt powder in milk. Blend into the cocoa mixture along
with the syrup. Cook to medium soft ball stage (236 degrees) or until syrup forms a soft ball in
cold water. Drop by teaspoon on waxed paper. When cooled slightly, form each into a ball and roll in
chocolate shot.

Quoted message said:

I'm guessing

No, you're LYING... you're a lying little douche ball. <G>

Quoted message said:

<S>They start out as little rock hard balls of dough and then they're pu into some sort of deep
fryer vacuum that puffs them up.</S>

Hey, that's how you started out, but from a little ball of [censored]!

Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

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