My favorite kind of chocolate to work with is cocoa. However, that doesn't work for making dipping chocolate. At least I don't know how to do that. I have several candy recipes I make every Christmas, but Anne's favorite is my Chocolate Bon Bons.

I came across this candy recipe a few years ago. It certainly didn't look like a candy recipe. What candy lists flour among its ingredients? This is the only one I know of.

The title reminds me of my mother's favorite candy of yesteryear. Chocolate covered fondant drops was her candy of choice. She worked in a candy factory in Cleveland, Ohio when she was in her early teens. That was before the child labor laws we have now. She worked on the line that made her favorite candy.

I remember standing on the sidewalk admiring the chocolates in the window of the Gilbert Chocolate Company. A box of their chocolates was a luxury at our house. An open box didn't last long. Someone, I don't know who, would poke each one looking for the soft ones. Only the hard candies remained. No one ever admitted to the foul deed.

This is a very adaptable recipe. Try white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips. Flavor the centers with any of the tasty flavored oils Okie's Pharmacy sells. Make it my way the first time, then experiment with other flavors after that.

CHOCOLATE BON BONS
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup plain flour
2 egg yolks
Few grains of salt (important)
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk
6-oz package chocolate chips or half of 12-oz bag
Prepared chocolate coating of chocolate chips and paraffin

In top of double boiler, mix together sugar, flour and salt. Stir in egg yolk and milk. Use a whisk to beat out any lumps. Add butter. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until thick enough to hold its shape. Remove from heat. Add chocolate chips. Stir until melted. Place in bowl, cover and chill in refrigerator overnight. The next day form into 1 1/2-inch diameter balls. Dip in chocolate coating. Place bon bons on waxed paper lined baking sheet to harden, then store in refrigerator. I don't think they keep very long at room temperature. One reason is that this is Anne's favorite candy.