How to Make Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans to Give as a Gift

Looking for the perfect gift for a coffee lover in your life? Why not make them some delicious chocolate covered coffee beans? These tasty treats are fast, easy and inexpensive to make and are sure to be a hit with anyone who loves chocolate and coffee (an really, who doesn't?)

Here are some instructions on how to make chocolate covered coffee beans to get you started.

Ingredients:

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cups roasted coffee beans

Supplies:

Wax paper
A double boiler (or two sauce pans - one that is small enough to fit inside the other)

Start by melting the chocolate chips in the double boiler. If you don't have a double boiler you can make your own make-shift one by using two different sized sauce pans. Choose a large sauce pan and a second smaller sauce pan that fits inside the first. Fill the larger sauce pan with water and set the smaller one inside so the bottom of the pan is submerged in the water. Add the chocolate chips to the smaller sauce pan and heat the water underneath it to melt the chocolate without burning it.

When the chocolate has reached a liquid-smooth consistency, pour the coffee beans into it and stir them around until they are completely coated. Use a spoon to carefully remove the beans from the chocolate and set them on wax paper to harden. Be sure that the chocolate covered coffee beans aren't touching each other or they will stick together when they harden.

If any spots on the beans aren't covered with chocolate after you get them arranged on the wax paper, drizzle a small amount of the melted chocolate over the bare spot. Allow the beans to harden overnight. If you want to get really fancy with them you can also melt and drizzle a small amount of white chocolate over them. This makes them look really fancy like gourmet beans.

The following day when the chocolate has hardened package the beans in a pretty jar or box. Tie on a ribbon and include a handwritten note on a gift tag or small gift card. Chocolate covered coffee beans are easy and inexpensive to make but look like a million bucks, making them the perfect gift for any coffee drinker in your life.