yummy!!!

my mom lives in the middle of some orchards and the almonds are falling off the trees right now. a couple weeks ago she sent home a bunch of almonds. the girls and i were trying to figure out what we were going to do with all of them. of course we didnt want them to go bad. well everyone knows chocolate almonds are my favorite thing. i normaly buy the ones from costco but those can get pricey. so i thought it would be a wonderful idea to buy some melting chips and make our own! and that is what we did this afternoon. the girls spent the afternoon shelling the almonds...with daddys pliers :) i melted the chocolate, dipped and set them on plates covered in foil. they are currently hardening in the refridgerator. we used all of the chocolate and have about 6 plates full of almonds. i also have alot of almonds left! i cant wait to pack them up for our trip to monterey tomorrow! maybe i will share ;) so over all i spent about 2.50$ for 6 plates full of chocolate covered almonds!!