The Secret World Bonbons

I guess it's no secret that I'm a computer game fan as well. I already published one PC game inspired recipe and now I came up with a way to represent the dark urban fantasy MMORPG The Secret World as a dessert.

In the game, there is another world hidden from us. It is  so near, that it is almost tangible. Every tale and conspiracy theory are true in The Secret World. You are one of the chosen ones by Gaia, you are brought to this world to fight the forces of evil that stir beyond the veil. You belong to one of three factions that, while normally enemies with each other, joined forces to fight against the dark threat. The power-hungry Illuminati controlling the North America, the traditionalist Templars based in Europe, and the chaos instigators Dragon that have hold of Asia.

These three societies each don their colour - blue, red and green respectively - yet to our world they are hidden amongst myths. This gave me and idea for a chocolate covered candy that would have three distinct flavours, so you'd never know which you're going to get. Each, of course, would need to have the proper colour too.

So I adapted a recipe from Delicious Gifts, but made cut outs smaller and thinner. I ended up with about 150 bonbons! So, yeah, the people around me should be supplied by chocolate covered bonbons for some time now... Who am I kidding? These bonbons are so good that I'm sure the whole batch will be gone by the end of the week.

I changed the recipe accordingly so you shouldn't end up with more candy than you bargained for :P If you do however, try having the dough twice as thick as I have in my pictures.

The Secret World Bonbons
for about 50 pieces you will need:

• 180ml condensed milk
• 500g confectioner's sugar 
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• green food coloring for Dragon mint
• 1 teaspoon griotte extract
• blue food coloring for Illuminati griotte 
• 1 teaspoon raspberry extract
• red food coloring for Templar raspberry
• 300g dark chocolate, melted

1. Divide the condensed milk into three bowls, 60ml each. Add the extracts and the colouring to each of them so that you have blue, red and green milk separately.
2. Mix each bowl with about 160g of sugar to create a sort of dense dough that you'll need to work with your fingers. It should be malleable but not sticky - add more milk or sugar to adjust its consistency if needed.
3. Roll each dough separately until its a bit less than 1 cm thick and cut out desired shapes with your cookie cutters - circles work the best, make them about 2cms in diameter.
4. Place the shapes on a baking sheet and let them dry for several hours, flipping them at one point.
5. Once ready, prepare the melted chocolate in a double boiler and dip the candy in it (I found it's much easier to do this in a wide bowl because it gives you more space to move the candy around). Take it out with a fork and place it back on the baking sheet. After all the bonbons are covered, let them harden in a cold place.