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40
pastries, 2¼ inches in lengthEasy
By Bo Friberg
Published 1989
The combination of marzipan, chocolate, and rum is found in many desserts and pastries, and for good reason. These ingredients complement and play off one another well. A candy that features the same flavors and is also prepared in a similar way is called branchli (meaning “small branches” in the Swiss-German language). These are made by piping rum-flavored ganache into thin ropes, rolling each rope in a sheet of marzipan to cover, and then brushing melted chocolate over the marzipan