Pastry chef and collective internet crush Claire Saffitz took on another challenge: Milky Way bars. Unfortunately, it involves tempering chocolate.
In the latest episode of Gourmet Makes from Bon Appétit, Saffitz had to recreate three key components of the candy bar — chocolate, nougat, and caramel.
As usual, Saffitz underestimated how much reverse engineering would break her.
“I think I got this,” a hopeful Saffitz said early on day two of this project. “I think I’m gonna make it today.”
At that point, there were still 25 minutes of the video left — reader, she did not finish the gourmet Milky Ways. Getting the nougat on point took an entire day. Read more…
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