Better Chocolate than Never

I believe the best recipes are those which serve as tools of self-expression. So from my black, nutty, shriveled up heart I give you the Confexecutioner's Valentine's Day Massacres:

Take a dozen whole prunes (pitted, preferably by you) and place an almond where each pit used to be. Place one in each of a dozen mini-muffin cups, which you should have on hand from making the baconfection recipe from a few posts ago. In a double boiler (don't panic, it's just two pans stacked one over the other with water boiling in the bottom pan) melt about 6 oz of 70% dark chocolate. When the chocolate is smooth and glossy, remove from the heat and gently spoon into the muffin cups until the prune is completely covered. What you do with the leftover chocolate is really none of my business. They need to cool, so pop them in the fridge and try to forget about their dark, seductive allure for at least an hour.

If you eat them all by yourself in one sitting, be reassured that this too shall pass.