Chocolate-Covered Almonds

3 cups almonds
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
28 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
1 cup powdered sugar
Mix almonds, sugar, water in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat for
about 5 minutes until mixture has a sandy texture and coats the almonds.
(While stirring, push mixture up the sides to make sugar crystalize.)
Spread almonds on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and
freeze.

Warm chocolate until just melted (about 88 F). Put almonds into a bowl and
pour 1/2 of the chocolate in and mix vigoriously to keep almonds from
clumping together. Add the rest of the chocolate and continue to stir
until almonds are well coated.

Roll almonds in powdered sugar to coat.