Leftover chocolates

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

hiya - what can i do with THREE tins of chocs? i dont want to give them away as they were xmas pressies and i dont want to eat them as they are as i'll finish the whole tin and im on a diet so thats not good. My mum said to melt some down to make krispie cakes for my DD and sisters kids but is there anything else i can do with them (that wont make me pile on a stone lol)

raphanius

I use the toffee pennys from quality street to make toffee apple pie. just a standard apple pie with cut up toffee pieces added to the filling for extra yum. healthier and kinder on the teeth than just munching through toffees.

buxtonrabbitgreen

I have quite a lot of chocs too. I am trying not to eat too many of them either. I haven't thought of doing anything except leaving them around where my (damn them) thin kids and oh can eat them. I have eaten far too much this last few days and have made myself go out for a bike ride today.

frugalswan

I'm trying to limit myself to one chocolate a day as I have the same problem. It isn't working though, and they're calling me.

If you have fudgy ones or truffles, I bet they'd be lovely chopped up and added to ice cream, and chunks of chocolate would be nice chopped up in muffins or biscuits for real luxury.

HTH

VfM4meplse

I can't think of a single recipe that won't add extra calories by incorporating chocolate and you don't want to give them away so I don't know what the answer to your conundrum is!

I am sharing my unopened tin with the office.

I happen to love mince pies but didn't buy any this year. I read a magazine article that said they are just not worth the calories, I knew this to be true and but seeing it in print for some reason struck a chord. Ditto for the chocolates - I might eat a few if they are on the treat table at work, but not the whole lot which is what I would happen if I emptied the tin into my candy jar.

Pink.

mommyme wrote: »

My mum said to melt some down to make krispie cakes for my DD and sisters kids but is there anything else i can do with them (that wont make me pile on a stone lol)

The previous ideas sound good but I'm not sure that there's much that you can do with them that would be low calorie. According to one old styler though, they keep well. I'm afraid I couldn't be that self contained.

I'm thinking of making a £3.99 sweetie bet - will it work?

Pink

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

I dont mean NO calories - just not a full tin melted and eaten lol someone at work suggests cutting up one of the mini bars that you get and putting them into cookies to give the kids. I gave one tin away to sister but swore her not to tell anyone as they will think we're ungrateful for giving presents away!

I cant dish them out at work im afraid. Theres already 4 tins there lol

my sister was going to use hers with her ew choc fountain until she saw how much oil goes in it lol

wonder if they will last till halloween lol

(bro's birthday in feb, maybe i can give him them lol)

sunflower76

Christmas chocolates normally have a really short date on them so that you can't recycle them as gifts later in the year. Take no notice of the date on them and let them last over the next few months. You're bound to get the munchies aty some point while watching TV / having a games evening with the kids etc so I'm sure they won't go to waste.

champys

Hmmm - I received a solid chocolate bar weighing 1 kilo (no kidding) from work. The good thing is it's too big to get your teeth into, they'd break.

I am going to melt some of it down and dip quarters of pear in it for pudding when the neighbours come for dinner this week. The rest will have to wait till DH's weight has restored itself from the Christmas sherry trifle.

noonesperfect

We're still eating Mingles from last Xmas, they're fine. Don't worry about eating them up quickly!

sb44

Buy a roll of sandwich bags (you get 50 on a roll on the Tesco Value ones) and divide your chocs out so that you have a few each week.

Put the bulk of them away somewhere where you find hard to reach to avoid eating more of them.