Last year we made these......Yummy!

black-saturn

I was wondering if you could also save the wrappers off chocolates like Quality Street and reuse them on these?

choccyface2006

Not tried that BS but I bet you could!

Chocmonster7

Is it too early to start making chocolates? I fancy trying to do some truffles but am wondering what they would be like by the time Christmas came around!

highland

Is it too early to start making chocolates? I fancy trying to do some truffles but am wondering what they would be like by the time Christmas came around!

It's too early I'm sure by Christmas they would be eaten. lol :rotfl: sorry not sure if they would keep that long especially if you use cream in the truffles.

Chocmonster7

I'm very good in not dipping into Christmas stocks, helps that I'm the only one in the house.

I've got my eye on doing rum truffle type ones which don't involve cream but I might just start rounding up the dried ingredients and boxes to present them in, etc.

little_lil

we have done these today and we have had great fun, thank you so much choccyface for the idea, i would have spent a fortune on buying chocs to fill our material advent calendar whereas these worked out quite cheap. We also had loads of fun and although the photo doesnt show it my son had choc all up the arm of his pjs - he had to have a bath afterwards :snow_laug

Rachie_B

lol bless him

they look fab

purpleprincess

I used to do this for my son and other kids I knew with food allergies. Would carefully open the top, prise my hands in to release the strips of glue down the mould, empty out the choccies and wash it. Refil mould, use double sided sellotape down back of mould to seal it back into the box and carefully repair the top. Ta Da!... dairy, wheat and/or cocoa free (if you use carob as I had to) advent calendars :j

Hope this helps someone, you have to become quite inventive with kids and allergies...I managed to make an alternative to almost anything as I didn't want my son to miss out more than he had to !

Oh, you can also do this with plastic shape moulds you can buy from cake /craft shops. Used to do two halves of say santa or easter bunny/egg etc and seal them together with allergycare sweets inside. Make/ decorate a nice box and pop it in with tissue or sparkly paper to give it the same wow as shop bought things. (Actually more so I thought )

choccyface2006

Awwwww Little lil, what a cutie!

LJD1_2

This is a great idea. I've bought a material advent calender this year so i'm going to have a go at making these to fill it. I'll have to make quite a few though....one for the children and two for me....one for the children and five for me.......!!!!