money saving christmas tips

16011996

i mix half a pack of flavoured hot choc in plain yogurt (low fat) for a choc desert whilset ona diet.

culpepper

You can also roll them in flavoured instant choc drink. My daughter made some one year and we used up the turkish delight flavour ( :-X) from a variety box. Grandad thought they were lovely. ;D
Have also tried the choc orange flavour and put some Cointreau into the truffles. As far as I'm concerned, the boozier, the better

They look posh rolled in chocolate hundreds and thousands

16011996

like they do in shops, great idea.

Galtizz

And dusted in icing sugar or coco powder.

Try a mix of all 3 for a really posh present.

Or, you could also melt some white chocolate and spread it really thinly on some grease proof paper. Once it has set again cut out some small holly shapes stick on top with a tiny bit of glace cherry or a silver ball for berrys. Or am I going to OTT now? It'd look really expensive though. Especially if you put it in a nice box with some tissue paper.

16011996

wow, going to try that with the white chocolate, does it not just break though??

Galtizz

I dunno :-/, I've never actually tried it. Just had a strike of inspiration (doesn't happen much)

I suppose if you cut it when it was set but not hard it might work. Or you could use icing and colour it :-/.

jaybee

Better try it then - at least you can eat the failures (or the bits that break off)! Cook's perks! ;D ;D

16011996

i will do, and ley tou know

Galtizz

;D Sounds like a plan to me.

I know these will be too big for truffles but if you want chocolate shapes buy a chocolate advent calendar (when it has been reduced, of course), take the plastic bit out of the card (eat all of the chocolates ) melt a bar of chocolate and pour into the plastic mould voila home made chocolate shapes. You could use them to decorate Christmas cake or plum pudding or your yule log or anything bigger that you are giving as gifts.

You can save the plastic thing for next year and make shapes to put in a fabric advent calendar.

jaybee

Ooooh, you are clever to think of that!

Rushing off now to add extra chocolate to my shopping list!