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Home made chocolate slabs

Quackers
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My 13 year old who is, as usual, skint has made these over the weekend for her friends for Xmas.

She is sooooo proud of them and I can see everyone getting one from her next year. Unless she cannot wait until then and we all get one for our birthday.
Not that I'd be complaining.
Mmmmmm, chocolate
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Chocolate slabs cost £7+ in posh chocolate shops, but irresistible homemade equivalents are super-easy and cheap to make.
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She is sooooo proud of them and I can see everyone getting one from her next year. Unless she cannot wait until then and we all get one for our birthday.

Not that I'd be complaining.
Mmmmmm, chocolate

Official MSE Insert:
Chocolate slabs cost £7+ in posh chocolate shops, but irresistible homemade equivalents are super-easy and cheap to make.
You need:
- A silicone cake or loaf tin
- 2 x bars of cheap milk chocolate (this doesn't work with high quailty chocolate)
- 1 x bars of cheap white chocolate (try Lidl)
- Chocolates to decorate, eg, Maltesers
- A clear bag and some ribbon
To make:
- Melt the chocolate, either in a bain marie or in the microwave (if using a microwave, melt in 30 second bursts and leave 20 seconds between each go).
- Pour into the silicone tray and decorate using the 'extras'.
- Leave in the fridge overnight and once set, pop out of the mould.
- Package in cellophane and tie with a ribbon.
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Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold...But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow...
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They look fab. Her friends will be very impressed im sure!
Well done to your DD
Emma0 -
Arhhh!!! Yummy! she should be proud there lovely! Wouldnt mind one myself!:D
Im just off in amin to make some xmas tree biscuits for my nephew!:DMake £5 a day JAN £121/175 FEB £283/175:jWeekly Grocery budget of £35! Jan £95.05/175 Feb £37.53/1750 -
Mmmmm yum, well done mini Quack :T:T:TWork like you don't need money,Love like you've never been hurt,And dance like no one's watchingSave the cheerleader, save the world!0
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awwww - they are great! Tell your daughter well done from me...I have also made some gifts this year - smarties etc are great for the kiddies (and overgrown kids like me lol) but if u wanna do some for the grown-ups, add some chocolate covered coffee beans or nuts...... or my personal fave is swirling white,dark and milk chocolate together in the slab! Yummmmmm!!!!!! :j :j :jBaldrick, does it have to be this way? Our valued friendship ending with me cutting you up into strips and telling the prince that you walked over a very sharp cattle grid in an extremely heavy hat?0
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oooh they look fab !
how do you make them ?0 -
oooh they look fab !
how do you make them ?
We've got a silicone baking tin thingy. Its a loaf shape.
She just melted some choc and poured it into that. The slabs are about half an inch deep.
Then she put the nuts and smarties on the top.
When it was set she just 'popped' it out.
Then she melted some white choc and put it into an icing bag and iced their names on.
The choc is just wrapped in cellophane and ribbon added.
I think that makes senseSometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold...But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow...0 -
Aww, they are amazing and so personal! What a lovely gift:staradmin:starmod: beware of geeks bearing .gifs...:starmod::staradmin:starmod: Whoever said "nothing is impossible" obviously never tried to nail jelly to a tree :starmod:0
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fabulous idea is she taking orders!!Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes0
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We've got a silicone baking tin thingy. Its a loaf shape.
She just melted some choc and poured it into that. The slabs are about half an inch deep.
Then she put the nuts and smarties on the top.
When it was set she just 'popped' it out.
Then she melted some white choc and put it into an icing bag and iced their names on.
The choc is just wrapped in cellophane and ribbon added.
I think that makes sense
thanks :T
simple but soooooooo effective0 -
A huge well done to your very creative daughter. They look fabulous:j
I think you have a chocolate artist in the making.0
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