Home made chocolate slabs

miss_essex01

I was very inspired by all your choc slabs which all look amazing! well done!
So i decided to make my own i melted the chocolate put my star and heart templates onto a big dish and poured the chocolate into the templates. Put them im the fridge. just now ive tried to take them out but they are stuck.. have i done this all wrong? or is there anyway i can get them out?

thanks

cathys1_2

Leave it to get warm a little and then it should pop out!

s_michaels

From my experience in the kitchen last night melting and crushing things:
Galaxy works well but don't add melted marshmallow to it as they go squishy, although they do taste yummy. Lindt melts really well and is easy to pour but once it has re set it melts in your fingers extremely fast.
Toblerone's go a bit thick and dairy milk goes lumpy.

So that's my experience of different chocolates.

Will keep experimenting though

cookiedough38

s_michaels wrote: »

From my experience in the kitchen last night melting and crushing things:
Galaxy works well but don't add melted marshmallow to it as they go squishy, although they do taste yummy. Lindt melts really well and is easy to pour but once it has re set it melts in your fingers extremely fast.
Toblerone's go a bit thick and dairy milk goes lumpy.

So that's my experience of different chocolates.

Will keep experimenting though

a tough job but someone has to do it!

s_michaels

exactly!! Just as well I enjoy doing it, maybe a bit to much lol. I was melting all kinds of things last night lol :rotfl:

heatherbelle_3

Oh dear - mixed sucess tonight for me in my quest for an affordable valentines gift.
First chocolate with a bit of butter (maybe too much!) and it turned into a clumpy mess - yuck!
Second one (thank god I bought 2 bars!) I just melted - no butter - and it was fine. It is currently in the silicon heart shaped ice cube tray - been 20 minutes and not set yet...

lindadykes

Give it a bit longer, just before Christmas I did a chocolate project with one of my classes and I was really surprised at how long the chocolate took to set, anything up to 4 hours!

hayley83_2

I made this for my OH for valentines day, I used a heart shaped mould from home bargains. There is crushed biscuit in the middle and I've used mini chocolate balls to decorate. My OH seemed pretty pleased with it and has already eaten some

cumbrianshopaholic

Your Heart Cake looks yummy Hayley. I just love Home Bargains and was so pleased when one opened in our town.

Palm_Centro

what a great tip finc.