Home made chocolate slabs

Welsh_Poppy

simpywimpy wrote: »

does anyone know the best place to buy decent chocolate for gifts? Ive heard of modelling chocolate being used but no idea where you would buy it

Sorry no idea on that one

Welsh_Poppy

Yikes though I was on pots of gold thread sorry......

alyssa_liss

where did everyone get there molds from , ive bought some chocolate and smarties but have no mold lol

tescos was £5 thought that may be a little dear hoping to get it cheaper

shelly

alyssa_liss wrote: »

where did everyone get there molds from , ive bought some chocolate and smarties but have no mold lol

tescos was £5 thought that may be a little dear hoping to get it cheaper

My local Poundland sell the small silicone cup cake type moulds. From memory they have about 8-10 in a pack. They also sell decent size butterfly silicone moulds, perfect for a young girl.

alyssa_liss

thanks will have a trip there tomorrow

moneysavingmumofone

ginnyknit wrote: »

Have just found a use for the tiny silicon cupcake thingies from poundland, home made choccies will work really well as you can peel the cases off and have perfect choccies- hope no one else has suggested this already cos I haven't read all the thread yet !

Great idea, 99p store do butterfly and teddy bear moulds too.

Sounds a bit weird but does anyone know if you can add vodka to the chocolate or would it go funny like when you add water to melted chocolate? Or could you add vodka to truffles?
What chocolate does everyone use? I want to keep costs to a minimum as these would just be a little extra gift but I dont want it to taste cheap and disgusting!

Claire_Bear

From experience Sainsbury's basics chocolate is really tasty, and 27p per bar in milk, white and dark. You couldn't tell it's basics at all I made some chocolate mint crunch with it, delicious, although once it's been melted and set again it does melt really quickly when you try to eat it. Will probably be ok if you're making truffles though

laurel7172

Lidl are doing silicone moulds as one of their weekly deals (starting today). There's a springform tin, a Mickey Mouse mould, cupcake moulds and others.

alyssa_liss

i am currently waiting for my base to part set ..... lets see how it goes

Chris25

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

Sounds a bit weird but does anyone know if you can add vodka to the chocolate or would it go funny like when you add water to melted chocolate? Or could you add vodka to truffles?

haven't tried adding vodka to chocolate but would think it would be ok - I have used cointreau, brandy, rum and cream liqueurs before and they've all been fine.....not all together though