Home made chocolate slabs

gabyjane

Well this is the first one i we did and it looks good..dh has just tested it and said it was really nice..would love to get it smooth ontop though..any ideas?
Thanks

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/gabyjane/CIMG1425.jpg

JordanShannon

gabyjane wrote: »

Well this is the first one i we did and it looks good..dh has just tested it and said it was really nice..would love to get it smooth ontop though..any ideas?
Thanks

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/gabyjane/CIMG1425.jpg

Looks so pretty as it is :beer: Not sure on how to smooth it
Would love to make these for OH and family for Christmas - can't wait til pay day now :j

JS
xxxx

rosekitten

I bought these little metal cases in a
cook shop last year in Llandudno for
65p each but notice they are sold
everywhere.they are 3.5 inches
diameter and have a loose bottom,I cut
out a circle of greaseproof and placed
it on the inside so they were easy
to get out and I just peeled of the
greaseproof.I found some of these
tins in smaller sizes so going to try
some smaller ones

alyssa_liss

gabyjane wrote: »

Well this is the first one i we did and it looks good..dh has just tested it and said it was really nice..would love to get it smooth ontop though..any ideas?
Thanks

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/gabyjane/CIMG1425.jpg

that looks good

i sort of wobbled the tin to make the chocolate smoother (gently though lol)

ginnyknit

Gabyjane that looks fab,I think if you dip a palette knife in hot water and run over the top when its nearly set it will smooth it out for you but it looks good as it is!

shelly

gabyjane wrote: »

Well this is the first one i we did and it looks good..dh has just tested it and said it was really nice..would love to get it smooth ontop though..any ideas?
Thanks

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t134/gabyjane/CIMG1425.jpg

I'm not an expert but it looks to me like the white choc was swirled into the brown choc when the brown choc had set too much.
Could you do smaller test samples and add the white choc sooner?

Though personally I like the fact it isn't perfectly smooth on top. Looks more handmade rather than shop bought.

nikki2804

Forgive me if this has already been asked:

Thorntons do a (small) chocolate slab with fudge peices in it and I was hopefully going to recreate it (i emphasize hopefully) Does anyone know where I can get little fudge peices?

Thanks in advance :j

cumbrianshopaholic

Thorntons used to sell the mini fudge pieces in the kiddies bags... not sure if they still do or you could try to cut up a bigger piece of fudge.

cumbrianshopaholic

cumbrianshopaholic wrote: »

Thorntons used to sell the mini fudge pieces in the kiddies bags... not sure if they still do or you could try to cut up a bigger piece of fudge.

just checked on their website and they still sell them 69p per bag.

http://www.thorntons.co.uk/ThorntonsSite/product/Childrens%20Treats/4884.htm

nettles77

sorry theres too many pages to read thru so was just wondering does the cooking chocolate taste ok? also where can i buy the moulds? Seen something about tempering, whats all that about? thansk.