Home made chocolate slabs

irishgirl62

oligeo wrote: »

Looks great Sharon, let me know how you get on slicing it.
I'd like mine to be a bit neater than i managed first time.

Sarah

oh i thought i did well i dipped a knife into a cup of hot water and it sliced very well but i must have done it too deep cos when i tried to take it out of the silcone case it broke on the parts where i sliced:rolleyes:

irishgirl62

had a loook on ebay for silcone moulds and found this... it says snowman but looks like a gingerbread woman to me its 5" high and thought that could look good with smarties or mms for buttons and eyes etc what do you think?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silicone-Snowman-5-Mould-Xmas-Cake-Tin-Soap-Candle_W0QQitemZ300336949654QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Carfts_Candle_SoapMaking_EH?hash=item45ed7a2996

katiemcg83

the slabs and pizzas look great. Just wondering if it would be worth trying to score the pizza slices after 20 mins/half an hour of setting??

I think my hubby could well be getting a chocolate pizza for his birthday as well as a 'pimped' big mac for his dinner - thanks to whoever put that link on!

Chris25

catherinevegh wrote: »

Hello there,

However my problem is that it went well they looked great but as soon as you picked them up to put in cello bags they started melting. Has anyone else found this or is there a way to avoid it.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You could try using tongs & put them & the cello bags in the fridge before you use them?

gabyjane

Hi i did this one for my friend yesterday and she loved it! it was really hard and fiddly doing the sellophane so deff going to use the bags from now on! going to do different backgrounds and tried some dif ones yesterday which looked really good.

I had the melting prob too and just kept the whole thing in the fridge.

ellemm

Chris25 wrote: »

there are some instructions and pictures for chocolate peppermint creams here.
For shortening, I'd use white vegetable fat

http://www.joyofbaking.com/candy/PeppermintPatties.html .


Only keep for a month so a bit early for Christmas

Great link thanks, some really lovely recipes on there :T

qwiksave

For those of you that haven't read the whole thread, on page 19 there was an easy-to-make recipe from the Good Housekeeping website to make this:



http://www.allaboutyou.com/food/Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Slab-recipe/recipe


Again, it only keeps for a month so one to make nearer christmas.

JustLittleOldMe_2

ANOTHER great idea from this site!!
I know exactly what everyone is getting from me this christmas!!
And what im giving to myself this christmas... and monday, tuesday, wednesday.....
MMMMmmmmmm

Finefoot

I made one for a birthday boy today, wow!
I used dark chocolate on the bottom, sprinkled with cayenne pepper, then a layer of rice crispies, white chocolate, then milk chocolate on top.

very pleased with the result.

many thanks for the great idea.

LouBlue

Glad to see this thread is still alive and kicking.

Halloween coming up and nice pressies for Christmas.

Time to start making a mess in the kitchen again, I think.