Home made chocolate slabs

MrsTinks

preeeeeeeetty!!!

qwiksave

Jem8472 wrote: »

I know that people have been saying to get the shiny effect on chocolate is to use plastic moulds rather than silcon ones. Has anyone tried lining a silcon mold with clingfilm? Would this make the chocs shiny? what do people think?

I have some heart silcon molds but I dont like the dull effect that I get with them would prefer to have a shiny finish.

DON'T DO IT!! Let this be a lesson to anyone making choccies today - it doesn't work! I got the dreaded creased lines all over the heart and the edges weren't nice and smooth.


(click to enlarge if you're not squeamish!)

I was feeling a bit guilty about calling you a her yesterday Jeremy so thought I'd try this out for you, but as you can see it is not the desired effect! (I thought I remember reading early on that cling film didn't give the crinkles but mine certainly did!

LouBlue

dotchas wrote: »

Hope this works!

Thanks to Loublue:T

Here is my first chocy slab.:j

That looks fantastic! :T

Well done to everyone who has been making them today, I expect more pics later. :rolleyes: I shall be starting my mini love hearts in about half an hour...trying to get inspiration with the icing.....:think:

LouBlue

I wish I had found this link earlier!

Will be getting some stuff from it for Easter, I think. :j

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Chocolate-Moulds.html

They do lovely heart shaped cellophane bags here, and loads of stuff. :j

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hearts-Remembered-Cello-Party-Bags.html

And they do Easter Egg cellophone bags.

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/easter-egg-bags-3.jpg

Haven't done my Valentine's Day lot yet, and I've already moved onto Easter. :rotfl:

soblivion

LouBlue wrote: »

I wish I had found this link earlier!

Will be getting some stuff from it for Easter, I think. :j

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Chocolate-Moulds.html

They do lovely heart shaped cellophane bags here, and loads of stuff. :j

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hearts-Remembered-Cello-Party-Bags.html

And they do Easter Egg cellophone bags.

http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/easter-egg-bags-3.jpg

Haven't done my Valentine's Day lot yet, and I've already moved onto Easter. :rotfl:

LouBlue that's where I got my heart moulds from, very quick, reliable service. Works out more expensive to start with but of course you have them for years to come. I made a mistake with my foil wraps though and ordered wrong size for moulds - my own fault it clearly states the sizes but I ignored that bit:p

soblivion

qwiksave wrote: »

DON'T DO IT!! Let this be a lesson to anyone making choccies today - it doesn't work! I got the dreaded creased lines all over the heart and the edges weren't nice and smooth.


(click to enlarge if you're not squeamish!)

qwiksave, I have to say that because of your mould that effect looks rather nice and as if it's meant to be there, I don't think it would look good on others but I think yours looks great.

Rachie_B

soblivion your cookies are fab ! :T

i made some of twinks' "hobnobs" with my charges yesterday

in heart shapes of course they decorated them with melted choc and sprinkles

they taste scrummy ,my first attempt @ twinks recipes,but it wont be the last :beer:

qwiksave

soblivion wrote: »

qwiksave, I have to say that because of your mould that effect looks rather nice and as if it's meant to be there, I don't think it would look good on others but I think yours looks great.

Aah, thanks soblivion, I'm looking at it in a different light now..

Actually, so did my DH this morning, I presented the other side to him which was this:


:rotfl:

qwiksave

Actually 'presented' wasn't the right word - I was still in bed when he went off to work. I left my chocolate and biccy offerings on the kitchen unit for him to discover this morning.

These were the cookies (I kinda like that word! ):


and these were the choccies:

(along with the cute little packet of Love Hearts!)

TBH he doesn't like choccie as much as me so I didn't go too mad - and me and my little boys will help him out!

LouBlue

Awww, they're lovely QS!! :T

Well mine are setting...how FIDDLY! :eek: Think I will do a slab next time, looks easier. The love hearts and Tigger and Piglet ice cube moulds are quite small, and as I wanted to put tiny pieces of marshmallow in the middle, the marshmallows were stuck to my finger, I needed tweezers, but couldn't find them. :rolleyes:

Anyway, I want to put some sprinkles on them but they still look too wet in the fridge, so hope I don't leave it too late otherwise they will just fall off the top. :think: