Home made chocolate slabs

cecb

hi,
can anyone help me.

i want to make little choc hearts as christening favours.

how long in advance could i make them??
someone wrote about the choc going whitish if put in the fridge is this right ?
where/ in what would u store them??

many thanks
cecb

Jem8472

I got this off a website The chocs I made today did not get a bloom on them, I dont think there is much to worry about. As long as you dont make them weeks in advance I dont think it will be a problem


Chocolate Bloom

Chocolate bloom is visible by whitish streaks or dots on the surface of the Chocolate and can be the result of two things. One cause of Chocolate bloom is Chocolate that is allowed to get warm, allowing the Cocoa Butters to separate from the Chocolate and rise to the surface in whitish streaks or swirls. This is not a sign that your Chocolate is inedible, just that it does not look as pretty.
Another type of Chocolate Bloom is "Sugar Bloom". Sugar bloom occurs when moisture is allowed to get to the Chocolate (such as in a refrigerator) and the water draws the sugar to the surface as it evaporates, leaving white dots of sugar crystals on the surface of the Chocolate. Though sugar bloom does not affect the taste of the Chocolate, it does result in a somewhat grainy texture.

LouBlue

JellyTot wrote: »

I have taken pics with my webcam on my laptop (don't have a camera- it broke!) and I've tried to attach them (they are saved as a file, or can be found in photobooth..) but when I click on insert image it just asks for a URL. I have no idea what to do! :S

I'll PM you.

LouBlue

qwiksave wrote: »

I got mine a while back from Sainsbury's - which seems to be the one place you haven't mentioned on your list.


How you doing LouBlue?

I'm ok! Haven't put them in any fancy bags yet, doing that tomorrow. Tried to ice one but it was a disaster. :rotfl: Shall stick to icing on large slabs or Easter eggs I think. :rolleyes: OH has tried a couple and said they were delish.

Here they are just out of the fridge anyway.

Love hearts, Tigger and Winnie the Pooh.
Milk choccie, white choccie and dark/mint choccie.

Some of them have tiny bits of marshmallow in them and some have crushed almonds in them, bit of a lucky dip.

piglet29

LouBlue wrote: »

I'm ok! Haven't put them in any fancy bags yet, doing that tomorrow. Tried to ice one but it was a disaster. :rotfl: Shall stick to icing on large slabs or Easter eggs I think. :rolleyes: OH has tried a couple and said they were delish.

Here they are just out of the fridge anyway.

Love hearts, Tigger and Winnie the Pooh.
Milk choccie, white choccie and dark/mint choccie.

Some of them have tiny bits of marshmallow in them and some have crushed almonds in them, bit of a lucky dip.

Wow you are one clever lady!!!!!!!those are great well done.:T

LouBlue

piglet29 wrote: »

Wow you are one clever lady!!!!!!!those are great well done.:T

If you look back a few pages at other pics, you will see that I'm not. But ta anyway.

qwiksave

Oh yes they are!! LouBlue they look great. I bet all the kids big and little will love 'em! :T :T :T

As I said, my icing didn't work out either - so I'm going to stick to those icing tubes - the Barbie glitter ones look even nicer than the plain colours and they are so easy! I'm definately going to use them on any future slabs/choccies I make. Its great they work as a glue too for sticking on h&t's and the like. Additionally I'm also thinking of making two colour choccies, dipping the darker colour ones into white chocolate say... Also, trying different fillings, I LOVED the raisin ones, and marshmallows and choccie are great too, so were malteasers.. (rambles on to herself...)

Edinburghlass_2

LouBlue wrote: »

If you look back a few pages at other pics, you will see that I'm not. But ta anyway.

oh but you are, the way you have talked yourself down I wasn't expecting anything as good, if you know what I mean :T

Edinburghlass_2

I bought some chocolate stirrers in Bruges for making hot chocolate drink and this is what they mean by "chocolate bloom" As its just for stirring into milk it doesn't make any difference to the taste but I'm guessing you wouldn't want it on sweets.

LouBlue

Edinburghlass wrote: »

I wasn't expecting anything as good, if you know what I mean :T

Neither was I. Thanks.

QS - The shapes were just too small for me to ice, I don't have a steady hand. :rolleyes:

But can't wait to do Easter eggs for everyone. :j