Home made chocolate slabs

moosetastic

ampersand wrote: »

.....don't put your choc in the fridge - that(and old age:rolleyes: )is what causes it to 'bloom'.
It would be such a shame.

really? i didnt know that. what do i do with it to make it set then?

LouBlue

moosetastic wrote: »

really? i didnt know that. what do i do with it to make it set then?

I put mine in the fridge, they came out ok.

babybunny

Hmmmmm, I've made some chocolates for Mother's Day, but how do I post a photo without dealing with photobucket etc...?

I have the photo on my desktop!

bb

LouBlue

babybunny wrote: »

Hmmmmm, I've made some chocolates for Mother's Day, but how do I post a photo without dealing with photobucket etc...?

I have the photo on my desktop!

bb

You need a hosting site, as in photobucket. I'll pm you.

babybunny

Ok, thanks LouBlue, here goes!



These are all made from Tesco's chocolate and I used the traditional zap it in the microwave for 15 seconds at a time until it looks melted method. I then put them in the fridge for two hours to set.

Total cost is about 1 pound for the lot. Took an hour to do.

The hearts at the bottom left are milk choclate and biscuit, the other hearts are half dark and half white, the stars at the top are dark mint chocolate, and the stars at the bottom are dark chocolate with nuts sprinkled at the bottom of the tray before adding the chocolate.

I haven't tested them yet.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results, but I don't know why the tops of the dark/white chocolate hearts ended up so weird - is that because I put them in the fridge?

Stuff I learnt from this experiment:
The microwave method seems to work well enough for me.
Pyrex is a good thing to melt chocolate in.
Glass is definitely not.
Stars are tricky to pour the chocolate into.
Stars are even trickier to remove the chocolates from once set, I broke a couple this way.
Wait making layers of chocolate remember to wait more than 60 seconds before adding the second layer...

I'm going to put them in a cone shaped sweetie bag I got from Lakeland and tie a ribbon around them before presenting them to my mum.

bb

LouBlue

They look great BB. :T

hardpressed

There's a lovely recipe on the Good Housekeeping site, milk chocolate and white choc with crunchy peanut butter, all marbled, looks gorgeous.

bunbun2

babybunny wrote: »

Ok, thanks LouBlue, here goes!



These are all made from Tesco's chocolate and I used the traditional zap it in the microwave for 15 seconds at a time until it looks melted method. I then put them in the fridge for two hours to set.

Total cost is about 1 pound for the lot. Took an hour to do.

The hearts at the bottom left are milk choclate and biscuit, the other hearts are half dark and half white, the stars at the top are dark mint chocolate, and the stars at the bottom are dark chocolate with nuts sprinkled at the bottom of the tray before adding the chocolate.

I haven't tested them yet.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results, but I don't know why the tops of the dark/white chocolate hearts ended up so weird - is that because I put them in the fridge?

Stuff I learnt from this experiment:
The microwave method seems to work well enough for me.
Pyrex is a good thing to melt chocolate in.
Glass is definitely not.
Stars are tricky to pour the chocolate into.
Stars are even trickier to remove the chocolates from once set, I broke a couple this way.
Wait making layers of chocolate remember to wait more than 60 seconds before adding the second layer...

I'm going to put them in a cone shaped sweetie bag I got from Lakeland and tie a ribbon around them before presenting them to my mum.

bb

they look great! were you happier with them than the previous ones, do you think using different choc made a difference. I have bought some Tesco's belgian choc to try next.

babybunny

Thanks!

I had the same problem with them not being very shiney, but they do taste better that the previous ones! Unfortunately I put them in the fridge for an hour this morning, and they went all speckly white particularly the heart shaped ones, so another thing I learnt is definitely do not put them in the fridge!

However, I've rescued them by melting some more of chocolate and using a pastry brush to coat them with another layer of chocolate. Now they look quite cool and rustic and handmade!

shelley_crow

i have what be a really stoopid question...

I haven't got any silicone bakewear to use, i was thinking about spelling out "nanny" in chocolate shapes for ds to give to MIL. Would i be able to use cookie cutters for the shapes, maybe onto greaseproof paper?

If all else fails i'll make a giant chocolate tiffin and ice it. Thanks x

PS, i wish i'd seen this thread before today x