Home made chocolate slabs

LouBlue

qwiksave wrote: »

Thanks for that LouBlue, I was a bit worried you were going to send me pictures of Gene Wilder, or even worse, Grandpa Joe! :rotfl:

Jem8472 haven't heard from you for a while, have you got something to show us? Sorry, that sounds a bit rude!:eek: but didn't you say you were going to make some eggs last weekend?

I think I'll do a trial this week, I want to see if I can do the 'joiny-joiny' technique - and if not, come Easter everybody will be getting halves filled with choccie shapes!...

No, I wasn't going to send you Grandpa Joe pictures....:rolleyes::rotfl:

Yes - joiny joiny - need to practise that too.

moosetastic

Well, I managed to pull off a rather splendid charity event today!!

As you may remember, said that I was doing a big bake sale in aid of Sport Relief today. After 4 days (!!!?!??!) of cooking and melting chocolate forever, these are some of the spoils -



lots of gingerbread men!! there were twice this many, did little easter chicks and rabbits too



my little bags of chocolates, all inspired by this thread!!



all the chocs I did, about 50 in total!!

I also made cornflake buns and rice crispie buns, plus biscuits, chocolate and plain buns as well.

The running total at the moment is .................. wait for it .............

:j :j £110 :j :j

which beats last years total hands down by £40!! To say I am chuffed would be an understatement!!!! :T

LouBlue

Well done - fantastic effort! :T

Jem8472

qwiksave wrote: »

Jem8472 haven't heard from you for a while, have you got something to show us? Sorry, that sounds a bit rude!:eek: but didn't you say you were going to make some eggs last weekend?

Yes I was but in the end did not get enough time so I have to try and fit in doing them this week.

Jem8472

Ok did a couple of eggs today.

Here are a couple of pics of them.





the two halfs.



:j

LouBlue

Nice one Jems! Now explain, in easy terms...for me and QS...how you joined them together.

Jem8472

Well I did that with a pastry brush and melted chocolate. But when I join the others that I am going to make, I will use something like a cocktail stick to spread some melted chocolate around the rim of the egg.

I found with a pastry brush melted chocolate went all over the sides so on closer inspection it is a little messy.

I would think that the thicker the chocolate egg the easier it will be to join.

*Bright-Idea*

Jem8472 wrote: »

Well I did that with a pastry brush and melted chocolate. But when I join the others that I am going to make, I will use something like a cocktail stick to spread some melted chocolate around the rim of the egg.

I found with a pastry brush melted chocolate went all over the sides so on closer inspection it is a little messy.

I would think that the thicker the chocolate egg the easier it will be to join.

How about using a childs paint brush or a lipstick brush?

Have to say this thread is great, it's my first post on here but you've all made such lovely things, my dd (7) has decided she wants to make choccies for relatives for Easter, because of this thread, so today I've bought loads of bits and pieces from Tesco and managed to get 2 ice cube trays for 25p each (the long green silicone ones if anybody's interested), got some nuts, marshmallows and 'Nice' biscuits to crush up and cover in choc - wish me luck we could be in for a long, messy night

qwiksave

*Bright-Idea* wrote: »

How about using a childs paint brush or a lipstick brush?

Have to say this thread is great, it's my first post on here but you've all made such lovely things, my dd (7) has decided she wants to make choccies for relatives for Easter, because of this thread, so today I've bought loads of bits and pieces from Tesco and managed to get 2 ice cube trays for 25p each (the long green silicone ones if anybody's interested), got some nuts, marshmallows and 'Nice' biscuits to crush up and cover in choc - wish me luck we could be in for a long, messy night

Hiya Bright-Idea and welcome to this thread - had fun tonight? Look forward to seeing any photos... I find my little boys love to 'help' - especially when it comes to licking bowls & spoons, etc. - they have to beat me to it first though!

I'm doing my test eggs tonight (LouBlue note;) ) so will be trying out my joiny-joiny technique, so thanks for the suggestion and to you too Jem8472.
and I will report back, as ever.

QS

LouBlue

qwiksave wrote: »

I'm doing my test eggs tonight (LouBlue note;) ) so will be trying out my joiny-joiny technique, so thanks for the suggestion and to you too Jem8472.
and I will report back, as ever.

QS

I want a full report or I get the whip out and I don't mean a kitchen utensil.