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Following the Christmas success of the gingerbread house, I am going to attempt a chocolate house for my twins birthday using the same mould. Does anyone know if I just melt regular chocolate to fill the mould or do I have to add something to it once it is melted to make it hard enough to stand in the house shape?
Answers on a postcard please :)
what kind of chocolate did you want to use?
Milk chocolate has a melting point of 37ºc - and will stand on its own - as long as its thick enough (like think a block of chocolate thick) and you can hold the walls together with melted chocolate
as long as you dont over heat it milk should be fine :-) and allow it to "set" at room temp (as long as its not too hot) to stop the chocolate "swetting"
I was just going to use regular milk chocolate, and the mould is pretty thick so hopefully that will be ok. I figured I would let it set in the fridge, but you think room temp would be best?
if its not a stinking hot day - yea. chocolate tends to sweat and go cloudy in the fridge
I'd use oil around the mold to make it easy t get it out too
You'd better do a tester and send it to me for feedback.
Oil that's a great idea,
N2l pm me your address and I'll post it over, although I've heard the Australia Post people have a habit of eating chocolate houses that have been posted so I make no guarantees about its safe arrival....
yeah, should save the chocolate sitcking - unless you have a minni blow torch thing to heat the mold up to free it...
now i want chocolate.
I'm going to fill it with chocolate toffee eclairs and cover it with jelly beans
Now, who wants to come and help out at the birthday party on Saturday? 8 kids all attempting to do craft, should be a blast :rofl:
What time's cake time? ;)
Use a spray oil.
Yes to you posting me a prototype. No to me coming to help out ;) :p
I have a canola spray oil, would that be ok?
should be fine - as its not flavored.
and to hold the walls together melt the walls edge and press together
.. i would love to but its a bit far hehe...
I was going to melt some chocolate into a piping bag to stick it together, and to add the jelly bean decorations