Chocolate House

[Traveller]

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

[Dansta]

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"

[Traveller]

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?

[Dansta]

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

[nothing2lose]

You'd better do a tester and send it to me for feedback.

[Traveller]

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....

[Dansta]

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.

[Traveller]

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

[MistyFying]

What time's cake time?

[nothing2lose]

Use a spray oil.

Yes to you posting me a prototype. No to me coming to help out

[Traveller]

I have a canola spray oil, would that be ok?

[Dansta]

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...

[Traveller]

I was going to melt some chocolate into a piping bag to stick it together, and to add the jelly bean decorations