Yesterday Sam and I did a little chocolate candy experimenting, which gave me wonderful ideas for an activity today. Every year, after big holidays I love to shop all the clearance items for baking goods, specifically sprinkles and sometimes cupcake liners. Over the past few years I have amassed a nice sized collection. I remember seeing a video on youtube of a woman who loves to make cupcakes and has wardrobe (the old fashion kind) full of sprinkles. Her comment was that some women collect shoes, she collects sprinkles. I think that is what got me going. I thought that massive wardrobe full of sprinkles was marvelous. At this point I only have a small box full, but it's enough to have fun. Thankfully Sam loves sprinkles as much as I do.
This morning we had the time to do a Saturday activity so we made chocolate Valentine's Day candies using tiny cupcake liners and sprinkles! I layered milk chocolate with rice cereal (for an extra crunch) and white chocolate. And yes, I bought the chocolate on clearance after Christmas. :) Sam and I had a blast! Later we'll package them to give to his teachers.
I know you're supposed to melt chocolate in a double boiler but I just cheat and use the microwave, carefully that is!
I really hate cleaning those reusable decorating bags so for this project I just used a ziplock bag for my piping bag. This is a much easier way to fill them. The first time I tried I used a spatula and was scraping the chocolate into the bag...bad idea=big mess.
You'd be surprised at how nicely the paper peels away from the chocolate!
Were you able to get over to Grandma's with some of Sam's valentine candy? I'd have loved some too. Obtaining blocks of real chocolate isn't possible here. A store lady told me yes, we have some. I should have looked at the label. It looked like chocolate, but was that other stuff, that doesn't taste as good as chocolate.
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