It was mine
and my boyfriend's 5 year anniversary at the start of the month and I
made him some Super Mario Chocolates to celebrate. He loves video games and owns a huge collection of games, games consoles and
gaming merchandise. He particularly loves retro games and his pretty impressive game collection that takes up most of the space in our
upstairs office. I wanted to make him something homemade that was personal and unique whilst still having that 'wow factor' everyone wants their gift to have.
To make the
chocolates I used a Super Mario Bros ice-cube tray/silicone mould
that I found on Amazon. It has the shapes of all the iconic Mario
characters and objects that I knew he would absolutely love. If I was to give the
mould a rating out of 10, I'd give it a 10, the chocolates came out
of the mould really easily and smoothly and ended up
looking incredible.
Over the
past few years I've also made game controller chocolates for Rob's
(my boyfriend) birthday, skull chocolates for Halloween and Christmas
themed chocolates for my friends and family last Christmas. I like using ice cube moulds because they tend to be a lot deeper, which not
only means you can make bigger chocolates but that there's also room
to add additional flavours and textures. In preparation for Halloween last year I created a mixture of blended Crunchy, M&M's and Peanut Butter chocolates for a fun and varied selection and everybody loved them. Rob's favourite (and to be honest, mine too) was the peanut butter ones. Peanut butter and chocolate work so well together that I couldn't resist including it again this time too.
To make the chocolates all you need to do is melt the milk and white chocolate in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring after the first minute to make sure it's not burning (there's nothing worse than the bitter taste of burnt chocolate). Then, using a tea spoon, fill the moulds carefully with whatever combination of chocolate or additional flavours you wish to add. In this case I wanted them to have a peanut butter core, I did this by filling half of the mould with chocolate, scooping in a little bit of peanut butter and then covering with chocolate until the mould was full. You will then need to place the chocolates in the freezer for about 25 minutes or until the chocolate is firm enough to be removed from its mould (don't attempt to remove the chocolates before they have fully hardened as you risk ruining their shape and design).
Personalised chocolates like this are really easy and affordable to make, I used a few slabs of 30p supermarket branded chocolate to create these and they looked (and tasted!) really good. I made two full moulds worth of chocolates and it was plenty, he's still eating them now - 2 weeks after our anniversary.
In case anyone was wondering, I also got him a few other bits too, I think we both went a little bit OTT this anniversary because it was our first one since moving in together. He had secretly pre-ordered me Marvel's Spider-Man for the PS4 and had saved it to surprise me with on our anniversary and I enjoyed it so much that it's now my new favourite game. I've achieved 100% completion and got the platinum trophy for it already (until the DLC is released in a couple of weeks anyway).
I hope you enjoyed reading this little blog post, I had loads of fun making these chocolates and would love to know what you think, leave a comment down below and let me know if you're thinking of making some of these or doing some research into what moulds you can find.
To make the chocolates all you need to do is melt the milk and white chocolate in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring after the first minute to make sure it's not burning (there's nothing worse than the bitter taste of burnt chocolate). Then, using a tea spoon, fill the moulds carefully with whatever combination of chocolate or additional flavours you wish to add. In this case I wanted them to have a peanut butter core, I did this by filling half of the mould with chocolate, scooping in a little bit of peanut butter and then covering with chocolate until the mould was full. You will then need to place the chocolates in the freezer for about 25 minutes or until the chocolate is firm enough to be removed from its mould (don't attempt to remove the chocolates before they have fully hardened as you risk ruining their shape and design).
Personalised chocolates like this are really easy and affordable to make, I used a few slabs of 30p supermarket branded chocolate to create these and they looked (and tasted!) really good. I made two full moulds worth of chocolates and it was plenty, he's still eating them now - 2 weeks after our anniversary.
I hope you enjoyed reading this little blog post, I had loads of fun making these chocolates and would love to know what you think, leave a comment down below and let me know if you're thinking of making some of these or doing some research into what moulds you can find.
I need to do this and it's so easy! I need to get myself one of those ice cube tray. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome! I love making my own personalised chocolates.
ReplyDeleteSo creative. Makes me hungry for chocolate
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