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Homemade Strawberry Cream Chocolates

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I thought I would upgrade the challenge of making cream filled chocolates. Last week I made the perfect Orange Creams, and this week thought I would try strawberry. But a little more fancy than just the usual moulds.

I used small foil consetina cases, lined them with chocolate, then put in the strawberry filling, finally adding stripey decoration. Putting them in the fridge in between each stage to set. Then carefully removing the foil cup once all put together and left for a few hours in the fridge.

They look exactly as I meant them to, although intended to be slightly tidier, but they taste great, which is the main objective after all.

(c) K Wicks

Cream Filled Chocolates Recipe

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I have found a good method now, and so far so good.

250ml double cream

100g caster sugar

1 tsp corn syrup

Flavour you are making – these ones were orange extract, and homemade dried raspberry powder and dessicated coconut.

Put the cream, sugar and corn syrup in a pan, put on a low heat and mix, then leave to simmer/boil until it gets to 238 degrees. Then tip out, let cool for 5-10 mins until becomes the right consistency, then fold in the colour and flavouring. You just need to know when it’s done by eye and feel, but I’m getting the hang of it.

(c) K Wicks

Orange & Choc Chip Cookies Recipe

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An slight upgrade on the previous recipe. We have now added honey and dark chocolate chips, and taken out the coconut. And being honest, it’s gone rather well.

Ingredients:

80g Granulated sugar

80g Demerera sugar

100g butter (at room temp)

3250g Plain Flour / All purpose flour

1/2 tps salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

Juice of 1 orange (or two tangerines) – and some of the rind grated into the mixture

125g oats (you may need to add more if the mixture is a too wet)

2 tsp of orange extract

60g dark choc chips (optional)

Method:

Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth (ish), add the juice, orange rind and extract and mix. Then add the flour, salt and baking soda & powder. Mix until doughy.

Then add the oats by hand and mix through thoroughly. Then put on a baking sheet and flatten out with your hand to about 1 – 2cm depth. (or lay a chopping board over another piece of baking parchment to flatten evenly). Then use a cookie/biscuit cutter to get your desired shape and size.

Put on either a greased baking tray or on baking paper, and cook for around 10 – 15 mins or until going brown at 180 degrees (170 fan assisted).

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Homemade coconut bites

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Another surprisingly easy recipe, makes me wonder why I never made these as a kid, my mum loved condensed milk, and I loved bounty bars.

190g sweetened condensed milk

180g desiccated coconut

180g dark chocolate

Combine the condensed milk and coconut, making a very sticky mixture. Use your hands to squeeze into small balls, logs or what shape you can manage (like I did). Then put in the freezer for 30 mins or so to harden them up.

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, roll them around in it (or try being delicate with 2 spoons like I tried and failed to do), then place on a tray back in the freezer for a bit.

Kept in the fridge thereafter and are extremely tasty.

(c) K Wicks

Homemade chocolates

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Went for making more orange cream filled chocolates as its been a while. Thought it might be nice to make the filling green this time. It looked a bit like snot while mixing the filling 🤣, but I decided on it being apple coloured instead, yes, definitely apple. But tastes like orange.

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Chocolate strawberries 🍓

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A spur of the moment purchase of strawberries and a bar of chocolate in the cupboard, combined for a very tasty indulgence. A couple with desiccated coconut and a couple with grated white chocolate. Just to make it a bit more special for a Tuesday night treat.

(c) K Wicks