Hot Chocolate Dipping Spoons Food

CHOCOLATE SPOONS

Steps:

• Make sure the spoons are clean and dry, then set them on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Set the handle of the spoons on the edge of the pan to make the well of the spoon level (if the edge is too high, try the handle of a wooden spoon or something similar). Place the chocolate in a small microwave-safe dish. Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir well. Continue this in 30-second increments until the chocolate is almost melted but is not melted completely (reduce the time to 10-15 seconds as you go if necessary). Once the chocolate pieces are all almost melted but there are still a few pieces that remain, stir the chocolate vigorously until it's completely melted and smooth. Place the chocolate into a piping bag (or just use another spoon for this step, although piping it looks the best and is less messy). Pipe the chocolate onto the well of a spoon. If you're making swirls, pipe the opposite colored chocolate in very small dots onto the chocolate, then make swirls using a toothpick. Immediately add any toppings, then repeat the process with all the remaining spoons. Allow the chocolate spoons to set at room temperature until the chocolate has completely cooled and hardened.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED BEVERAGE SPOONS

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt milk chocolate chips with 2 teaspoons shortening; stir until smooth. Repeat with white baking chips and remaining shortening. Dip spoons into either mixture, tapping handles on bowl edges to remove excess. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Pipe or drizzle milk chocolate over white-dipped spoons and white mixture over milk chocolate-dipped spoons. Use a toothpick or skewer to swirl chocolate. If desired, decorate with coarse sugar or sprinkles if desired. Chill for 5 minutes or until set. Use as stirring spoons for coffee or cocoa.

CHOCOLATE SPOONS

Steps:

• In a microwave safe bowl, melt semisweet chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Dip spoons into chocolate. Put spoons onto wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate hardens.
• Melt milk chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Place chocolate into plastic bag and cut off a corner. Drizzle melted chocolate over spoons. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens.
• Wrap each spoon separately and store in a cool dry place,

HOT CHOCOLATE STIRRERS

Steps:

• You will need:6 cupcake cases, pencil, pastry brush, 6 empty 47g fromage frais pots (washed and dried), 6 wooden lolly sticks, cellophane and string or ribbon for wrapping, 6 gift tagsPush a small hole in the middle of the cupcake cases with a pencil and put aside for later.
• Dip the pastry brush in the sunflower oil and paint a very thin layer of oil over the insides of the fromage frais pots.
• Put the chocolate in a bowl and heat in the microwave in 30-sec bursts until runny, stirring after each blast. Or melt it in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (get an adult to help you). If you're using different types of chocolate, you should melt them separately.
• Carefully pour the melted chocolate into the pots. Put a lolly stick in the middle of each and sprinkle your chosen decorations around it.
• Sit a cake case on top of each pot so that it covers the chocolate and the stick pokes through the hole. Put them in the fridge to set overnight.
• The next day, carefully pull the chocolates out of the pots and throw away the paper cases. Wrap each in cellophane tied with string and write a tag to read: 'Simply stir into hot milk.'