By
delicious. team
Amaze your loved ones with these brilliant baubles, which can go on the Christmas tree or be given as gifts.
Ingredients
- 300g dark chocolate, broken up (we used Green & Black’s Maya Gold) Ribbon
Method
- 1. Freeze the mould. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat and stir until smooth. Chill for 5 minutes, or until it’s thick enough to hold its shape but hasn’t started to set. Spoon some into a piping bag with a plain nozzle (or snip the end of the bag).
- 2. Remove the mould from the freezer. Pipe chocolate lines into each mould, so they cross each other but you have gaps in between. Put in the freezer for 5 minutes to set. Repeat 4-5 times (you should have some chocolate left over to seal the baubles), making sure you have chocolate around the top of each mould, until you have a thick shell with holes between the lines of chocolate. Chill to set.
- 3. Take the mould out of the freezer and stand for 10 minutes. Re-melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Turn the mould out onto a piece of baking paper. Dab a little melted chocolate along the edge of 4 shells, loop ribbon through the top of each, then sandwich another shell on top to make 4 baubles. Chill to set.
- 4. Gift-wrap with a little card or label explaining to store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 394kcals, 21.9g fat (12.7g saturated), 3.5g protein, 48.6g carbs, 44.6g sugar, trace salt
Chef's tip
You’ll need an 8-hole Tefal Proflex silicone half sphere cake mould from Sainsbury’s, or call 0845 602 1454 for stockists. You can buy disposable piping bags (icing bags) from Lakeland Limited (tel: 01539 488100 or visit www.lakelandlimited.com).