Rachel's Blog: 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Chocolate fun

At guides today we made stuff with chocolate with a lady who owns a chocolate shop.

First we started making truffles. We were in two groups, one group made light chocolate and the other made dark chocolate. You pour boiling hot cream over the chocolate and then mix it together with a whisk. With the dark chocolate you have to work slowly at first so that it does not separate.

We poured the chocolate out onto the table so that we could cool it down. We have never played with chocolate on the table before. The lady kept saying "Don't be scared of it. You can bite it but it won't bite you."

As it cooled down we could see it start to get thick.

The kitchen was too warm so we had to put the truffles in the fridge. She told us that the kitchen at her shop is so cold it feels like a fridge when you walk in. While they were in the fridge she showed us pictures and told us about how chocolate is made. 100% dark chocolate is bitter because there is no sugar in it.

After that we had afternoon tea. She had a chocolate fountain but it was not working. We still had fun though and it was delicious.

When the truffles were cool enough, we rolled them.

When they were rolled we dipped the bottom of them in chocolate and let them set.

After that we made chocolate bowls by putting chocolate on the bottom of blown up balloons. When they were set we popped the balloons.

We also made leaves. We put chocolate on one side of the leaves with paint brushes making sure the chocolate was not all the way to the edge. When they were set we took off the leaves.

When the bottoms of the truffles were set we put them in chocolate and covered them in chocolate and left them to dry.

We each got 6 truffles, 3 light and 3 dark.

We had so much fun and the chocolate was really nice even though it was nice. Mum has found a dark chocolate that she really likes. The only problem is that it is very expensive Belgium chocolate. Dad says now we know what to buy her for her birthday.