Friday, January 27, 2017

Stuffed Chocolate Ice-Cube Surprise ( Vegan, That's No Surprise)




Gourmet it is!



Howdy Labradors!

I was scrolling FB and my childhood friend's mom Shobha Auntie had shared this video that showed us how to make some killer stuffed chocolate. You could totally dismiss my stupid blog and just watch the video here.

Or. You could go through my blog and see how I did it myself. Let me tell you this was super fast one and you can stuff it with whatever you fancy. You just need a good giant bar of dark chocolate, an ice-cube tray and coconut oil.


A nice loaf of, err, chocolate





Here's what you need

1 giant bar of Amul Dark/Bitter Chocolate (it's vegan) (you can also use any other brand of dark chocolate, but you will need about 3-4 small regular sized bars if you can't find a big one)

1/4th cup virgin coconut oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Fun Fillings I used just a few of these, to be precise: almonds, coconut, jaggery syrup, pistachios, and strawberries. but here is a list to help with the imagination:

almonds, fruit, coconut , caramel , jaggery , Pistachios , cashews , walnuts, jelly, even espresso beans!



How You Make It

First get all your chosen fillings and set them aside where they are easily accessible. Now grease your ice-cube tray with coconut oil, good and proper, this is VITAL to them popping out like good little children.

Take out your giant chocolate bar. Chop it up. In a pot, add your coconut oil and add the chocolate pieces.  Add vanilla and salt now too. Stir on low fame. Add about 2 tablespoons of water to get it to be a little thinner (it should still be thick).






Switch off flame and stir, you should have a nice glossy chocolate paste.


Glossy Saucy 



Add a spoon of the chocolate to each of the sections in the ice-tray, make sure it covers the sides, and is filled a little less than halfway. Now add your toppings.


I did a mix of three flavors : almonds &coconut, Pistachio &jaggery syrup, and strawberry.


Do your Filling Thang



Once you've done our filling thing, top it over with the remaining chocolate. You can add a little water to the chocolate if it has thickened but stir and then pour it over. Your ice-tray won't be neat, that's ok, move on. Pop that tray in the freezer for one hour, or better yet give it 2 hours.

Then take out, give it a shake and pop out your chocolate ice cubes!




Ice cubes ain't got nothing on these babies


YAY! it's fancy, it's gourmet, it's super exquisite,  and people will think you are God. Really.



Inside looking good!




Now eat and go back to being a nice person. Keep it real!
















2 comments:

  1. Awesome-sauce! :) Such a nifty idea using ice cube trays for moulds. Do you think this would work if the chocolate is just tempered by itself instead of coconut oil being added in? Or is the oil in the chocolate cubes required for them to pop out?

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    1. that's a great question, I think it adds a bit to the smoothness of the overall melting. You can reduce the amount of oil and it should work too though.

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