Crafting with chocolate! I'd never ventured into edible crafts til last year, for holiday treats. Mavel brought back a chocolate-covered stick from Switzerland where she'd had a whole wall to choose from -- every variety of chocolate dippers you could ever desire. "Why can't we do this ourselves?" No reason, none at all.I first thought I'd use ice cube trays for the molds, but they didn't quite give me enough chocolate for a whole cup of whipped goodness. I found these little molds at Ross, meant for making frozen shot glasses.
The perfect size for three different flavors of chocolate: Peppermint, Spicy (cardamom, cinnamon & cayenne), and Original (plain, dark chocolate). I coated the plastic with a heavy load of olive oil, poured my chocolate mixture in. Then I placed a cinnamon stick on the "Spicy" and crushed candy cane on the Peppermint, mostly to help me remember which was which, but they made a pretty touch of decoration. Then I placed the popsicle sticks and froze the chocolate for at least 4 hours. Then I pull, carefully, while twisting a little, wrapped 'em, added ribbon & a cute little tag. Christmas gifts for all!
