If you fancy making your own treats for Halloween, why not try these easy, no-bake chocolates? A variation on your classic peanut butter cup; using jam instead of peanut butter... because it kind of looks like blood, right? I made them using both milk chocolate and white chocolate (which you can add Halloween themed food colouring to).
Regardless of whether it is Halloween or not, these chocolate cups are super yummy, super easy and super customisable; you can use peanut butter, peanut butter and jam, jelly sweets... use your imagination!
Regardless of whether it is Halloween or not, these chocolate cups are super yummy, super easy and super customisable; you can use peanut butter, peanut butter and jam, jelly sweets... use your imagination!
ONE.
Gather your ingredients! You are going to need: one big bar of white chocolate, one bar of milk chocolate, strawberry jam, green or orange food colouring, and some cupcake cases (I use reusable silicon ones - they are environmentally friendly and much easier to use). It helps if you keep the jam in the fridge until you need it in step five.
TWO.
Break each of your chocolate bars in half. Place one half of your milk chocolate in one glass jug and one half of your white chocolate in another. Then... it's time to get melting! I just shove mine in the microwave for 40 seconds, stir and then put it in for a further 10 seconds, but you can place your jugs in a saucepan of boiling water instead. The real trick here is stopping yourself from eating the melted chocolate.
THREE.
Once your chocolate is melted, add about half a teaspoon of your chosen food colouring into the white chocolate and stir to combine.
FOUR.
Pour or spoon your melted chocolate into the bottom of your cupcake cases so that the bottoms are covered. I managed to spread mine over ten cases (five with white chocolate and five with milk chocolate). Grab each case gently and tap them against a table top to insure the chocolate is laying flat. Lay them out on a plate and place in the fridge for about half an hour to set. Don't be tempted to
FIVE
Once the chocolate is set, take your cases out of the fridge. Put a small blob of strawberry jam in the centre of each case, making sure that the jam doesn't touch the edges. If you kept your jam in the fridge until this stage, it shouldn't be too runny.
SIX
Repeat step two and three using the other halves of your chocolate. Pour the remainder of your chocolate over the top of the jam (making sure you pour milk chocolate over the ones with milk chocolate bases, and white chocolate over the ones with white chocolate bases). Again, grab each case gently and tap against a table top.
If you have any chocolate left, dribble a little chocolate of the contrasting colour on the top of each cup in a zigzag pattern to add a little decoration. I didn't have any left over chocolate... because I ate it (woops).
If you have any chocolate left, dribble a little chocolate of the contrasting colour on the top of each cup in a zigzag pattern to add a little decoration. I didn't have any left over chocolate... because I ate it (woops).
SEVEN
Again, pop your cases into the fridge for at least half an hour. When they are set, pop them out of the cases ready to hand out to trick-or-treaters, or to eat yourself.
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