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Giant Chocolate Buttons
Treat yourself to homemade chocolate buttons. They're easy to make – little ones will enjoy helping dollop out the melted chocolate and adding their favourite fruits, nuts and spices to make personalised chocolates to nibble on.
Ingredients
- A small handful of dried apricots
- A small handful of almonds
- A small handful of desiccated coconut
- 200g dark and/or milk chocolate
- ½ tsp mixed spice
Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 10 mins
Method
1. Half-fill a pan with water. Set it over a low heat nd bring it to a simmer. Put a metal or glass bowl on top, making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water.
2. While the water heats, thinly slice the dried apricots. Toast the almonds in a dry frying pan till golden and nutty smelling. Roughly chop them. Toast the dessicated coconut in the dry frying pan til golden brown. Tip into a bowl.
3. Roughly chop or break up the chocolate. When the water under the bowl is simmering, add half of it to the bowl and stir till just melted. Take the pan off the heat. Add the remaining chocolate and the mixed spice to the bowl. Stir till melted.
4. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Dollop on spoonfuls of the chocolate. Leave plenty of room between dollops to allow them to spread. You may need 2 trays.
5. Dot the dried fruit and almonds over the chocolate buttone. Scatter over the coconut. Pop the trays in the fridge or freezer till the buttons are set.
6. When set, peel the buttons from the paper. Eat straight away or keep them in an airtight container, in a cool place, for up to a week.
7. Go Nuts
You can mix things up with different spices, nuts, seeds or dried fruit.
You can mix things up with different spices, nuts, seeds or dried fruit.
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