I decided to have the family Easter gathering a little early this year, in order to make sure I got a turn with the grandchildren. I wanted to get them some treats, but decided that it would be more fun to let them make their own. My grandsons are now 6 and 10 years old, and I figured they might enjoy filling some of my old chocolate molds themselves.
The younger one put a few spoonfuls into the mold that made assorted bunny and chick shapes, and then wandered off to watch a movie. The older one loves doing anything involving food, so he stuck around and finished filling that tray. I popped it into the freezer, and proceeded to teach him how to make a hollow egg. While he was doing that, I made a hollow duck for his little brother.
I also had a mold that has a space for sucker sticks, but that mold makes 8 three inch rabbits, and that can be a lot of chocolate to eat all at once. I added some Rice Krispies to the remaining chocolate, and we proceeded to create those together. He spooned the chocolate, and I inserted the sticks, banging the tray on the table from time to time to settle the chocolate more evenly into the molds.
When things came out of the freezer, I had everyone's attention. They liked the cute shapes the chocolate had made. I divided up everything equally, and putting the treats into special bags I had picked up at Bulk Barn. They had different colours and patterns on them so there would be no arguments about who owned the one that had the most left in it later in the week.
When we were making the hollow stuff, I was busy instructing my grandson to turn the egg, to make sure he got the chocolate everywhere on both sides and to keep turning it so that none of the chocolate would settle in all one place inside. I wasn't paying enough attention to the little duck I was making. When we unmolded them, the little duck had weak spots, and broke. Luckily the younger grandson was not at all disappointed. He quickly learned that you can eat mistakes and they taste just as good.
I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter.
I also had a mold that has a space for sucker sticks, but that mold makes 8 three inch rabbits, and that can be a lot of chocolate to eat all at once. I added some Rice Krispies to the remaining chocolate, and we proceeded to create those together. He spooned the chocolate, and I inserted the sticks, banging the tray on the table from time to time to settle the chocolate more evenly into the molds.
When things came out of the freezer, I had everyone's attention. They liked the cute shapes the chocolate had made. I divided up everything equally, and putting the treats into special bags I had picked up at Bulk Barn. They had different colours and patterns on them so there would be no arguments about who owned the one that had the most left in it later in the week.
I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter.
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