Tuesday 14 June 2011

Chocolate Cups


I have met a lot of people through my blog virtually.
And with some of them I have become really good friends
But one of the friends I have met through Facebook is Caroline Martis, she doesn't have a blog but she cook up a storm in her kitchen especially in baking.
I do hope once she will start blogging all her goodies she makes in her kitchen.
So one fine day she tagged few of us in FB with this particular link and there was this video of making chocolate cups.
I have been wanting to make chocolate cups for a while, but I was always lazy saying it took too much effort to make them untill I saw this video, it was so easy that I had to try it and as you can see below it is indeed easy, so a big thankyou to my Dear FB friend Caroline for sharing the link with me.

Iced Shapes
Dipp them into the chocolate
Keep them upside down.
Ready to use.
  
Actually there is no recipe for this.
What you have to do is fill a flexible pan  ( any design you like) with water the day before .
I filled it and then when the water was half frozen poked a stick inside each of the shape.
Next day you melt 200 gm chocolate or depend on how many cups you want to make, take the pan out from the freezer take a shaped ice cube , dip into the melted chocolate and keep on a rack upside down and after few minutes the chocolate gets hard and you can easily remove it from the ice shape.
Leave it too fully dry.
You can only do one case with one shaped ice. I tried to use second time but the chocolate didnt get sticked.
You also have to work fast, with the chocolate ,as after sometime with the left over chocolate i wanted to make it didnt work, don't know why, will tell you next time when I make this again if it was the same.
Soon I will post what I did with these chocolate case.



55 comments:

Sanjeeta kk said...

Wow..now that's what a creative foodie is supposed to do, and you are one for sure, Finla :) Love the technique.

Vatsala. said...

Liked the idea of using ice as a mold. I've use cup cake wrapper as a mold but this one seeme super easy.
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Unknown said...

ok, this is something that I have to try out as I have been dying to make these cups, once I tried with silicone muffin pan, but it didn't work as the chocolate started breaking. Let me give this a try, thanks for the step by step pics.

Indian Khana said...

I do a different method but this seems to be easy than that ....thanks for sharing :)

Foodie Ann said...

what an excellent idea...

A Spoonful of YUMM ! said...

that is so creative ! nice...

BongMom said...

This is really cute. Loved how the chocolate molded along the ice, what a brilliant idea

Vimitha Durai said...

Excellent and easy way to make chocolate cups... Looks so yum and crunchy...

kankana said...

That's an excellent idea. You can do the same with cup cake cover also. Use a brush to rub around the cup cake and then let it set and peel off the paper :)

KrithisKitchen said...

That is a lovely idea.. thanks for the pics too..

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La Cuisine d'Helene said...

They are so cute. What a great choco cup.

Gosia said...

Excellent idea!!! I did it on the silicone forms but often chocolate crumble.

Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea.

Unknown said...

excellent technique! and they have come out so pretty!

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, fabulous chocolate cups..i thought u made them using silicon muffin pan, thanks for sharing..

Jenn said...

Love this technique! Thanks for sharing!

Paula @ Dishing the Divine said...

I am going to amazon *right now* to find something that I can use to make these! They are *soooooo* cute!

Shabs.. said...

This one is sooo good..Have shared the link on my Wall as well....such a treasure....Loved that coffee ice cream as well...Never ever tried making an ice cream....Urs is tempting much finla:)

Gloria Baker said...

Love this idea Happy cook look amazing these chocolate cupcakes! gloria

Sandhya Hariharan said...

Absolute creativity....
I m loving this!!

Anonymous said...

What a great idea! I can already picture custard and fruit inside those little cups.

Sushma Mallya said...

wow they are so cute Finla..loved the idea :)

Susan S said...

Whoa, this is such a cool idea! I've only seen something like this done with balloons, but that seems way more time consuming that this method. Thanks for sharing; I can't wait to try this out.

Stef said...

Super idea! Never thought of using ice cubes before.

indosungod said...

What an easy technique but with excellent results. Looking forward to see what you are going to make with the chocolate cups.

White Toast with Butter said...

Love this! Will be doing this soon.

Unknown said...

very nice and cute..

Dee D. said...

Interesting technique with the ice!
This is something i really need to try :)

Unknown said...

wonderful idea..those chocolate cups looks soooooooooo cute..can't wait to try this..thx for sharing!

Divya Kudua said...

What an excellent idea..I am eager to know what filling you served in these edible cups!!

Swee San @ TheSweetSpot said...

clever!

Unknown said...

Wow what a interesting idea

Sum Raj said...

woo superb idea..no doubt kiddoes will surly enjoy..

Unknown said...

Wow...that looks absolutely delectable and simple!!

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Roma said...

I simple loooove the idea of giving chocolate different shapes. I am gonna try this one. Thanks so much for sharing!

amna said...

that does look super easy! cant wait to try :)

Jayashree said...

Wow....this sounds so easy and looks so good.

Laureen said...

Thanks for the cool recipe and images! I would definitely try them out!

Cakelaw said...

These are very pretty Finla, and I have always wanted to know how to make them - thanks for this post.

Nimi SunilKumar said...

lovely post Finla..

jayasree said...

Cute looking chocolate cups...It sounds easy to make. Thanks for the step-by-step pics.

sra said...

That's really interesting! And it sounds simple too. Waiting to see what you did with them!

Smita Srivastava said...

OMG .... these are super amazing . Till now i used to follow the lengthy process of making it in silicon /paper cups ....but surely nt anymore !!! THANKS for sharing :) :)

Reeni said...

These are so cute! Thank-you for showing us how to make them!

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chef and her kitchen said...

This method sounds interesting n nice..perfect shaped cups..

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Superb !! thanks for sharing this ...your step by step pics are great help

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Angie's Recipes said...

wow That's a cool and creative idea! I will have to try it too.

Linda said...

That is genius! Thanks for sharing that, Finla -- I might even be brave enough to try :)

Jaya M said...

Thats something very fascinating ..cant imagine anything so easy to make but looks so stunning :-D..loved the coffee ice-cream as well..hugs and smiles

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how amazing! you have a lovely blog and a different set of recipes...

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Bombay-Bruxelles said...

Wow! This is a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing. I once did chocolate cups in a long process, painting the cups, freezing, then the next coating - very time-consuming and frustrating!

Emily said...

What a great idea! I would love to try this, thanks for the post :)

Samta said...

Wow - thts some creation I must say. Would be great to serve chocolate mousse.
Looking forward to seeing what you did with these cups.

Sarah said...

this is so cute! i love this idea! gonna try it today :)

notyet100 said...

Thanks