Chocolate and chocolate cups

Chocolate is everyone’s favourite and when it comes in the form of cups it doubles the happiness. It is a hit with kids when ice cream is served in these edible cups. My son used to enjoy ice creams in these cups as a kid, during the summer holidays. His friends also used to enjoy it, when they came visiting us during the summer holidays. I always stock some chocolate cups in the fridge to surprise my guests.

To make chocolate cups
 
Ingredients:
Cooking chocolate -800gms
Paper cups -few

                                 paper cups & mould

Method:

Make a small slit on the rim of all the paper cups. Keep it aside. Break the chocolate bar into small pieces. Place it in a small deep bowl. In another big bowl, heat some water. Allow the water to boil. Lower the flame and place the small bowl with broken chocolates on it. See that it does not touch the bottom of the big bowl. Care must be also taken to see that the water does not enter the chocolate bowl. Allow it melt completely. (Take care not to boil the chocolate). Pour the melted chocolate in one cup. Coat the inside of it till the rim. Pour the excess chocolate if any back into the pan. Similarly, coat other cups also. Refrigerate the cups. After 2 hours, remove them from the fridge. Then, slowly peel off the paper cup starting from the slit at the rim. Refrigerate it again until use. Fill them with ice cream or seasonal fruits or nuts before serving. Fruit cups can also be topped with whipped cream before serving.

To make chocolates:

Ingredients:
Silicon mould
Butter for greasing

Method:
Grease the silicon mould with butter. Keep it aside. Melt the chocolate as mentioned above. Using a small spoon fill each of the depressions in the silicon mould. Refrigerate it for 6 hours. Then unmould them and wrap it in colourful toffee papers. Put it back into the fridge for few hours.

Note: I have used my favourite dark chocolate here.