Homemade chocolate drops

Homemade chocolate drops

Create a sophisticated chocolate box, perfect as a gift for guests at a wedding

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes about 200, enough for 20-40 gifts

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Method

  1. For the dark chilli drops: break the chocolate into chunks and melt in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Meanwhile, line a few flat baking trays with baking parchment. Once the chocolate has melted, stir in the chilli powder. Use a teaspoon to drop 'drops' of the chocolate onto the baking parchment. Every 10 or 20 drops, scatter over a small amount of red glitter before the chocolate sets. Leave to set in a cool place, but do not put in the fridge.
  2. For the salted pistachio drops: melt the chocolate and prepare baking parchment as before. Once the chocolate has melted, stir in the salt, then make drops as above, topping with chopped pistachios.
  3. For the white chocolate drops: carefully melt the chocolate as above. Make drops, as above. Once they are partially set, top each with a crystallised rose petal.
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Multiplying the quantities

You'll probably end up with more dark chilli than the other flavours, as dark chocolate spreads into 'drops' more easily - so if you're increasing this recipe think about doubling the salted pistachio and rose flavours first.

Printing off labels

Simply print off the labels and cut them out. Use a hole punch to make a hole to the left of the tag, push through a pretty ribbon and tie to a small box or a cellophane packet. Alternatively, print off a plain template and write your own labels.

Finishing touches

All the packaging we used to present our favours is easily available on the high street. Head to the haberdashery section at John Lewis for ribbon, string, parcel labels and butterfly clips. Visit Confetti stores, or shop online at confetti.co.uk, for all boxes, bags and lollipop buckets.

Storing your chocolate drops

You can make these up to 3 days before the wedding, but store in a cool place (not the fridge), and cover loosely with sheets of parchment. Package the day before the ceremony and store in a cool place, not the fridge. You can list the flavours on the label, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010.

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  • Binder photo eispie

    24 June 2010

    eispie commented on this recipe

    These are different and would be good for Christmas presents too.

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  • Binder photo janet

    09 August 2010

    janet commented on this recipe

    Could someone tell me where/how you get the tiny chocolate mats from? Or were they home made? I really want to make these

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  • Binder photo DannyJ

    30 November 2010

    DannyJ commented on this recipe

    I want to give these as xmas gifts and don't wan them to go off do they need to be eaten in 3 days or can they be kept a bit longer?

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  • Binder photo Paula

    19 March 2011

    Paula rated and commented on this recipe

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    I used dark chocolate with chopped pistachios, white chocolate with pink 'glimmer sugar' and milk chocolate with raisins. Dropped the melted chocolate onto a non stick teflon sheet to set. Peeled them off and put into a couple of gift bags and tied with a ribbon - really nice presents that were appreciated. Really easy to do as well. Would make again and maybe experiment with grated zest from citrus fruits.

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  • Binder photo Lily

    18 December 2011

    Lily rated and commented on this recipe

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    Just made this recipe and so pleased with the results - really simple to make but the results are stunning (we've also made the mulled suryp) - Christmas presents for friends are now sorted!

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  • Binder photo Sare1983

    30 April 2012

    Sare1983 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made these as Christmas presents, and I still make them just for me because they are amazing! Could take or leave the chilli ones, and didn't try the rose ones. But bloomin' 'eck, the pistachio ones were to die for! They are so addictive, I have to scoff loads before the boyfriend finds them! I did some white choc ones with lemon zest mixed into the choc, and dessicated coconut sprinkled on top. They were really lovely aswell

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  • Binder photo Laura

    02 September 2012

    Laura commented on this recipe

    How big are these suppose to be? Just thinking of these for my wedding favours :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes about 200, enough for 20-40 gifts

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

FOR DARK CHILLI DROPS

  • 200g dark chocolate (we used 70% cocoa content)
  • a pinch of hot chilli powder
  • red edible glitter (we used splatcooking.com)

FOR SALTED PISTACHIO DROPS

  • 200g milk chocolate (we used Green & Black's cook's chocolate with extra cocoa butter)
  • an eighth of a tsp flaky sea salt
  • 25g pistachios , finely chopped

FOR ROSE DROPS

  • 200g white chocolate
  • crystallised rose petals (we used squires-shop.com)
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