Puffed rice and chocolate pumpkin bites
Puffed rice coated in orange-coloured white chocolate, shaped into small pumpkins and decorated with dark chocolate.
Active time40 min
Cooking10 min
Total1 h 45 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 1 g orange fat-soluble food colouring for chocolate
- 200 g white chocolate
- 40 g dark chocolate
- 120 g plain puffed rice
- 6 pretzel sticks
Preparation
Gently melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie in a perfectly dry bowl, keeping water and steam out of the chocolate. Add the orange fat-soluble food colouring: start with a small pinch and adjust according to its label, without exceeding the specified quantity. Stir in the dry puffed rice until all the grains are coated.
1 g orange fat-soluble food colouring for chocolate200 g white chocolate120 g plain puffed rice- saucepan
- mixing bowl
Using two spoons, form 12 small round mounds on baking paper. Insert half a pretzel stick into the top of each for the stalk. Refrigerate for 45 minutes.
6 pretzel sticks- spoons
- baking tray
- fridge
Melt the dark chocolate and draw two eyes and a mouth on each chilled bite. Refrigerate for another 15 minutes or so to set the decoration. Keep chilled until serving.
40 g dark chocolate- saucepan
- piping bag
Allergens
- Gluten
- Milk
Sources and credits
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