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At Christmas time, here is the perfect recipe for some fun Marshmallow reindeer! Cook along with the kids with this video:
Large marshmallows
200g / 7oz dark chocolate broken into small pieces (or chocolate chips)
1 tablespoon of Sweet Almond Oil
Pretzels
Jaffas, M&M, or Smarties
A handful of white chocolate pieces/chips, or 100’s & 1000’s
Lolly pop sticks/straws
- Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave until it’s fully melted. Each microwave is different, and you don’t want to burn it, so go for shorter time (10-20 seconds on low setting) and repeat heating.
- Add Sweet Almond oil, slowly stirring until it’s a slightly thinner consistency. Without this step, the marshmallows will have bumpy globs where the chocolate drips down instead of a smooth finish.
- Break pretzels in half.
- Dip the marshmallow into the chocolate until it’s fully coated. Place on non-stick baking paper.
- Insert the pretzels on the marshmallow. The melted chocolate works as the glue as it hardens.
- Add half a jaffa, M&M or Smartie as the reindeer nose.
- Leave them for a while until the chocolate fully hardens.
- Melt the white chocolate in microwave. Place in a piping bag. Dot to make reindeer’s eyes. Alternatively, use white sugar bits from 100’s and 100’s for tiny eyes.
- When the chocolate sets insert a lolly pop stick or a straw into the side of the marshmallow, just slightly off centre. Dress with ribbon or tinsel.
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Ingredients
Large marshmallows
200g / 7oz dark chocolate broken into small pieces (or chocolate chips)
1 tablespoon of Sweet Almond Oil
Pretzels
Jaffas, M&M, or Smarties
A handful of white chocolate pieces/chips, or 100’s & 1000’s
Lolly pop sticks/straws
Directions
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- Melt the dark chocolate in the microwave until it’s fully melted. Each microwave is different, and you don’t want to burn it, so go for shorter time (10-20 seconds on low setting) and repeat heating.
- Add Sweet Almond oil, slowly stirring until it’s a slightly thinner consistency. Without this step, the marshmallows will have bumpy globs where the chocolate drips down instead of a smooth finish.
- Break pretzels in half.
- Dip the marshmallow into the chocolate until it’s fully coated. Place on non-stick baking paper.
- Insert the pretzels on the marshmallow. The melted chocolate works as the glue as it hardens.
- Add half a jaffa, M&M or Smartie as the reindeer nose.
- Leave them for a while until the chocolate fully hardens.
- Melt the white chocolate in microwave. Place in a piping bag. Dot to make reindeer’s eyes. Alternatively, use white sugar bits from 100’s and 100’s for tiny eyes.
- When the chocolate sets insert a lolly pop stick or a straw into the side of the marshmallow, just slightly off centre. Dress with ribbon or tinsel.
