Halloween Chocolates

Introduction & Inspiration

Halloween 'Chocolates' are a great alternative to the more traditional Halloween candy, loaded with all sorts of suspect ingredients! They can be prepared slightly sweet, with a splash of colour or they can be enjoyed plain, to use on more savoury dishes. You decide!

A very Happy Halloween!

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Recipe Overview

Preparation Time

Less than 30 minutes

(To Note: The Halloween 'Chocolates' will need to be placed in the freezer for 1 -2 hours to fully set)

Cooking Time

Less than 30 minutes

Serving Size

Makes 30 small Halloween 'Chocolates' (it will depend on your mould sizes)

Main 'Chocolate' Base Ingredients:

90g Oven Roasted Bone Marrow

50g Lard

20-25g Honey*

Optional Colour Variations (add to the 'Chocolate' Base ingredients):

Blueberry Coulis

Raspberry Coulis

Blackberry Coulis

Recipe Instructions

Roast the bones as per the recipe instructions and then scoop out the marrow and place it with the lard and honey in a pan, on low heat.

Keep stirring the mixture until the honey has completely dissolved and the lard and bone marrow have melted.

Now pour the mixture into a high speed blender and blend well.

Pour the contents of the blender through a sieve (and ideally a cheesecloth), into a glass jug.

If you would like your chocolates to have a hint of colour to them, you can now add a little coulis to your base 'chocolate' ingredients. Give this a good stir in.

Pour the mixture into your favourite Halloween mould(s) and then place them level, in the freezer, to set.

Once the chocolates have set, transfer them from the mould(s) into a glass container with a lid, and keep them in the freezer until you're ready to use them.

Tips

*For a slight sweetness to your chocolates initially add 15g honey and then taste the mixture. If necessary, add a further 5g of honey and check again. Simply add 5g increments of honey each time until you are happy with the sweetness. You can also completely leave the honey out, and they will still make amazing decorations for your culinary delights!

If you do not have any lard on hand, then substitute with tallow.

The more coulis you add to the base ingredients, the more likely that this will not set fully, even in the freezer.

Ideally, purchase your bones and fat from pasture raised animals that are Nitrate, Nitrite & Additive Free.

Any honey and fruit, if using, should be of organic quality, and are only recommended in small quantities for those who have recovered from any kind of health condition.

Check out my Oven Roasted Bone Marrow, Lard and Pork Crackling - Air Fryer, Raspberry/Blackberry/Blueberry Coulis recipes for instructions on how to make all of these.

Use the Recipe Search functionality on the website to discover how to incorporate Halloween 'Chocolates' into various dishes.

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