‘Trick or Treat’ is going to be the most popular words for the next couple of days. The speaker of these words is as cute as the treat you will be giving them, i.e. CHOCOLATES!!!
Yep, the Halloween 2015 is here and one can see all the houses decorated with carved jack o’lanterns, commonly referred as the Halloween Pumpkin. Not only the pumpkins but kids of all the sizes and shapes and colors are seen dressed up in some of the most adorable clothes and accessories, usually accompanied by their parents or laughing and giggling in groups wandering about collecting as many toffees as they can. And why won’t they, as officially they are allowed to consume as many chocos as they can during this time.
As for the parents, why not make some choco-sweets for the little ones and their numerous buddies who are soon going to be ringing your door bell for the goodies. SOUL, along with Chef Aman Tandon (of Pride Hotels), brings you Swashbuckling Reepicheeps which is are choco based, nutritious, and healthy poppers with goodness of selective nibbles , hand rolled and shaped as the indefatigable REEPICHEEP in the chronicles of Narnia – a favourite of the Halloween.
Trick or Treat special recipe –
Ingredients
-Chocolate Cake /Sponge / — 250 gms .
-Candy, nuts, oats, multigrain, — crushed – 200 gms
– Chocolate Ganache / marmalade / jam // fruit crush / glaze / syrups (depends on moistness of cake ) 2 tbsp. or more to form into a semi hard pliable dough.
– 250 ml chocolate truffle / dark / white
-Sprinkles (multiple colors), titbits, sugar balls, and vermicelli’s.
Method
- Crumble cake sponge. Mix it in the course of dry nuts. Also add in frosting a little bit at a time until cake is moist and can hold a ball shape, yet still slightly crumbly.
- Roll the mixture into tight balls to form the belly and a beaked round structure as the upper torso and nose of the mouse. Joining both together and place them on a plate.
- Melt dark or white chocolate in the microwave.
- Pipe the molten chocolate and smear all over the body of the structure
- On each mouse, place dragees in appropriate spot for eyes, almond slices for ears, and chocolate arcs for the tail – refrigerate to set.
- Artistically place it on a platter with easy to make structures like nests filling it up with sugar candy, vermicelli etc. – as theme.
Lastly invite the naughty ones and enjoy the SWASHBUCKLING REEPICHEEP poppers in myriad characters, flavors and fun.
SOUL tip: make sure you have the above mentioned and other treats stored in large quantities because the knocks on your door is going to be continuous for the next few days.
Trick or Treat Picture provided by Chef Aman Tondon.
