Chocolate Reindeer – KIDtastic Friday

I don’t think anyone is too old for these cuties! I have to admit that my kids (24 & 19) were kinda looking at me strange while I was making these thermomix chocolate reindeers but come on aren’t they awesome!  🙂  And yes once done – guess who were in on them like gold!  🙂

These are really great as a gift when wrapped with cellophane & brightly coloured ribbon for:

• a gift that the kids can give their friends
• a gift that the kids can give their teachers
• a gift that the kids can give their neighbours
• or even on the Christmas table on Christmas Day (But best to leave some out for Santa and his Reindeer!!!!)

A few things:

• Make sure your TM Bowl and Lid are VERY DRY!
• Tempering chocolate is used in this recipe to give the chocolate a glossy, shiny appearance and to help the reindeers set well and be firm.
• It is important to use a good quality chocolate for this recipe to ensure the tempering process works well.
• The salty pretzels and chocolate is a lovely combination, so any left over melted chocolate, dip and cover additional pretzels allowing them to set on a sheet of baking paper.

And the most important thing 😀

To clean Thermomix bowl after melting chocolate:

1. Pour a glass of milk into TM bowl and mix 5 sec / speed 8.
2. Heat milk 5 mins / 80°C / speed 4.
3. Enjoy warm chocolate milk.  No wasted chocolate!

Here is Lucy, one of my ThermoFun taste testers daughters who had a wonderful time creating reindeers.  From what I hear it was one for Lucy and one for Mum!

Chocolate Reindeer – ThermoFun

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Ingredients

• 300g milk chocolate (good quality)
• 48 mini pretzels
• 24 red mini M&Ms or Smarties
• 40g white chocolate
• 48 small dark chocolate buds

Instructions

1. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Using a 5-6cm circumference lid or cookie cutter, trace 12 circles as templates onto each baking paper sheet. 24 in total.
2. Ensure TM bowl and lid are very dry. As little as one drop of water will spoil your chocolate, hindering it from melting properly.
3. Place 250g milk chocolate into TM bowl and chop 10 sec / speed 9.
4. Scrape down and melt 4 mins / 50°C / speed 1. Half way through the 4 mins, remove TM lid and scrape down any chocolate from sides or any that is on top of blades.
5. Add remaining 50g chocolate and mix 1 min / speed 1 (no temperature selected).
6. Scoop a heaped teaspoon chocolate in the middle of each circle template on the baking paper. Use the back of the spoon to gently spread it out to the template size required.
7. Add pretzel antlers and a red nose Smartie to each. Allow to set approx. 10 mins.
8. Place white choc melts into a zip lock bag and melt in microwave 20-25 sec. Snip a small corner off the bag and carefully place 2 eyeballs onto each reindeer. Add a dark chocolate bud to complete the eyes.
9. Allow a few hours or overnight for the chocolate to set hard.

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