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Showing posts with label Party Ideas. Show all posts

No-Bake 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cups



This design is an original idea :) Hope you will like it as much as I do.

This recipe makes 12

Ingredients:
- 150g semi-sweet chocolate (I used VanHouten)
- 100g creamy peanut butter (I used Skippy)
- 15g softened salted butter (I used SCS)

1) Line small silicon cups (Available at Diaso. S$2 for 12's) on a baking tray. Note: I used silicon cups so that it will hold the mixture better and to achieve the pleated pattern at the side like the original Reese's peanut butter cups when the mixture solidified. You may want to use other types of moulds. It doesn't really matter.

2) Combine creamy peanut butter and softened salted butter in a bowl. Stir with a teaspoon until well blended. Place bowl into a bigger bowl with hot water to keep mixture soft.

3) Break chocolate into smaller pieces and place chocolate in a heavy pot. Melt chocolate over low heat. Once chocolate started to melt or show sign of melting, quickly remove pot away from heat and continue stirring the chocolate until completely melted. *Note: this is one of the ways to melt the chocolate. You can use the microwave or water bath method as well. But most of the time, I do it this way coz I do not have a microwave oven.

4) Add 1/2 of the portion from (2) into (3) and stir until well combined.

5) Scoop 1 teaspoon of the mixture from (4) into the silicon cups which makes the first layer of the peanut butter cups. Place them into the frozen compartment of the fridge for 5 minutes.

6) Scoop 1 teaspoon of the mixture from (2) into the silicon cups which makes the second layer of the peanut butter cups. Place them into the frozen compartment of the fridge for 5 minutes.

7) Scoop 1 1/2 teaspoon of the mixture from (4) which make the top last layer of the peanut butter cups. Optional -  decorate as desire. And place them in the frozen compartment of the fridge for at least 1 hour or until the peanut butter cups are set. Alternatively, you may leave it in the fridge (not the frozen compartment) for at least 3-4 hours or even overnight before consumption.

8) To consume, simply peel of the silicon cup. For storage, keep them in the fridge in an air-tight container. Consume within a week.

Enjoy!

材料:
- 150克半甜巧克力(我用VanHouten)
- 100克 creamy花生酱(我用Skippy)
- 15G软化带盐份牛(我用SCS)

1)把silicon杯整齐排列在烤盘上。Silicon杯在Diaso购买得到。一套12个2元。注:我用silicon杯的原因是这样才能呈现如原Reese's peanut butter cups的边缘折叠形状。您可能希望使用其他类型的模具或容器。因为这并不是重点。

2)结合奶油花生酱。用茶匙搅拌,直到均匀为止。将装有酱的碗放入一个盛有热水的大碗中,以保持酱的软度。

3)把巧克力弄成小块状,然后放入一个有厚度的小国锅中。* 要用厚锅的原因是因为薄锅易烧焦。用小火融化巧克力。一旦巧克力开始融化或有融化的迹象时,迅速 把锅移开​​,远离热源,并继续搅拌,直到完全融化为止。*注:这是融化巧克力的方法之一。您可以使用微波炉或水浴法。因为我家没有微波炉所以我都使用这个做法。

4)把(2)的1/2份量倒入(3),并搅拌直至到均匀的结合。

5)怎么做第一层 (最底层):从(4)取出1茶匙的量, 放入silicon杯里。做完所有的第一层后, 放入冰箱的冷冻室5分钟。

6)怎么做第二层 (中间层):从 (2)取出1茶匙的量,放入silicon杯里。做完所有的第二层后, 放入冰箱的冷冻室5分钟。

7)怎么做第三层 (最上层):从(4)取出1个半茶匙的量, 放入silicon杯里。做完所有的第三层后,可做装饰。装饰完毕,将其放置在冰箱冷冻室至少1小时或直到凝固为止。又或者,你也可以选择把它在冰箱的任一处(不是冷冻室喔!)至少3至4个小时,甚至过夜,方可食用。

8)食用前,只需剥下silicon杯就行了。储存方式:用air-tight的容器盛装,存放于冰箱内。在一个星期内食用完。

Marshmallow Bouquet


Main Ingredients:
- 5 marshmallows
- 15g white baking chocolate
- 25 M&M milk chocolates + additional (to fill the 'vase'. The amount depends on the size of the 'vase' u gonna use)
- 5 M&M mini milk chocolates

Materials:
- 5 satay sticks
- 5 color papers in green
- double-sided tape

1) Watch this video on how to make the stems using the materials above.

2) Melt white chocolate using the water bath method. *White chocolate scorches easily so personally I think this is the best method for melting white chocolate.

3) Dip the top of marshmallows into the melted white chocolate and stick the M&M milk chocolates and mini milk chocolates to form a flower design. When done, leave it on a plate until the white chocolate hardens so that the M&M milk chocolates stay secured and wont fall off.

4) Pierce satay stick from (1) into the marshmallow and pop it into the 'vase' filled with M&M milk chocolates. **Important Note: As seen in pic, I used flour topped with cocoa powder simply for illustration purposes. It is advisable to use something heavier like M&M milk chocolates, nuts or even colored candies and a deeper 'vase' so that the flower will not topple easily.

Voila! Marshmallow Bouquet for the kid's next party. Great as a centre piece too :)

Beary Cute Baked Cheesecake 可爱小熊芝士蛋糕






The original recipe came from this Star Recipe of the week by my friend Imelda. The food design is done by me and be pleased to know that it's an original idea :) Definitely a keeper. And how I wish food design can be copyrighted. I will want to have it registered :P

This recipe makes 6 serving of muffin-sized cheesecakes.

Ingredients:
- 1 block (250g) of cream cheese - cubed and softened (Any brand is ok. I used Philadelphia)
- 65g of castor sugar
- 9 oreo cookies (separate 3 pieces of the cookies and remove the cream, 6 pieces in original form and retaining the cream)
- 1 egg
-1/2 tsp vanilla essence

For decor:
- 9 Ritz Bits biscuits (separate all the biscuits and remove the cheese)
- 18 pieces of chocolate chips

1) Line cupcake cases with 1 (original form) + 1/2 (cream removed) Oreo cookies. Set aside.

2) Beat cream cheese and sugar until combined. Add the egg and vanilla essence and continue to beat until just combined. *Note: Do not over-whisk after beating in the egg. It will incorporate lots of air into the mixture causing the cake to crack easily during baking.

3) Scoop and distribute the mixture evenly into the 6 cases, decorate as shown in pictures above and bake in pre-heated oven at 150deg for 20mins. **Do not worry if the cheesecakes still crack during baking. Any cracks will fuse after cooling in room temperature and a chance that it will disappear completely after chilling. Even if it did not disappear completely, it wouldn't look obvious after chilling.

4) Leave baked cheesecake to cool at room temperature prior to refrigerating. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before consuming (best over-night).

Enjoy!

Click here for the video.

Banana Pops

 
It's not a new idea. Check out the marshmallow pops I did last year :) Hope you will like these banana pops too.

Ingredients:
- 3 medium-sized bananas
- 100g baking chocolate
- small handful of hundreds and thousands and/or chopped nuts (I toasted the nuts for extra fragrant)

1) Cut each banana into 3 and insert skewer on each cut banana. Set aside.

2) Melt chocolate in hot water bath. That is, pour fresh boiling water into a bowl/small pan and in another bowl, break the chocolate into small pieces and place the bowl of chocolate into the bowl of hot water. Stir until chocolate melts.

3) Coat banana with the melted chocolate and then the chopped nuts or hundreds and thousands. Served immediately or can be served chilled.

Enjoy!