Recipes: Fun For Kids
Chocolate Words
Ingredients
- 1 jar (7-1/2 oz.) marshmallow cream
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate pieces
- 1/4 creamy peanut butter
Directions
- Prepare recipe as directed; omit peanut butter and add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- For Fondue: You will also need Fondue Dippers, kabob sticks or long tooth picks.
- For Chocolate Words: You will need wax paper and several serving spoons.
Directions if you use a Microwave:
Place marshmallow cream in 2-quart microwave-safe bowl. Gradually stir in heavy cream; add chocolate pieces. Microwave on High 2 minutes; stir well. Add peanut butter and stir until well blended. Pour into fondue pot or small chafing dish and keep warm while serving. Makes 4 servings (about 2 cups).
Directions if you use the Oven:
Place marshmallow cream in medium saucepan. (Ask an adult to help supervise turning on the burner and stirring.) Gradually stir in heavy cream. Add chocolate pieces. Stir constantly over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat; add peanut butter and stir until well blended. Pour into fondue pot or small chafing dish and keep warm while serving. Makes 4 servings (about 2 cups).
To make Fondue Dippers:
Select some foods you want to dip into the chocolate sauce. Cut small squares of toasted pound cake and/or angel food cake. Choose things like dried apricots, fresh strawberries, grapes, pineapple chunks, apple and pear slices, cut-up banana and mandarin orange sections. (Remember to drain fruit well). Take turns placing or skewering a piece of fruit or cake onto the end of the fondue dipper or tooth pick and gently dip it into the chocolate. Voila! Chocolate covered food!
To make Chocolate Words:
Lay sheets of wax paper on a flat surface. (preferably on a cookie sheet.) While chocolate mixture is still warm and "fluid," scoop up a spoonful of the mixture with a large serving spoon. Gently tilt the spoon over the wax paper, slowly dribbling a stream of chocolate from the spoon onto the wax paper. Move your hand as you pour to "write" in a stream of chocolate onto the wax paper. You can spell out whole words or make individual letters that can be arranged to form different words when they have cooled. Let the poured "chocolate words" cool until hardened, or place in the refrigerator to solidify. The words and letters should easily peel off the wax paper when cooled. Enjoy! Now you can actually "eat your words!"
