Chocolate Bowls

Our teenage niece and her friend spent the night with us last night. For something different, and fun, I decided to give these chocolate bowls a shot.

You start with a balloon that you fill halfway with water. You can see in this pic that we overfilled ours, and that caused them to lean over a lot. Not that that was a bad thing, but the bowls ended up slanted. We used 8" balloons. I think they were a little large and that 4" would've been better, but 8" was all the local store had.

Oh, and you don't have to worry about the balloon smell getting onto the bowls.

In a microwave, melt two batches of dipping chocolate per the manufacturers instructions. Pour the chocolate into a deep small bowl just slightly larger then the balloons.

Put a balloon into the bowl, and rotate it back and forth to get the chocolate over the bottom of the balloon. Take a piece of wax paper and put it on a large sheet pan. Place a dollop of the chocolate mix on the paper (to help hold the balloon in place) and then place the balloon on top of it.

Hold the balloon in place until it sets enough to put the pan into the fridge. Let set for at least 30 minutes until the chocolate is hardened.

Working near the sink. pop a hole in the balloon and let the water drain out. Remove the balloon. It might stick a bit. Just be careful when tugging at it and it'll come loose. Drain all of the water. Our bowls ended up with a little chocolate lip at the bottom. You might want to trim that off. I kept it on. Just be careful if you do trim it as the bowls are delicate.

Place the chocolate bowl into a bowl or onto a plate and add ice cream, chocolate syrup, M & Ms, or whatever you want!


Enjoy!