Nigerian And African Foods: Homemade Princess Party Favors ...

Kids parties are fun, but expensive too. The good news is you can make the decorations yourself and the party favors. Here's a treat I think you will like. Chocolate Covered Rice Crispy Treats shaped and decorated into any shape you want depending on the occasion and the person who is celebrating. Today let's focus on a little girl's party. What better theme is there of course then a princess party? So you could make rice crispy treats shapes like princess crowns, princess gowns, glass slippers and a royal carriage, all covered in chocolate, using white chocolate so you could color them pink, white, purple and so on. The method for making these delectable and fun-looking treats is similar to how you make cut out sugar cookies, except you decorate with chocolate, this will add flavor to them more so than frosting or royal icing. You can add details like crown points, buckles, lace on the gown and so on using more chocolate or decorating candies like sugar pearls. I prefer to use a rice crispy treats recipe from scratch. I double the recipe depending on the size of the cookie cutters. The bigger the cookie cutter, the smaller the batch will be. Princess crowns will be bigger where the glass slippers will be smaller.

Melting Chocolate, Supplies and Decorating Steps

Melting Chocolate. The most important trick to make this process easier is the set up. You should set up your decorating station first. Some of the special supplies you will need are a coffee saucer, plastic sauce bottles and extra caps, several tall and wide glasses, a sauce pot and bowls for toppings. Then melt the chocolate and pull out the treats from the refrigerator. As for melting the chocolate I recommend for this project you use the microwave on lower power. The method I have developed of melting the chocolate in sturdy plastic sealable bags makes it easier to transfer the chocolate into the plastic sauce bottles. To maintain the chocolate in a warm liquid state I place the filled sauce bottles inside a partially filled glass with warm water, NOT HOT, and this glass sits inside a partially water filled large pot. This pot sits on a burner or stove over a slight simmer. The sauce bottles are constantly in contact with a low heat which keeps the chocolate melted, but the DO NOT LET WATER touch the chocolate.

Decorating with Chocolate. My chocolate decorating method is much cleaner and more precise, so you can create details with colors without making a mess. The chocolate filled sauce bottles allow you to outline and fill sections of the treats with different colors. The trick here is decorating in phases. Decorate part of the treats, let them dry, then do the next step. To add detail to the treats you can use sugar pearls, colored sugar crystals or simply draw details with different colors of chocolate. It's very important to know what you want your treats to look like before you begin to decorate. If you know how to draw then make simple drawings of each treat and take notes as to what colors you wish to use. If you can't draw then just describe the designs in words. Write the descriptions down.

To save you time and hassle I work with one treat design at a time. Do not make two different ones in the same batch, for example, if I want to make the princess crown and the glass slipper I just work with one, finish it completely then work on the next treat design. These treats stay fresh for several days so you do not need to make them all at once. Here are some simple tips to follow when decorating with chocolate. You will outline the treat, let it dry, then fill the outline with chocolate. If your treat requires multiple colors, then work in sections. Finish one section of each treat, then do the next part for all of them. When adding sugar pearls or other ingredients you must add them to the chocolate while it is still wet or the items will not adhere.

Here's some more descriptive tips. Making Outlines. This is not for show just simply to create a "fence" in which to fill the rest of the chocolate coating. Using a sauce bottle and working with one treat at a time. Create a chocolate border around the edges then set aside on the baking tray. Create borders for all treats first before moving to the next step. Let dry for a few minutes. Filling in the Outlines. One treat at a time fill each treat with chocolate using the sauce bottles. I find it easier to start from the "close" to the edges then work towards the center. Do not completely fill. Leave a space in the center. DO NOT LET DRY immediately tap the treat on the saucer by grabbing the treat by its sides until chocolate fills the empty spaces. Set treat back in tray and go to next treat. These are some basic tips to help you finish your treats.

Packaging

The easiest way to package your treats is in cellophane bags tied off with pink or white, thin ribbons. Make lollipops out of your treats by sticking them with thin, rounded lollipop sticks. Both the cellophane bags and lollipop sticks are sold at baking supply stores or craft stores. You can even find them at many Walmart Superstores.

Making homemade party favors is fun and rewarding. Rice crispy treats decorated with chocolate and shaped into themed novelties look and taste great. Do not be surprised if your friends and relatives ask you to make some rice crispy treats party favors for their party. Providing quality food and drink reviews online.

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