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Chocolate polka-dot balloon with gold dust

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 T Hundreds-and-thousands
3 x 80 g dark chocolate slabs, melted
white chocolate buttons, to decorate
1 balloon
Gold dust, to decorate
1 balloon

Method

Pour the hundreds-and-thousands into the balloon and inflate it.

Using a paintbrush, paint the balloon with dark chocolate and allow to set. Set aside some of the chocolate.

Stick the white chocolate buttons onto the balloon using the remaining chocolate as glue. Sprinkle with gold dust.

Pop the balloon, breaking the chocolate into shards, and serve.

Cook's note: Finish off your next dinner party with a bang by creating a chocolate-coated showpiece that tastes as great as it looks.

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Chocolate polka-dot balloon with gold dust

Chocolate polka-dot balloon with gold dust

Ingredients

Method