Sunday, August 30, 2009

Keroppi Chocolate

I made these chocolates as part of a larger Japanese character based meal titled "Kyaraben on Steroids" featured in Foodbuzz's 24-24-24 in August 2009. Click here to see the entire meal.

To emulate his colors, I made "green" chocolate by melting white chocolate over a double boiler and then adding food coloring to it. Unfortunately, white chocolate does not melt as easily in the microwave, and I actually burned my white chocolate when I tried. Soooo . . I had to use my improvised " double boiler" (aka a metal bowl inside a pot of boiling water).
I made these Keroppi chocolates from a mold, which I bought years ago. So, I'm not sure if they are available anymore. Using the mold, here's what I did next.

Place the white chocolate chips as his eyes:
Add the green chocolate and then refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
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2 comments :

  1. AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 12:04 AM

    hi, what kind of food colouring did you use? liquid? paste? powder? i've heard chocolate can't be coloured with paste or liquid colours because the chocolate will seize.

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  2. Tiny Urban KitchenOctober 15, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    Hi Anonymous,
    I just bought the tiny tubes of color that comes in gel form. You see it near the colored frosting area. I only put about a drop or two - that's all you need to color the batch of white chocolate.

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