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Friday, April 17, 2009

Strawberries Filled Chocolate Cups



Strawberries Filled Chocolate Cups

Something simple for a change :) It's up to you to decide if you're gonna keep these cuties, in a fridge or freezer as depending on that they will act as cream or ice cream cups.

To make chocolate cups: Melt dark chocolate in a double boiler. Using a painting brush spread layer of chocolate over the inside of a small paper cup. Place in the freezer. Repeat. While spreading the second layer, your cup might collapse due to the weight of chocolate. To prevent this, if you are using cups size of a mini cupcake pan, put your cups in it and if you are using even smaller cups, as I did :), buy a bunch of stacks of cups and don't take a single cup from the stack until you are done with both layers. When your cups are cooled and chocolate settled, remove paper cup. Now, here is another trick, on a hot weather, this thin chocolate might melt under your fingers, so use tweezers and be very patient! I made these before in winter and had no problems with either collapsing or melting.


Strawberries Filled Chocolate Cups

Strawberry Cream

250 g strawberries
250 ml heavy cream
5 Tbsp powdered sugar

Puree strawberries in a blender. Beat heavy cream. Add strawberry puree and sugar and mix just until it is nicely incorporated. I have added 5 tablespoons of sugar, but you do this to your taste. Start with one tablespoon, than taste, continue adding it until you're satisfied.

Fill your cups with strawberry cream, sprinkle with some edible glitter (kisses Minja!) and put in a fridge or freezer. Enjoy!

Note: The first photo in the post is my entry to the CLICK: April 2009 (Spring/Autumn).

Edit: Yay! The photo got the HOST PICK award! Thank you Jai and Bee and all of you who voted!

Click WINNER, April 2009


51 comments:

  1. Very good tips, and such a pretty end result too! :)

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  2. These look so dainty! A wonderful idea!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  3. predivne fotografije, odlicno izgledaju, cokolada i jagode, jos sampanjac, pa da kompletiramo desert...:)...
    Vanylica

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  4. jaoo..kako su lijepe...divne, a opet jednostavne...:)

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  5. These are beautiful Marija, just like Spring.
    Cheers,
    elra

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  6. yummy yummy yum :-)!!! Have a great weekend :-)!!

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  7. Those are adorable! I love the color of the strawberry cream, too.

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  8. Beautiful photographs. i saw your pic on Food gawker. Lovely

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  9. Saw your pics on tastespotting and had to come by. What beautiful photos and they look delicious.
    Michelle
    http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/

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  10. What a simple and elegant dessert!

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  11. Oh, these are much too cute!
    What delicate and pretty little morsels - love the photos, too!

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  12. Prelepo, zaista. Nisam nikad radila te cokoladne korpice, a nailazila sam na savete slicne tvojim, i eto meni domaceg zadatka :) Samo mi reci koliko korpica si napravila i koliko ti je trebalo cokolade?

    Ljubac,
    Maja

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  13. I love strawberries and chocolate together! Those look so cute and delcicious.

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  14. Ne mogu ih prestat gledati koliko su predivni! Izgledaju kao da su iz svijeta vila i bajki! :)

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  15. Majo, istopila sam 100 g crne cokolade, i ispalo je oko 25 korpica (onih manjih). Tu sam se negde smorila i vise nisam imala snage :) Ostala je gomila krema naravno :)

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  16. I too, saw the picture on Tastespotting, and just had to come and make a comment.
    And it is......
    WOW. So PRETTY.

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  17. OMG! ovo je savršeno! fotke su jednostavno savršene :)

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  18. Beautiful! All simple things in life are best! Missed you, and everyone else... Will be back soon :)

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  19. Fantasticna slika!!!!

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  20. these look delicious! I love the color of the strawberry with the chocolate. Have you tried using the baby silicon muffin cups? Might work really well with this. I use them when I make homemade peanut butter cups. When the chocolate hardens they pop right out and you can do as thick as a layer as you'd like...

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  21. Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog. Your pictures are stunning. Problem is, they look too cute to eat....

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  22. OH I love these!!! How totally gorgeous! Does the chocolate have to be tempered, or just melt and it will re-harden just fine? Thanks for sharing, beautiful recipe!

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  23. those are gorgeous and sound so yummy!!

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  24. That looks very beautiful Marija! Im so tempted to make it bt its very hot here and humid at the moment. wl have to wait til the weather cools down a little..N the baklava looks stunning YUM!!!

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  25. thesse look adorable. Such a nice treat ideal for spring :) thanks for the tips too

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  26. opet nisam skuzila da je ovo tvoj ulaz za click.:) sretno!:)))

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  27. beautiful click...

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  28. beautiful. thank you, dear marija.

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  29. i absolutely love your pic :)

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  30. Dear Marija!
    I find your blog, recipes and photos very unique, interesting, artistically and beautiful!
    As a sign of my tribute and my enthusiasmus to you I hand you this Inspiration-award!, which I have received shortly myself.

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  31. Looks fantastic. Love your method of making the chocolate cups!

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  32. I saw your pics. in Click event.Lovely and droolworthy.

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  33. This looks so beautiful and easy! unfortunately strawberries are a little pricey here!

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  34. What makes this dessert so refreshing is that you used strawberries instead of raspberries. Great job!

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  35. Čestitke draga Marija, na osvojenoj tituli (ili što god se to tamo već osvaja :) ) jer ta tvoja fotka je to zaista zaslužila (ako ne i ulaz u prve tri najbolje).

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  36. Wow... these look so delicious! I love your blog!

    Stacey

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  37. You amaze me every day more and more. This is stunning. Elegant, dreamy, just gorgeous.
    Congratulations on your award :)

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  38. isprobala sam ih i oduševljena sam :) tako su slatke, dekorativne i prefine... a košarice hrskave... mmm :)
    http://www.volim_kuhati.bloger.hr/post/strawberries-filled-chocolate-cups-by-palachinka/1463942.aspx

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  39. i love this color...oooooooooh gr8 talent and gr8 click ! congrats on ur award !

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  40. I'm impressed! What a delicate and lovely looking! You can take great pics! Love them!

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  41. It was rather interesting for me to read that article. Thanx for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more on that blog soon.

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