Mix & match chocolate lollipops
Pick your chocolate, flavouring and topping, and let your imagination run wild.
MAKES 4 PREP 20min, plus setting COOK about 5min
• 100g (3½oz) dark, milk or white chocolate, chopped (keep separate)
Flavour suggestions:
• Peppermint extract or rose water
• ½tsp finely grated orange, lemon or lime zest
• Large pinch cayenne pepper, rock salt or freshly ground black pepper
Topping suggestions:
• Coloured chocolate, fudge chunks, chopped nuts, poppy seeds, crushed
sweets, chopped dried fruit, chilli flakes, crystallised rose petals, crystallised ginger, sugar sprinkles, silver balls
You will also need:
• Lollipop sticks
1 Line two large flat baking sheets with baking parchment. Melt your chosen chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water (or blast on full power for 15sec bursts in the microwave until melted). Stir in your chosen flavouring, if using.
2 Spoon 1tbsp chocolate mixture on to the lined sheet and spread into a circle. Lay on a lollipop stick and add a little more chocolate to cover. Repeat with remaining chocolate.
3 While the chocolate is still wet, sprinkle over your chosen toppings and leave to set.
PER LOLLIPOP (AVERAGE): CALS 130; FAT 8G; SAT FAT 5G; CARBS 14G MAKE IT A GIFT Wrap each lolly in a piece of cellophane, seal with tape and tie with ribbon.