{"id":4533,"date":"2014-04-25T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T09:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2017-03-26T13:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T03:37:52","slug":"make-chocolate-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/make-chocolate-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Chocolate Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"chocolate candle recipe howtocookthat\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dazzle your guest with chocolate candles filled with white chocolate mousse. \u00a0They look complicated but they are surprisingly easy to make. You can have a bit of fun serving empty plates and then candles as the centre piece.<\/p>\n<p>This morning I had a film shoot as a guest on a TV show, which was great fun. \u00a0A well organized producer made the day run smoothly. \u00a0The only downside of filming at home is the house has to be spotless. \u00a0Which every mum will know is a big achievement in the school holidays.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll let you know on social media when the show will be on TV.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xw-HVE5wkm4?list=PL2D2F4E4B08214BC2\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the candles:<br \/>\n200g (7.05 ounces) quality white chocolate<br \/>\nMy candles were 6cm (2.36 inches) tall x 5cm (1.97 inches) in diameter and used 200g (7.05 ounces) of chocolate to make 4 of them. \u00a0White chocolate is the hardest to temper so make sure you use good quality white chocolate that feels crisp and is shiny, look for a high percentage of cocoa butter 30% or more is good.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fn\">White Chocolate Mousse Recipe<\/h3>\n<p>This recipe makes 3 cups or 750millilitres (25.36 fluid ounces) of mousse which is enough to fill six candles in the size that I made.<br \/>\nIf you want to calculate the volume of your candles measure the height and radius (half of the diameter) and use the formula below.<br \/>\n3.14 x (radius)<sup>2<\/sup> x height<br \/>\nWhen you get your answer 1 cubic unit = 1 millilitres (0.03 fluid ounces)<\/p>\n<p>90millilitres (3.04 fluid ounces) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cream-use\/\" title=\"What cream should I use?\" target=\"_blank\">cream<\/a> (35% fat)<br \/>\n<span class=\"ingredient\"><span class=\"amount\">210g (7.41 ounces)<\/span> <span class=\"name\">white chocolate<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n50g (1.76 ounces) or 1\/4 cup less 1 Tbsp water<br \/>\n75g (2.65 ounces) or 1\/3 cup castor (super fine) sugar<br \/>\n65g (2.29 ounces) or 4 egg yolks<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\nadditional 310millilitres (10.48 fluid ounces) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cream-use\/\" title=\"What cream should I use?\" target=\"_blank\">cream<\/a>, whipped to soft peaks<\/p>\n<p>Mix the cream and white chocolate to form a ganache, leave to cool<br \/>\nHeat the sugar and water to 238F (114.44 degrees Celsius) and whip into the egg yolks, continue to whip until cooled and thick.<br \/>\nMix in the ganache.<br \/>\nFold in the whipped cream.<br \/>\nPour into the candles<br \/>\nRefrigerate overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0957-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"edible chocolate candles how to cook that\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0957-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0957-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0957-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0957-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"updated\">2014<\/h5>\n<p>by Ann Reardon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/\" title=\"Welcome to How To Cook That\" target=\"_blank\">How To Cook That<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/make-chocolate-candles\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"chocolate candle recipe howtocookthat\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0930-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"4535\" \/><\/a><p>&nbsp; Dazzle your guest with chocolate candles filled with white chocolate mousse. \u00a0They look complicated but they are surprisingly easy to make. You can have a bit of fun serving empty plates and then candles as the centre piece. This morning I had a film shoot as a guest on a TV show, which was great fun. \u00a0A well organized producer made the day run smoothly. \u00a0The only downside of filming at home is the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1654,142,145,150],"tags":[31,972,26,1750,952,1751,163,981,1752],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4533"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52709,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4533\/revisions\/52709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}