{"id":83398,"date":"2018-08-10T20:28:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T09:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=83398"},"modified":"2018-08-17T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:07:49","slug":"the-chocolate-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/the-chocolate-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chocolate Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-550x825.jpg\" alt=\"chocolate tree ann reardon\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83402\" data-wp-pid=\"83402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-550x825.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been wanting to make a chocolate tree for a while and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to make one.    <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkaIwxSogjI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With thanks to LG Australia for sponsoring this video and providing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/au\/door-in-door-fridges\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">instaview fridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To make a giant chocolate tree you will need<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food items:<\/strong><br \/>\n600g (21.16 ounces) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/temper-chocolate\/\">tempered<\/a> chocolate, or you swap some of this for compound chocolate especially for joining on the leaves  because it sets faster.<br \/>\nchocolate bars of your choice, I used 4 chokitos, 15 boost bars, 4 chocolate coated liquorice sticks<br \/>\nchocolate coated pretzels<br \/>\nmint leaves<br \/>\nwatermelon flavoured cloud lollies (green coloured for leaves)<br \/>\n30 freckles or other colourful candy to attach to the tree.<br \/>\nSwirl lollipops for &#8216;flowers&#8217; in the garden<br \/>\n2 packets of oreos<br \/>\nchocolate gold coins<br \/>\nfairy floss or cotton candy<br \/>\nroll of liquorice<br \/>\nchocolate finger biscuits (for the tree house platform)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non food items:<\/strong><br \/>\nsparkly craft foam sheets for the backdrop.  I used dark blue for the top of the sky, lighter blue for the sky below the shelf, white for clouds and green for hills.<br \/>\nfake grass<br \/>\nbattery operated fairy lights<br \/>\ncake stand (if you don&#8217;t have one of there you could make a stand out of strong wire and cover it in foil)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-ann-reardon-492x1024.jpg\" alt=\"chocolate tree ann reardon\" width=\"492\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83401\" data-wp-pid=\"83401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-ann-reardon-492x1024.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-ann-reardon-300x625.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-ann-reardon-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-ann-reardon-768x1600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/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\/the-chocolate-tree\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"chocolate tree ann reardon\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chocolate-tree-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"83402\" \/><\/a><p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to make a chocolate tree for a while and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to make one. With thanks to LG Australia for sponsoring this video and providing the instaview fridge. To make a giant chocolate tree you will need Food items: 600g (21.16 ounces) tempered chocolate, or you swap some of this for compound chocolate especially for joining on the leaves because it sets faster. chocolate bars of your choice,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,912],"tags":[31,3073,3072,3071,2991,952,163,3075,3074],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83398"}],"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=83398"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83684,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83398\/revisions\/83684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}