Well... for halloween this year I thought I'd try out the creepy crawlies from the Hello Cupcake book. What a palava!The recipe recommends that you use "melting wafers" which stay at the right consistency for piping but I'm pretty sure aren't available in the UK, at least I couldn't find them anywhere.
First I tried piping chocolate which was too runny and dripped everywhere and then quickly solidified and burst the zip lock bag. Not easy to keep at the right temperature and not ideal.
Second I tried the new chocolate flavoured writing icing that I found in Sainbury's (genius!) but that doesn't harden in the fridge. So, I kept that as my second choice for making insects, just in case I couldn't get the right thing.
Thirdly I tried some Scotbloc Chocolate flavoured cake covering which was the best thing I could find. It melted well and stayed at the right consistency for long enough to do plenty of creepy crawlies. Whenever it started to go a little to thick for piping I just dipped the bag into a little hot water and I was away once more!
Each time I drew out a little creepy crawly on to some grease proof paper I popped a chocolate bean on the top to make the body. Once I had a sheet full of insects I popped them in the fridge for 5 minutes to solidify and then placed one on each cupcake.
Happy halloween!!
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