St. Patrick's Day Chocolate Shamrocks

In tribute to Saint Patrick I've made green chocolate shamrocks. Who doesn't love chocolate?


Today, St. Patrick's Day, I passed these out to my friends. Next year I'll have to make more because even though i made nearly three dozen, I ran out in less than fifteen minutes.

Step 1 Supplies

-Shamrock shaped things. I made mine out of some scrap wood.
-Plastic, milk jug sides work great
-Vacuum Former. Sheekgeek has a cheap and easy was to make one How to Make Your Own Prototypes: How to Make Your Own Plastic Vacuum Former
-Vacuum
-Heat gun
-Wax Paper
-White Chocolate
-Green food coloring
-Double boiler
-Spoon(s) and Knives

Comments

[cloverbird27]

I'm Irish are you?

[Shany120]

yeah

[rogers236]

yup.

[vwinstead]

I've used "Food-grade" silicone before in order to make chocolate molds. Milk jugs are obviously made of food-grade plastic, but does melting them possibly make them harmful to use in food production afterwards? Plastics are sometimes tricky when used as food molds and I wouldn't want to find out in a few years that I had been making "cancer cookies" this whole time.

[necropolian]

hmm, this is something to celebrate here in belgium. another tradition to follow!

[ItsTheHobbs]

Mmmmm.. I melted a bunch of white chocolate, and water got in it, so it was ruined, but I ate a 1/4 lb. block of white chocolate.

[darkmuskrat]

Sweet xP thx for the milk jug idea

[rogers236]

no problem. i actually think it was on sheekgeek's instructable

[joey2542667]

you should add peppermint extract.

[kiwi20]

if you don't eat these on st. patrick's day, you get pinched by Unlucky the leprechaun. (Lucky's cousin twice removed.)

[GorillazMiko]

Yum. Those look good, now I'm hungry for a chocolate snack! Great job!