Besides being a delicious food and a perfect accompaniment to a lot of recipes, both sweet and savory, chocolate can be used to spend a fun afternoon with the family. Today, September 13, International Chocolate Day is celebrated, and to celebrate it as it deserves, we bring you a few ideas to enjoy a fun afternoon of games with the little ones in the house.
Games with chocolate, much more than recipes
Chocolate can be taken in many different ways, as it is delicious both hot and cold and can be the perfect accompaniment to a Sunday afternoon like today. Children love it and since they don't usually take it very often, Surely if you offer them to play with chocolate the idea will excite them. Therefore, below you will find some proposals for you to enjoy chocolate day in the best possible way.
Although recipes with chocolate they are never a bad option, since children love to get into the kitchen and prepare delicious dishes to share. The options are endless, here are some proposals to give you an idea, but surely you can think of many more. The best thing is that you prepare a brainstorm with the children, so that you can vote and choose those that attract the most attention.
Paint with chocolate
Perhaps you have never considered the possibility of using chocolate to paint, but if you try it, you will see that it is very fun and surprising. For children it will be a sensory experience, since they will only need to use their fingers to make their drawings. They can suck their fingers without fear, paint their faces or bodies, or play at drawing pictures on the arms of others.
To paint with chocolate you just have to get a special product to melt, such as the pearls for cookies and cakes that are sold in any supermarket. Make sure the chocolate is not too hot before children stick their fingers in, as there is a risk of burning. Once the chocolate is ready, you just need to choose the canvas, it can be a paper, a cake, your own body or the body of any other member of the family.
Chocolate lollipops
There is nothing easier than preparing delicious chocolate lollipops, to spend an entertaining afternoon with the children. The ingredients are very simple, you need white chocolate, milk chocolate, to melt and if you wish, pink chocolate. To decorate, you can use colored noodles, sugar pearls, food coloring, grated coconut, dried fruit, chocolate sprinkles, the options are endless.
The step by step is as follows, melt different types of chocolate in the microwave. Prepare a tray with a parchment paper and carefully form chocolate circles on the paper, making sure that they are all uniform and of a similar size. On top you can put another circle of another type of chocolate and the decorations you prefer. Place a plastic stick and chill in the fridge until the chocolate is completely solidified.
Chocolate popcorn
To watch a family movie on any weekend afternoon, there is no better accompaniment than some delicious popcorn. In this case and to honor the great protagonist of this holiday, we are going to cover the popcorn with delicious melted chocolate, to lick your fingers. You just have to microwave about 200 grams of chocolate to taste, and you can even prepare different types of chocolate to cover the popcorn.
Popcorn can be microwaveable in a couple of minutes, though if possible, buy fresh corn and make the popcorn in the traditional way, you will notice the difference. Once the popcorn is ready and the chocolate is melted, you just have to cover the popcorn, being careful to impregnate the entire fountain. Let them cool well before eating them and enjoy these games with chocolate.