Some crispy cake recipes call for cocoa powder but I love the oozy sumptuousness of chocolate for these little treats.

Our chocolate sheep are very popular," says Sister Genevieve, the chocolate-making nun of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara. "Anything that is a sheep, people love, although we have yet to make sheep-shaped soap." What could be better than a startled sheep perched on top of a cupcake? These little treats are really easy to make and as a bonus, completely delicious! I made a batch of my ultra-moist chocolate cupcakes, smeared some vanilla buttercream on then placed my marshmallows. Boom, 95% done! The faces come together in a snap but if possible make them a day ahead so they can dry out.There are many great occasions to gift Welsh chocolate. Chocolate is something to be shared, making it the perfect gift many times throughout the year. Send the Welsh Sayings chocolate bar to a friend, and they are sure to love the Welsh touch alongside the delicious chocolatey taste.

During the Second World War, Rowntree’s stopped producing KitKats (or Chocolate Crisps, as they were more commonly called at the time) to focus on manufacturing munitions. But factory workers and their families missed KitKats so much that some tried hand-making their own unauthorised version. They filled moulds with strips of Ryvita and poured in dark chocolate that had been made for soldiers’ rations. 10. Only one chocolate bar has ever been made from British-grown cocoa beans If you are about to fly the nest you need to know how to actually make chocolate nests don’t you?! How To Make Chocolate Rice Krispie Cakes With the left over fondant, use an even smaller oval shape to cut out the ears. If you need to, gather the access fondant into a ball and roll it out again to get another thin layer. The RTÉ Guide's Donal O'Donoghue visits Kylemore Abbey where the 'Chocolate Nun’, Sister Genevieve, and her team are busy making fine chocolate and luxury soap.This particular batch of chocolate Rice Krispie cakes are for Easter so they need some mini eggs nestling on the nest!

Solid chocolate was finally invented in 1847. Once the big brands began to industrialise, chocolates with fondant centres became hugely popular. They were sold in handmade boxes decorated with silk, tassels and lace, with names like Cadbury’s The Fancy Box. I know they’re simple and I’m probably telling you something you already know, but these are here for my children and for all those young people out there stepping out into the world who DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A CHOCOLATE KRISPIE CAKE! By the 1930s, these ornate confections were still popular – and not at all cheap. One box from Rowntree's was priced at 100 shillings, when the rent for a slum dwelling at the time was 10 shillings a week. 7. Some of our most popular chocolate bars are almost 100 years old

2. It really is the "food of the gods"

As both grew I had to choose one and so we got Valentina, and so now I’m in the soapery most of the time." Valentina, a former law student, first came to help the nuns in 2017 for two months before returning to stay in 2018. "Milk chocolate with nuts," she says of her chocolate weak spot, her passion as tangible as her mentor’s. It’s okay if you don’t have a perfect oval shape or the correct size. You can modify it with a small knife, like I did! Use a small paint brush to gently brush a small amount of water onto the fondant where you want the ears and eyes to be.