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Radio Leicester,9 mins

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Chocolate Christmas Tree Bark: 400g dark chocolate, broken into small squares 100g white chocolate, broken into squares, To decorate: Whatever takes your fancy so things such as: Milk chocolate buttons white chocolate buttons freeze dried cranberries dried festive fruit & nut mix (cranberries, almonds, orange, sultanas etc) pistachio nuts edible glitter honeycomb Method: 1: Melt the 2 chocolates separately. Pour the dark chocolate onto a roasting tray (approximately 40cm x 30cm) that has been lined with baking paper and spread out evenly. 2: Drizzle over the white chocolate, splatter it about or swirl with a spoon for a marbled effect. 3: Sprinkle over your toppings then put in the fridge to set for a couple of hours. When hard break into shards and put a few in a cellophane bag tied up with a bit of festive ribbon. Festive White Chocolate Fudge: 400g white chocolate, broken into squares 1 x 400g can condensed milk 50g butter 1 teaspoon vanilla paste 100g mixed fruit (dried cranberries, figs, sultanas etc) 50g pistachios orange zest To decorate: milk chocolate buttons freeze dried raspberries edible glitter more orange zest Method: 1: combine white chocolate, condensed milk, butter and vanilla paste in a saucepan and heat gently to melt stirring occasionally. 2: Once fully melted and combined stir in the fruit and nuts. 3: Pour mixture into a small roasting tray (20cm x 20cm) or tupperware box lined with foil and smooth out. Sprinkle with the toppings and put in the fridge to set for 4 hours. Cut into bite sized squares.

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