This very cute Chocolate Christmas Tree is easy to make and a perfect treat to get the kids in the kitchen to work on. I made this one with my 6 and 4 year old. If you were to make it on your own, you can be more precise with the layer shape and size, but don’t expect that when making it with the kids! My little ones were very proud of their Christmas Tree when they brought it to the table to share.
This recipe was originally posted in Nov 2010. I am having an “online holiday” this coming week, so thought I would share it again as part of Christmas In July 2011 series. As I am going for an eco-friendly theme this year, we will be making a series of these Chocolate Christmas Trees as our edible table decorations for Christmas day.
Chocolate Christmas Tree
Ingredients:
- 300 grams chocolate (we used Cadbury Dairy Milk)
- 1 1/2 cups rice bubble
- 3/4 cup desiccated coconut
- icing sugar for dusting
Method:
- Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a medium-sized microwave safe bowl (you add the other ingredients to it, so it needs to be large enough to fit all ingredients and to able to stir it easily.)
- Melt chocolate on high for about 90 seconds. Check and stir. If chocolate needs more melting, do so for 15 second bursts.
- Add coconut and rice bubbles to the melted chocolate and combine well.
- One trays lined with baking paper, spoon chocolate mixture into the shape of crosses. You could pipe them if you prefer.
- Make six crosses, each one being slightly smaller than the other. Leave a couple of tablespoons of mixture to the side. This will act as the glue to build the tree.
- Place crosses in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
- Place the largest cross onto a serving plate. Using the left over mixture (melt in microwave for 15 seconds if it has hardened) place a dob into the middle of the bottom layer and press the next layer gently on top of this. Continue until you have layered all 6 crosses.
- Place into fridge again for 30 minutes.
- Prior to serving dust with icing sugar.
Family Menu Plan For The Week
Baking: Butter Cake
Monday: Slow Cooker Satay
Tuesday: Fried Rice
Wednesday: Left Overs
Thursday: Sausages and Salad
Friday: Baked Penne With Bacon
Saturday: Tacos
Sunday: Lamb Chops With Steamed Vegetables
If you are looking for further recipe inspiration, check out my complete list of Family Friendly Recipes. All of these recipes are in the database of the Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner. You can use the menu planner to plan a week of meals for your family and then print out the associated shopping list.
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It’s like fancy chocolate crackles! Win!
Very true, but nicer because it doens’t have the copha taste – I am not a fan of copha!
That looks brilliant. My step-daughters are coming down for Christmas early this year, so I think we’ll be trying out a few of your recipes.
They look fantastic
I’ve just bought a chocolate mould to build a Christmas tree for teacher gifts. Each base has a little hole, and the top a little knobbly bit, so they slot onto each other. Wish I had seen this post first!
Lots of great ideas! Love the Christmas tree, and the menu plan.
oh I love it! just adding to my baking plan now…
Bookmarking this to make with the kids. Thanks PQ!
What a great idea. Your kids did a fantastic job! I have a chocolate mold that makes a similar tree, I’ve just never had the courage to give it a go!
Fantastic! I’m collecting simple Christmas things to do with the girls, this is definitely going on it.
The chocolate crackle is definitely under-rated! Thanks for the great Christmas idea. x
This will be perfect for my kids to make for the neighbours – last year we made your marshmallow xmas trees (which were a huge hit!) xxx
Wow. Have you got any recipes for hand made C’mas decorations? I can’t face looking at mine again this year, but more to the point, can’t face going shopping for all that nasty plastic tat brought over from China, and would like to go the craft way this year and make some at home. But am sooooo not a craft person.
Ideas, ideas, ideas, all gratefully received – got any previous posts on such?
Cheers with me fingers crossed,
AIW
Ahh that brings back memories of chocolate crackles!
Is it cheating to use cocoa pops, or is that just being over-indulgent?
Yum!
what a wonderful tree ya? I love chocolate items. every year i am celebrating my dad’s birthday with chocolate cake. this tree looks like very different. so this year christmas, surely i try this to do.