Hey guys it’s Ro! Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
Valentines day is right around the corner, it’s less than 2 weeks away.
And, I have a lot of people in my life who love Star Wars!
I wanted to make something that was romantically geeky this year!
And, whether you’re making this for a friend, a family member or that special someone!
Today we’re gonna be making R2-D2 Chocolates!
Let’s get started!
The things you will need, will be: White chocolate melts, some macadamia nuts, caramel bites, cupcake liners,
an R2-D2 mold, I found this one online, I’ll put a link down below to make it easier.
An empty box of chocolates, you can find these in a ton of different stores
this time of year, or if you held onto 1 from last year, you an repurpose it!
Then to decorate, we’ve got a little R2-D2 template, every box will need 1
R2-D2 character, but if you’re gonna make a bunch of gift boxes, I just put it
into a template, I made it in photoshop and I’ll put a link down below
if you want to use it!
A blue and red piece of construction paper, scissors, a white sharpie paint pen,
a pencil and a glue stick.
Now let’s put it all together!
Today I’m gonna be making 2 different types of chocolate candies. Starting off
with white chocolate macadamia nut, mmmmmm!
These are 1 of my favorite cookie flavors, I love white chocolate macadamia nut
cookies! So good!
Alright, so the first thing that we’re gonna do is we're gonna take some macadamia nuts and
crush them up, you can do this any way you’d like, but this is what I like to do.
Take a little ziplock baggie, boop!
Pour a few in there, close it tight, errrooop!
Push out the air! So my bag doesn’t pop!
And then, take a rolling pin, and crush ‘em up!
Yeah!
Oh yeah! These are ready to nom on!
Also a side note, the macadamia nuts that I’m using have sea salt on them,
and I really like that because I like having a little bit of salt with my sweet.
The next thing that we're gonna do is melt our white chocolate.
I heated mine up in the microwave, but you can also use a double boiler method,
whatever you’d like.
And now, I’m just gonna scoop it into a little decorating bag, you don’t have
to do this, but I like to do it for a little bit more control.
Then, I’m twisting a little rubber band tie, tying the top of the bag.
To assemble our little chocolate R2-D2’s, the first thing that you’re gonna do is,
put in a thin layer of chocolate, on the bottom.
Doo-doo-doo-doooooo!
And, spread it around! So that there’s no mold showing, it should be all covered.
I got my first 1 done, and while that is setting, I’m gonna fill the rest of my molds.
Now that the first layer of chocolate has set, now we’re gonna add our fillings.
I’m gonna be adding a little bit of crushed macadamia nut, yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
I just got a little spoon just gonna place it in the middle, shake some in there.
Boop-boop-a-doop!
Then, I’ve got these little carmel bites! I really like these because look
how small they are, they’re perfect, you can just go plop-plop!
Now we're gonna add the final layer, the top layer of chocolate, to sandwich these little
treats in, yum-yum-yum!
I also like to give it a little tap, just a little bit. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
Now we’re gonna put these little chocolates into the freezer for about 10 minutes
to set, and while they are setting we’re gonna do some arts and crafts!
While our chocolates are chilling in the freezer, we are gonna be making some
decorations. The first thing that I’m gonna do is cut out some R2-D2’s
from the template I made. Just take your scissors, and I made sure to print it
on a thicker piece of printer construction paper.
We’ve got our little R2 cut out now, and now we are gonna cut out designs for the
top of the box. Take off the lid of whatever chocolate box you’re using, and
you’re gonna place it face down on top of a piece of construction paper.
I found these at Michael’s they have a ton of them, a ton of different colors,
so you can make them whatever color you want.
You’re gonna take your pencil, trace the shape, roop! Of the heart all the way around.
Now, you’re gonna take your scissors and cut it out!
Well I never! Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm!
Is it arts and crafts time, or is it….
Hearts and crafts time?
Now the next thing that we’re gonna do, we're gonna cut a smaller heart to fit on the
inside of our red heart. In the past I’ve used big, heart shaped cookie cutters,
whatever you have around the house. And I had another little candy
box that I used last year.
And so what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna take the lid off, boop! And I’m gonna use
this as a stencil! And again, take your pencil, trace the outline,
all the way around. And then again, take your scissors and cut it out!
Now that we’ve got our two hearts cut out and our little R2-D2, we are going to
put the little R2-D2 onto the blue heart, using our glue stick.
Apply the glue on the back of our little R2-D2, then I'm just gonna lightly place him near the
bottom of the heart.
We have got little R2 glued on there and now we are gonna write a little personalized
message. There are so many cute things that you could write.
I’m gonna sketch mine in pencil first, because I tend to misspell things.
And then I’m gonna trace over it with my sharpie paint pen.
There are many corny little messages you could write.
You could write, “You R2 Awesome!” Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Or, “You are the droid I’m looking for!” Oooh-oooh-oooh!
I think I’m gonna be writing, you are the Obi-Wan for me!
De-dew! Now we’ve got our cute little message, and now we’re gonna glue this all
together, we’re gonna glue our blue heart, right in the center!
Alright, now we’re gonna glue this on the top of our box!
Boom! There you have it! And now we’re gonna get our chocolates out of the freezer!
And fill this little box up, yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
Just took our R2 chocolates out of the freezer, and now we are gonna pop them
out onto this little cutting board. This mold makes 4 of the small R2’s, so
I’m gonna be making a double batch. Because, 8 little candies fit in this little box!
Over here is my little chocolate box and I’ve lined it with the little cupcake
liners, and 8 fit in there perfectly!
And I really like these molds because they’re kind of rubbery so you can pull them
apart, and stretch them to get your candies out of there.
Oh my gosh they’re so cute! Beep-boop-boop-boop-reep-reep!
That means I think he’s cute!
Alright, then you’re gonna put him in the little cupcake liners, boop,
right at the bottom!
Ta-da! Here are the R2-D2 Chocolates that we made for Valentines Day!
We also made, a custom Chocolate Box lid!
You’re the Obi-Wan for me! Dawwww!
And inside we have our little custom candies!
We made white chocolate macadamia nut and white chocolate caramel candies.
I really like making chocolate candies as gifts because, they’re easy, they’re
fun, and you can customize them to whatever flavors that people like.
Also, I’ll post a bunch of photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.
And if you guys make any geeky chocolates this year, please take a picture and
send it to me! I love seeing your baking creations, I just get a big kick out of it!
Makes my day!
And if you guys have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies!
Please let me know, leave me a comment down below and I will do my best to make it
happen! Alright, thanks again you guys and Happy Valentines Day!
Bye-bye!