Chocolate Figures for Christmas

Ingredients

• 120 g sugar
• 30 g cocoa powder
• 200 ml milk
• 70 g butter
• 1 piece mandarin (zest & juice)
• 300 g butter cookies
• 40 g cashew nuts or other nuts
• 100 g dark chocolate (for the coating)
• 100 g milk chocolate (for the coating)
• 10 ml vegetable oil (neutral)
• 100 g white chocolate (for details)
• Green & red food coloring (fat-soluble) (for decoration)

Method

1. Mix sugar and cocoa powder in a pot.
2. Add milk and bring to a boil.
3. Add butter to the mixture and let it melt.
4. Add mandarin zest and the juice of one mandarin.
5. Crush butter cookies and add to the mixture.
6. Add cashew nuts and mix everything well.
7. Transfer the mixture into molds and chill for a few hours.
8. Melt dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and vegetable oil together.
9. Pour the melted chocolate over the chilled figures.
10. Add details with white chocolate and color.
11. Finish and enjoy.