Chocolate Covered Spoons
This one’s a long-delayed post. Last Christmas, I gave some of my officemates chocolate covered spoons. I got the idea from an old issue of Good Housekeeping. After looking through the net for additional ideas, my sister, H and I rolled up our sleeves and started preparing these tasty goodies. They are very easy to make and are a huge hit with kids and adults. These chocolate covered spoons make great presents, souvenirs and wonderful companions to a mug of hot coffee, a mug of hot chocolate or a delicious bowl of ice cream.
First, you’ll need one cup of chopped chocolate (or one cup of chocolate chips). I recommend that you use a good baking chocolate, like Callebaut or Ghirardelli. While you can use chocolate like Kisses or Hersheys, the taste of Callebaut or Ghiradelli chocolate will be much deeper and richer. I also chose to go with semi-sweet dark chocolate because it’s my favorite. You can also use milk chocolate, white chocolate, etc. Melt the chocolate either in the microwave or on your stove top. The chocolate should be smooth and fully melted.
The chopped chocolate was very tempting! H kept sneaking a taste. And it took utter willpower not to dip our fingers into the melted chocolate. The next step is to get your plastic spoons. The prettier the better! Dip the bowl of the spoon into the melted chocolate. Prop the spoon over a mug till the chocolate hardens, about 15 minutes. When the chocolate is hard, wrap a piece of cellophane and ribbon around your spoon! It’s that easy. That’s the basic recipe.
You can make your spoons even more attractive by using sprinkles. Before the chocolate sets, sprinkle it with colored sugar or candy-like sprinkles for a festive look. We used red and green sprinkles in the shape of Christmas trees, and tiny balls in rainbow colors. My sister and I also drizzled the spoons with melted white chocolate. That was my favorite design of all!
The best part is seeing your friends’ faces light up! Some of them ate it right away (while typing at their desks), some got a mug of hot coffee and used the chocolate covered spoon as a stirrer, another used it to eat with ice cream.
A bunch of chocolate covered spoons in a mug would make a sweet present. You can also include a pack of hot chocolate along with your chocolate covered spoons package. During parties, you can serve these spoons along with cups of coffee. For Valentine’s, my sister made a bunch and decorated them with pink and red hearts. You can also mix in mint liquer, orange liquer, vodka liquer… so many possibilities! It is a very versatile present and souvenir, and pretty easy to make. I hope you enjoy making these chocolate covered spoons as much as you enjoy feasting on them!
February 22nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
hi toni,
this is a cool idea…. it will be a sell-off at kiddie parties too!
February 22nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Yumm! But before I could probably make those spoons, I would have dipped some banana or marshmallow into that melted pot of chocolate ala chocolate fondue. Hehehe…
February 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 pm
QUESTION/s:
can we do more layers of chocolate to make it thicker?
in that case do we make the first layer harden first before dipping it again in the melted chocolate?
can we keep the chocolate burning on the stove top or do you recommend melting it in batches (else, it will be too bitter?)?
where did u get those gold plastic spoons?
this is really a nice idea! would be good for a kid’s birthday party
thanks toni!
February 22nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Jojo girl:
Can we do more layers of chocolate to make it thicker? Yes you can!
in that case do we make the first layer harden first before dipping it again in the melted chocolate? Yes!
Can we keep the chocolate burning on the stove top or do you recommend melting it in batches (else, it will be too bitter?)? Melt in small batches to avoid burning and to prevent the chocolates from hardening faster when you’re dipping spoons!
Where did u get those gold plastic spoons? We got them from a party store in the States. Pasalubong.
February 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm
hmm.. if we’d use white choco, would it be ok ?
February 22nd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Fionixe: Yup! White chocolate would be just fine.
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Creative! You should patent your idea.
Question: how do you prevent the chocolate from melting when it is 35
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
i love the pictures…
i dont think i can do this – kasi i wont be able to withstand staring at the chocolate lest doing something with it….
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
uy nice idea yan ah. and i love the assembly line nung spoons!
February 22nd, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I love this idea Toni. Thank you for generously sharing this cool idea. I love it! I said that twice ‘coz I do.
I love the tag as well. Do you mind if I copy that one too?
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 am
i’m gonna have to copy you
that’s a really nifty way of giving something thoughtful and well, very yummy too!
i love the white chocolate drizzle design! ohhh i’m inspired! but then again it’s evil chocolate…. i guess i just have to wait for a special occassion to use as an excuse. hehehe
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:32 am
Love this Toni! We added different extracts to the chocolate. It worked great with coffee!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:02 am
This is BRILLIANT!
You are so creative, Toni!
February 23rd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
very creative…kelan ko kaya to ma try. hmmmm…
so how are you na :d
February 23rd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Michele sent me
This sounds fabulous, but the pic of choc in a bowl looks even more fabulous all by itself.
February 23rd, 2007 at 3:44 pm
hehehe! ang galing naman! nakakatakam!
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:23 pm
oh dear you are such an angel and very creative too
i prob would do some then… i have dark chocs waiting for me to experiment on something
February 24th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
i love how you documented this.. galing ng pics!
February 25th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
unique idea – am sure your friends liked them very much. your idea will probably sell in coffee shops!
February 25th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
this a very unique and cool giveaway, i wish i was your officemate hehe! ang sarap sana niya gayahin dahil ang cute-cute kaso hindi uubra sa kin ang mamigay ng ganito. kung bibili ako ng ghirardelli, papapakin ko na lang lahat hahaha! ok din siguro kung hazelnut-flavoured yung chocolate
February 26th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I’ve made these as well … super astig no?
February 26th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
eee! galing. so nice. thanks for sharing. i wish it was Christmas again so i can do this as gifts to my friends.
February 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
i should try this! i have lots of chocol8s at home…im collecting dark chocs..hiihii
February 28th, 2007 at 1:45 am
what a great idea…sana officemate mo rin ako.
March 1st, 2007 at 11:11 am
verrry interesting!!! i’ll have my daughter janna do that this summer!
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 am
Toni – This is such a good idea. Where did you get the plastic that you used? I think I might use these as give aways for my Mom’s surprise party.
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:57 pm
hi toni! did u use double broiler to melt the chocolate? where did u buy pala the chocolate? hehehe… cool idea! malapit na bday ni gabby kailangan ko gawin to! hehehe
March 15th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
this is a neat idea!
i wish to remember this come Christmas time. thanks!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
hello toni
browsing through your blog, and found this great idea 
dunno if i can do it sometime soon pero i’ll keep it in mind 
happy weekend!
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
I came across your post from a google search… my questions are:
where did you get the pretty spoons and the celophane? Did you just cut the celophane to size and wrap with the bow?
Thanks,
Amy
December 21st, 2007 at 8:52 am
Hi Amy! The spoons came from a party store, and the cellophane were little craft bags and tiny sandwich bags we cut in half so they fit snugly over the spoon.