Colesworth jacking up the cost of Ice Magic? You can make some with chocolate and coconut oil to work out much cheaper.
There are heaps of recipes for “chocolate shell” so try them out
In the US, we call it Turtle Shell and I always avoided eating it as a kid because I thought actual turtles were killed to make it.
Midwest checking in, always Magic Shell, agree that is brand name. Never heard Turtle Shell either.
Got a bit of a shock when the recipe says to use semisweet chocolate chips and they show up for $56 at Woolies… I guess dark chocolate chips would be better…
Also the coconut oil in bottles seems pricey. Copha is cheaper.
Hang on. Copha. Dark chocolate chips. We’re making chocolate crackles, aren’t we? 🤤
I also kinda wish I didn’t notice the Homemade dark chocolate recipe at the bottom of the page 😬. If I’m gonna make one, I should really try the other…
Thanks!
Yikes! Tell em they’re dreaming. Really I think any kind of chocolate would probably do. Chopped bar chocolate is cheaper and actually melts better as chips are made to hold their shape when baked. The Coles Belgian dark chocolate is very decent for the price.
I have seen coconut oil in jars at Aldi that didn’t seem too expensive but I’ve forgotten how much now. Edit: About $4 for a 300g jar. Or $3.60 for 250g at Coles. Copha would be interesting though, it might set harder.
Yeah, copha might be weird and go rock hard.
Good tip about using normal chocolate!
It may not work out that much cheaper in the end, but seems like the quality would be higher and you wouldn’t have as long a list of weird ingredients like in the store bought choc top hard shells.
Yeah. I guess it’s more useful if you already have the coconut oil and chocolate anyway, or need to use the oil up before it turns
