This one is a modified version of the Chocolate Ball Christmas Tree that I did a couple of years ago. Because the balls were so popular, I think I have made them around Christmas time each year but have mixed it up a bit by using different decorations for them.
The last couple of years I have made the balls into little Christmas puddings... this was the first attempt...
So I made the balls the same way I did for the Chocolate Ball Christmas Tree (crumbled mudcakes and then rolled and squished them into balls). This time I covered them all in a dark chocolate coating to look like this:
Then I cut up red licorice into small pieces, drizzled some melted white chocolate over the ball and placed the licorice on top before the chocolate set. It looked like this:
So, not bad for a first attempt. But I wasn't happy with the licorice. So the next year I decided to put even more effort into it and I made tiny little red balls and green holly leaves out of fondant icing, and put them on top instead of the licorice... which was A LOT more effort.
Unfortunately I can't find a photo of those anywhere, but trust me, they looked much better.
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