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Custard Filled Chocolate Dessert Cups

Custard Filled Chocolate Dessert Cups are quick party desserts. Customize the fillings to suit theme parties and age groups. Now make these edible chocolate cups at home well ahead.
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling time to set chocolate cups 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Fusion
Servings 4 cups

Equipment

  • 1 glass bowl
  • 1 Saucepan
  • 1 wooden mixing spoon

Ingredients
  

Edible Chocolate Cups

  • 150 gm chocolate compound

Fruit Custard

  • 2 cups milk +1/4 cup milk for dissolving custard powder
  • 2 tbsp custard powder
  • 3 tbsp sugar adjust to taste
  • 1/2 apple chopped
  • 1/4 cup grapes
  • 4-5 strawberries
  • 4-5 pcs chopped dates.
  • 1 tbsp raisins chopped
  • 1 tbsp almonds chopped
  • 1 tbsp pistachios chopped

Instructions
 

Make Custard Filling

  • In ΒΌ cup milk dissolve 2 tbsp custard powder.
  • Add sugar to 2 cups milk and bring to near-boil. Reduce flame.
  • Slowly add the milk-custard powder slurry to the milk. Stir continuously to avoid lumps.
  • Custard milk will start to thicken slightly. Turn off the heat.
  • Keep aside to cool.
  • Chill in the refrigerator.

Melting the Chocolate and shaping the cups

  • Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Work on low to medium flame.
  • While chocolate is on the double boiler. Place silicon moulds in a muffin tray.
  • Keep stirring the chocolate continuously.
  • After some time, the chocolate starts to melt.
  • Now put off flame and let the chocolate melt with its heat.
  • Fill a silicon mould about a quarter with chocolate. Then with spoon or pastry brush bring up the chocolate on the sides of the silicon mould.
  • Coat the silicon mould with a thin and even chocolate coating.
  • Repeat for the remaining silicon moulds and place the moulds in the muffin tray.
  • Let the chocolate cups solidify in the fridge for an hour or freezer for 10 minutes.
  • Finally, inspect the chocolate cups and give a finished second coating if needed for any holes or cracks.
  • Repeat the cooling process.

Demould chocolate cups

  • Finally, gently pop out the chocolate cups from the silicon moulds.

Fill Chocolate Dessert Cups with Fruit Custard Filling

  • To start with, first fill the cups half way with chopped fruits and nuts.
  • Then fill up the chocolate cups till three fourth with Custard.
  • Finally, top with some more fruits and nuts. Serve chilled.

Serving suggestions

  • You could serve these dessert cups with a drizzle of chocolate syrup or ganache.
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