As promised, a round-up of all our Christmas chocolates for 2012…
We’ve made two versions of the Twelve Days of Christmas, in both Callebaut dark and milk feuilletine. The first batch used moulds from Candyland Crafts…
…and the second were made using a Christmas tin that I’d originally bought for shortbread. It never seemed to work for cookies, but the designs were crisp and sharp in chocolate…
I made a large batch of chocolate truffles at the last minute – it was tricky to get the ganache to set in our Sydney heat…
For the kids, we have milk feuilletine golden tickets, commonly known as “Kit Kat chocolate” in our house…
Here are our platters, ready to be delivered to the neighbours…
♥ Wishing you all a joyous, blessed Merry Christmas! We’ll see you in 2013! ♥
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 
Celia! Absolutely gorgeous. Your chocolate is so shiny and beautiful. I wish I could taste it :) Wishing you and your family and very merry Christmas! xx
While these choccies look so good they would have been choccy puddles here in Adelaide yesterday with 44C temperature. Thankfully 20C cooler today. Seasons Greetings Celia to you and your family.
Happy Holidays for you and your famlly, and your lucky neighbors, Celia!
Looking forward to another year visiting your kitchen (at least virtually speaking)…
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Lucky neighbours! What a glorious selection of goodies.
Happy Christmas to you and your family, Celia. xx
Oooh how I wish to be your neighbour,the chocolate looks delicious,your neighbours will be happy!! Merry christmas,and happy new year. :-)
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. Many thanks for all your online tutoring and inspiring recipes through the year. Bye A
Oh wow, Celia, those look fantastic. Such lucky neighbours you have! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Yummy! Dear Celia, wishing you and yours a very happy and healthy Christmas. Thank you for the inspiration and friendship all year xox
Your neighbours are so blessed! I love all of these and the 12 Days of Christmas theme is just adorable. Merry Christmas to you and all your family, Celia xx
So beautiful Celia! I don’t think I’d be able to eat them I’d just admire them. Have a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays! xx
I love the 12 days of Christmas choccies!
Celia, you never cease to amaze me!
I know most of us have said this before- but I really wish I was a neighbour of yours. And not just for the goodies, either- I’d love to just sit in your kitchen and visit some mornings. Have a joyous Christmas, Celia and Pete, and both of your handsome sons!
Yum yum yum! I’d take these over the Cadbury favourites currently residing in our house any day. Have property values in your street increased with all of the hoardes (me included) wanting to move in? Wishing you, Pete and the boys a safe, joyous and not too hot Christmas.
How fantastic! My sister and I are doing our own version of moulded chocolates this afternoon, but suspect they will be less perfect looking than yours ;)
Happy Christmas to you and your family for tomorrow!
Your chocolates look amazing! I wish you and your family a blessed and joyous Merry Christmas filled with family, friends, and many rich memories.
The truffles look amazing! Wishing you and your family merry Christmas :)
These chocolates all look so special, Celia, and what a nice gift those platter would make! I hope you’re all having a wonderful Christmas, Celia, and will have the best of New Years.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, Celia.
Your chocolates look amazingly good.
Celia, these chocolates are what childhood dreams are made out of.
Big hugs, Maz.
I know first hand how good your chocolate is. Have a lovely Christmas with your 3 men.
Have a chocolatey Christmas Celia and family!
Great tempered chocolate! I admire you have the patience! Merry Christmas to you and your Celia!
Your chocolates are just beautiful and I know that anyone fortunate enough to have some will be very pleased. Have a wonderful Christmas with your family.
Those chocolates look amazing. Merry Christmas to you all!
As a very lucky recipient of many of these chocolates, can I just say that they were delicious! I haven’t finished them all but not for want of trying. It’s slowly savouring them that has me getting through familial events :P Merry Christmas to you and Pete and the boys!! xxx
Hi Celia. You have lucky neighbours!. I know you are probably fed up with all the Q’s about tempering. I need to understand it before attempting. Can i Use any good quality chocolate like lindt to use as a ‘seed” does it have to be very dark of very large in order to teach the chocolate particles what to do? Lara
Lara, Lindt should work. Good luck with it, it takes a little practice.. :)
I too can attest to the absolute deliciousness of your chocolate making and the pure yumsciousness of the love and cooking that tumbles out of your kitchen for the delight of family, friends and wayfarers. Happy Christmastide Celia and every good wish in the world for you and your family.
So beautiful, always!!!
Hope you had a great 2012 and that you have an amazing 2013!
Bisous,
Dakota :)
Magnificent chocolates beautifully photographed. I am going to have another go at the chocolate making thing this coming year. In the meantime I will just imagine the snap as I bite into some of your goodies in my mind xx Happy New Year dearest Celia.
Gorgeous chocolate as usual, how large is the holiday wreath? The design in the mold is exquisite and your wreath unmolded so beautifully, it is a mystery to me how you can make such perfect chocolates.
Your chocolates look wonderful! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Very happy New Year to you and your family.
Such a wonderful neighbour you are Celia. You have got to be the most popular person in the street – or probably neighbourhood. Your chocolates look magnificent as always, so lovely and shiny. I made rosemary truffles for Christmas and tried really hard to temper the chocolate, but it wasn’t very successful – again!
Wishing you and the family a very Happy and Rewarding 2013.
Merry Christmas Celia – I hope it was fantastic. I’ll look forward to seeing many more of your chocolates in the next year. Perhaps I’ll even get round to trying to temper chocolate myself one day :-)