Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
38 thoughts on “How-To: Make a Chocolate Bowl Using a Balloon”
Danasays:
Oh My GOD! I’m totally going to do that! I hope I can make it resistant enough to keep something in it! I could use it as a bowl on a plate to put strawberries in it! I know it will sound woman-like but: Kitchen, here I come!
chartlesays:
Since there doesn’t appear to be words.
On step 6 you should carefully deflate the balloon not pop it. Popping could break the bowl. It looks like they taped the balloon to the bowl so if you poke it through the tape it shouldn’t pop.
hurlebaussays:
Hi Chartle….
please it is not with MAKE — I only want to know, how you made your “Avatar”….
Please give me an answer!
gjkglfdjgkldfjlsays:
but how do you make it stand? that’s not really clear.
J. R.says:
Looks like he put down waxed paper, then poured more melted chocolate. Then carefully set the chocobowl onto that and waited for it to set.
noccy42says:
I made one last night, The bottom of the balloon was fairly flat, so I just used that.
Wilson!says:
It’s all fun and games until you use this to serve someone with a Latex allergy…
Sandysays:
My first thought too! So many people are allergic to latex. Make sure you tell your guests before they eat it! Rashes or worse on the inside of the body would be very bad.
gracepuretruthsays:
For those concerned with latex, try wrapping the balloon in plastic wrap before pouring the chocolate. It may also add some interesting design to the inside of the bowl.
4loyalteesays:
BH
Good idea!! Besides, wouldn’t the hot chocolate pop/melt/’pit’ the balloon if cellophane or ‘waxed paper’ (for cooking) wasn’t wrapping/ covering the balloon before the hot melted chocolate was poured onto the balloon (‘before’ the actually pouring of the chocolate)?! Specially made Waxed Paper, that is used to line metal cookie trays, could wrap the balloon, too. One may purchase this item at most grocery stores &/or crafts’ specialty stores, like ‘Michaels’ ‘.
LSsays:
What chocolate do you recommend for this? I would love to do this but I don’t know anything about melting chocolate.
Raheresays:
Temper your chocolate by melting it in the microwave, slowly, to 45C, then drop it to 27C, stirring to form usable crystals in the cocoa butter (this is done by working it on marble by professional chocolatiers, who look for the thickening as it cools, but that’s not absolutely necessary), before finally raising it to 31C to leave just those crystals which form a glossy, stable chocolate. These temperatures are fairly precise
raheresays:
For a beginner, use street-quality chocolate, as it’s got a lot of cocoa butter in it (white chocolate is almost entirely cocoa butter and sugar). The reason chocolatiers use marble is because they use high cocoa content (ie low cocoa butter) which makes crystallisation a sensitive issue. But for a bowl which will hopefully be noshed inside of 24 hours, this will be fine. The reason for tempering the chocolate is that untempered chocolate will crumble, and lack sheen.
P. Almoniussays:
Does the chocolate pick up any taste from the balloon?
noccy42says:
Not that I can taste, but I did wash my balloon before I used it.
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Damiensays:
I would do the exact same as above but cover the balloon in clingwrap to avoid the latex and other balloon issues.
Can’t wait to try this!
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Hello – it is not with Make —
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I love that!! I would never have thought about using a balloon to make a chocolate bowl! This will be a good project for my niece and I! Thank you, Tara Lidell
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Brettney Vlielandsays:
how do you prevent the balloon from popping when you put the chocolate on??
Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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Oh My GOD! I’m totally going to do that! I hope I can make it resistant enough to keep something in it! I could use it as a bowl on a plate to put strawberries in it! I know it will sound woman-like but: Kitchen, here I come!
Since there doesn’t appear to be words.
On step 6 you should carefully deflate the balloon not pop it. Popping could break the bowl. It looks like they taped the balloon to the bowl so if you poke it through the tape it shouldn’t pop.
Hi Chartle….
please it is not with MAKE — I only want to know, how you made your “Avatar”….
Please give me an answer!
but how do you make it stand? that’s not really clear.
Looks like he put down waxed paper, then poured more melted chocolate. Then carefully set the chocobowl onto that and waited for it to set.
I made one last night, The bottom of the balloon was fairly flat, so I just used that.
It’s all fun and games until you use this to serve someone with a Latex allergy…
My first thought too! So many people are allergic to latex. Make sure you tell your guests before they eat it! Rashes or worse on the inside of the body would be very bad.
For those concerned with latex, try wrapping the balloon in plastic wrap before pouring the chocolate. It may also add some interesting design to the inside of the bowl.
BH
Good idea!! Besides, wouldn’t the hot chocolate pop/melt/’pit’ the balloon if cellophane or ‘waxed paper’ (for cooking) wasn’t wrapping/ covering the balloon before the hot melted chocolate was poured onto the balloon (‘before’ the actually pouring of the chocolate)?! Specially made Waxed Paper, that is used to line metal cookie trays, could wrap the balloon, too. One may purchase this item at most grocery stores &/or crafts’ specialty stores, like ‘Michaels’ ‘.
What chocolate do you recommend for this? I would love to do this but I don’t know anything about melting chocolate.
Temper your chocolate by melting it in the microwave, slowly, to 45C, then drop it to 27C, stirring to form usable crystals in the cocoa butter (this is done by working it on marble by professional chocolatiers, who look for the thickening as it cools, but that’s not absolutely necessary), before finally raising it to 31C to leave just those crystals which form a glossy, stable chocolate. These temperatures are fairly precise
For a beginner, use street-quality chocolate, as it’s got a lot of cocoa butter in it (white chocolate is almost entirely cocoa butter and sugar). The reason chocolatiers use marble is because they use high cocoa content (ie low cocoa butter) which makes crystallisation a sensitive issue. But for a bowl which will hopefully be noshed inside of 24 hours, this will be fine. The reason for tempering the chocolate is that untempered chocolate will crumble, and lack sheen.
Does the chocolate pick up any taste from the balloon?
Not that I can taste, but I did wash my balloon before I used it.
[…] Gareth over at MAKE posted this ingenious little tutorial about how to make a chocolate bowl using a balloon. […]
[…] einfache Angelegenheit: Schoki warm machen, Luftballon aufblasen, Schoki drüber kippen, fertig. Sieht sogar sehr […]
[…] zum Aufessen! Wird definitiv demnächst ausprobiert. (via Make, […]
I would do the exact same as above but cover the balloon in clingwrap to avoid the latex and other balloon issues.
Can’t wait to try this!
[…] response to How-To: Make a Chocolate Bowl Using a Balloon, user Dana says: Oh My GOD! I’m totally going to do that! I hope I can make it resistant enough […]
[…] Källa. […]
[…] Quelle blog.makezine.com […]
please give me the detailed description.
I had a flop show last night.
Hello – it is not with Make —
but please can you say me, how you made your Avatar….
Please give me response to gerd.schenk at freenet.de
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I love that!! I would never have thought about using a balloon to make a chocolate bowl! This will be a good project for my niece and I! Thank you, Tara Lidell
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Cool! Thank you!
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how do you prevent the balloon from popping when you put the chocolate on??
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