Pimpnic 2
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Chocolate, caramel, puffed rice, raisins and peanuts are layered on a paper template to recreate a giant Picnic bar.
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- The makers point out that a real Cadbury Picnic has no wafers, so theirs was rice crispies, peanuts, raisins, chewy caramel and chocolate: 1 box of rice pops, 2 bags of dairy toffee, 1 bag of chocolate-covered peanuts because salted ones were the only alternative, 1 bag of raisins and 650g of chocolate, £5.41 with loads left over. The size of the bar was drawn on the back of greaseproof paper as a template, chocolate melted in a bain-marie was poured onto it as a base, since the knobbly top ruled out a mould, and refrigerated; a toffee layer went on and back into the fridge. A big bowl of rice crispies, raisins, peanuts, melted toffee and a splosh of melted chocolate was mixed without squashing the crispies, moulded onto the base leaving room at the edges for the topping to seal, refrigerated again so hot chocolate would not collapse it, and covered with more melted chocolate; the leftovers made mini picnic fairy cakes. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9 · Source 10 · Source 11
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Ingredients: 1 box of rice pops 2 bags of dairy toffee 1 bag chocolate covered peanuts (we didn’t want salty ones – this was the only alternative!) 1 bag of raisins 650g of chocolate
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1. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and draw on the back of it the size that you want the picnic to be….(big!!) this way, you have a template and the bar of pimped up picnic will be straight and well formed!
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We have pimped a Picnic…because ‘Pimpnic’ was not true to the original
cadbury picnic which has…contrary to popular belief, NO wafers!!!
So, we have recreated the picnic true to its original form…with just rice
crispies, peanuts, raisins, and lots of chewy caramel and chocolate…
Ingredients:
1 box of rice pops
2 bags of dairy toffee
1 bag chocolate covered peanuts (we didn’t want salty ones – this was the
only alternative!)
1 bag of raisins
650g of chocolate
Here it is…
Pimpnic…but better!!
1. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and draw on the back of it the
size that you want the picnic to be….(big!!) this way, you have a template
and the bar of pimped up picnic will be straight and well formed!
2. Melt chocolate in Bain-marie and pour chocolate onto the template….you
have to have a base for the chocolate bar, and it couldn’t have been made in
a mould because the top has to be knobbly like a real picnic…so here is
the chocolate base. We refrigerated it before adding to it…
3. To make the picnic extra chewy and yummy, we added a layer of toffee to
the chocolate base and put it back in the fridge while we made the middle
bit.
4. We then took a big bowl and added lots of rice crispies, raisins, peanuts
and melted toffee, and a big splosh of melted chocolate for good measure,
keep Mr Cadbury happy!
Mix, mix mix be careful not to squish the crispies!!
5. Mould this mixture onto the refrigerated base, leaving a little room
around the edges so that the chocolate topping can seal. We then
refrigerated the picnic again so that when it came to covering it with hot
melted chocolate, it wouldn’t melt and collapse everywhere….
6. Melt some more chocolate (if you haven’t already) and then pour it over
the picnic, it can be a bit messy true to the style of a natural picnic but
not too much…its always good to be neat!
We even had enough mixture and melted chocolate left to make a few mini
picnic fairy cakes…they are chewy and delicious if you don’t fancy
chopping off a big slice of the big picnic!
The cost of this pimp was £5.41, and we still had LOADS of raisins, toffees,
and rice crispies left!
