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Pimpnic 2

by Corinna and Paul 8 photos Rated 86% 246 votes when voting closed

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

Ingredients on a dining table: rice pops, toffees, chocolate peanuts, raisins and a normal Picnic bar

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…

Chocolate melting in one glass pan and toffees softening in another on the gas hob

Long rectangular slab of melted chocolate spread on parchment, a normal Picnic bar laid above for scale

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.

Melted toffee poured and spread the full length of the chocolate base

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!!

Mixing bowl of rice pops, raisins and chocolate peanuts stirred through melted toffee

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….

The crispy, raisin and peanut mixture piled in a long ridge along the chocolate base

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!

The knobbly chocolate-coated giant bar set on parchment beside an unwrapped normal Picnic

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!

Giant bar cut open to show its crispy, raisin and peanut filling, next to the sliced original

The cost of this pimp was £5.41, and we still had LOADS of raisins, toffees,
and rice crispies left!

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