Upside-Down Toffee Crisp
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Chocolate, Coco Pops and caramel sauce are layered in a loaf tin, set and turned out to make an improvised giant Toffee Crisp.
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- The Tesco Express shopping was 500g of value chocolate at £1.35 with 200g more bought later for 54p, a packet of toffee dessert sauce at £1.35, a bag of cheap chocolate rice snaps at 66p and 2 Toffee Crisps at 90p, £4.80 in total. The first 2 bars were melted in the microwave after the old-fashioned way proved too slow, and some toffee sauce was stirred into the cereal to firm it up. The chocolate went into a tinfoil-lined loaf tin with some of the toffee-cereal mix on top and about 20 minutes in the freezer, then the rest of the mix, a long line of toffee sauce down the middle, and the remaining chocolate on top, with more freezer time between each. The sides had been forgotten and the chocolate had run out, so a boyfriend fetched more and the bar was coated, poorly by the maker’s own account; turned upside down it looked more like a Toffee Crisp, so that is how it stayed, moved to a foil-lined lasagne box. The maker skipped the calorie sum beyond noting about 500 calories per bar and 7 bars. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9
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So it was off to the local Tesco Express to buy the ingredients:
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I poured the chocolate into my tinfoil-lined loaf tin and added some of the toffee-coco pop mix on top then whacked it in the freezer, just in time for Two and a Half men! After about 20 minutes I took it out of the freezer and added the rest of the crispy mix and spread it out evenly.
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The Upside Down Toffee Crisp by Cindii
After my sister’s suggestion of pimping a snack at 2am to relieve my
insomnia/boredom, I decided to leave the idea until the morning/afternoon.
As I was a bit strapped for cash, I browsed the site for the cheapest pimps,
which I narrowed down to a Freckle and a Toffee Crisp. I compared the
costs and decided on the Toffee Crisp.
So it was off to the local Tesco Express to buy the ingredients:
500g Value Chocolate (+ 200g bought later on) £1.35 (+54p)
A packet of Toffee Dessert Sauce £1.35
Bag of cheap chocolate rice snap things 66p
2 Toffee Crisps 90p
TOTAL = £4.80
First job was to melt the first 2 bars of chocolate. My first choice was the old
fashioned way, but it was too slow for my liking, so a few blasts in the
microwave got the job done.
While it was melting I started on the coco pops. I poured some of the
toffee sauce in and mixed it together to make it a bit more solid.
I poured the chocolate into my tinfoil-lined loaf tin and added some of the
toffee-coco pop mix on top then whacked it in the freezer, just in time for
Two and a Half men!
After about 20 minutes I took it out of the freezer and added the rest of the
crispy mix and spread it out evenly.
I then squeezed a long line of toffee sauce in the middle of the mix, and put
it back in the freezer. Spongebob Time!
I now had to put the rest of the chocolate on top, so it was melted and placed
on top. put back in the freezer once more…Time for How It’s Made!…
…But disaster struck! I completely forgot about the sides of the bar! And I
had run out of chocolate. A quick phonecall to the boyfriend fixed that problem,
and I was able to coat the bar, albeit poorly
After much stress over the appearance of the bar I realised the bar had a
more Toffee Crisp shape if it was upside down, so I turned it over, which
although compromised the bar, made it look much more authentic.
A quick move from the chocolate covered plate to a tinfoil-lined lasagne
box and the Upside Down Tffee Crisp was complete!
I didn’t even bother working out the calories, but each bar of chocolate had
about 500 calories and I used 7 of them!
I’m not completely satisfied with the appearance of it, but it tastes like a
Toffee Crisp, which is all that matters to me!
