Chocolate Pigs Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together brown sugar and shortening until smooth. Mix in 1 egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the baking soda, cinnamon, and molasses. Mix in flour until the dough is stiff enough to roll out.
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into cookies using a pig shaped cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the remaining beaten egg over the tops of the cookies.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the centers of the cookies appear dry and edges are lightly browned.

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and copha together.
• Meanwhile, with scissors or hot knife, make a cut in the "rounded" part of the large marshmallow.
• Insert 2 almond flakes, small point upwards (ears).
• OR (for nut free) cut your ice cream wafers into small triangles and use them for ears.
• Dip the end of the small marshmallow into the choc and position on lower half of the "top" of the large marshmallow.
• Allow to set, (in fridge, about 10 minutes).
• Using any method you prefer, (skewers, dipper, forks etc.) coat the entire pig face into the chocolate, let drip a little, then position on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
• Allow to set, about an hour.
• Re-melt the remaining chocolate and use tweezers to dip the "eyes" into the chocolate and position above the nose. Wipe tweezers between uses.
• Melt your tiny amount of white chocolate and using a toothpick, give your pig nostrils.
• If your really arty, you can give them curly tails on the back of the creation!