Chocolate Frogs

Up next on the Harry Potter birthday party fun list is chocolate frogs. These went in stages. I didn't want to make the frogs too early and sit around and get stale. So I printed out the boxes and some friends and I cut them out and glued them together with glue dots. My friends did the majority of the work, so kudos goes to them!! I had a lot of help from a very special friend on this entire party, for whom I am very grateful for.

The pattern I used can be found here, which I found originally, on pinterest. (two of my favorite things posted in this entry so far, glue dots, and pinterest!) Chocolate Frog Boxes Pattern

After they were cut out and put together, I moved on to the next task. The cards. Cards were a bit tricky. I looked all over for ideas on where to find them when I happened across a site that listed hundreds of cards with little descriptions of each. Putting my graphic arts skills to work, I pulled each card I wanted, manufactured a back with matching description to the front, sized it perfectly, and print them out. Then aforementioned friend, cut them out, and glued them back to back, making cute, perfectly fitting cards for each box. Here's the site I used to get the cards from originally. Famous Witch & Wizard Cards

With both of those things out of the way, I waited until 2 days prior to the party to make the frogs. I purchased a frog mold from Amazon for a few bucks. This was the exact one I purchased....Chocolate Frog Mold .... except I purchased mine on Amazon.

I used my 25% off entire purchase coupon at Michaels and bought 5 bags of Dark Cocoa Wilton's melting chocolate . Melted them in my Wilton's chocolate melting pot , and used a Wilton's candy funnel to apply perfect amounts of melted chocolate to the mold. Once full, I put it in the freezer for an hour or so. They hopped right out of the mold and into the baggies... ok, so they needed a little guidance into the baggies. They were perfect size for the boxes. Any bigger and they would not have fit!

There is yet another surprise to the chocolate frogs... but that won't be revealed until AFTER the party.

I hope my guests enjoy them! They were fun to make.