Name: Haley Rymel
My Blog: http://bitsofathena.blogspot.com/
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/262194009528341994/, via http://rock-ur-party.tablespoon.com/2013/03/13/lucky-rainbow-chex-mix/?nicam4=SocialMedia&nichn4=Pinterest&niseg4=Tablespoon&nicreatID4=Post
What I Did: If you can’t tell the difference, the original result was beautifully and evenly covered in white chocolate, had a glorious covering of sprinkles, and mixed with firm magical lucky charms marshmallows. My result was clumps of white chocolate with cereal stuck to the outside of it, mushy marshmallows, and too big sprinkles that didn’t stick to anything.
I should have realized what was to come while I was still at the grocery, and they didn’t have Rice Chex. I ignored the foreshadowing and bought the only type of non-flavored Chex on the shelf: Wheat Chex. Later that evening I sat down, and sorted the marshmallows from the cereal. (Thankfully, that went as planned.)
We finished our Doctor Who episode, and I went to melt the chocolate. Lacking both a microwave and a true double boiler, I [made it work] with a medium sized skillet, some large metal serving utensils, and a large glass bowl. I know that it’s a surprise that my ingenious sounding contraption didn’t work out well, but it didn’t. Maybe if I would have given it more time, or kept the heat higher, but I was afraid of the glass bowl exploding, so I decided to mix the chocolate with the cereal as best I could and then see if it would melt in the oven.
The oven began to smoke, upon further inspection, it was a left-over piece of sausage from the pizza earlier in the night. Maybe if I had left it a little longer the chocolate would have melted like planned. Alas, we shall never know, because I became frustrated and just smashed it all together the best I could, mixed everything else together and called it a day.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: I would not use a [homemade contraption], and would instead go buy a double boiler. It’s a possibly that it may have turned out ok, if I had been more patient.
How did it taste ?
Thats the main thing
did it still taste good? ill bet Doctor Who had something to do with your contraption… you were thinking all wibbly wobbly and timey wimey.
Next time try filling a pan with water - bring to boil - then place a glass bowl on top (similar size to the pan) add the chocolate and stir frequently until melted. That’s how I was taught to do it at college
You were on the right track with your contraption but you don’t need to go buy a double boiler. I melt chocolate all the time for baking by using the method below. If you have glass dishes such as pyrex dishes, you don’t need to worry about the breaking. They are made to handle extreme heat and will be fine especially since you aren’t putting the bowl into the water.
The trick is to find a heatproof bowl that fits about halfway inside one of your medium-size saucepans. A glass bowl or a metal mixing bowl with a handle works well. Be sure to fill the pan with only 1 or 2 inches of water - your bowl should always rest above the water, never in it. Your water should be shimmering not boiling.
Ghetto rig is a very offensive term. You should really edit this entry to remove that phrase.
I wasn’t proofreading very closely, I apologize Kaye! I’ll edit that right now.
lolz, did you seriously consider “rig” the offensive word in “ghetto rig” because “ghetto invention” is not that better chica. just sayin
Didn’t catch that one either. Fixed!
It may have taken more than patience….
That was the funniest fail I’ve read about in a while. I know it was frustrating for you, but thanks for the laugh!
Too funny! Sad to see the PC police in here, ghetto is not an offensive term, maybe only to idiots. Black, white, yellow…all races are in the ghetto. I was raised in one (white girl here) and am proud of finding ways to ‘make do’ without having the finer things in life!
Looks like it might’ve tasted good! LOL
Candace is right- Ghetto-rig is a well-used term that is not offensive to any ghetto-dweller I know, myself included. From orange extension cords strung between two houses, to makeshift double boilers, we make it work :o) Ghetto-rig on!
If the separation of the marshmallows from the lucky charms cereal went as planned, why do I see lucky charms cereal in the finished product???
The recipe calls for a mix of rice chex and lucky charms cereal and melted chips. The marshmallow bits are added back in at the end.
Sorry guys for the time difference in responding to the comments, I some how missed when this was posted.
It tasted ok. I’m a big fan of white chocolate, so the fact that there was huge globs of simply white chocolate didn’t really bother me, but my husband wasn’t impressed.
You remix the marshmallows in after mixing the white chocolate with the cereal. (or, yah know, smushing large amounts of half melted chocolate with cereal) Make sure the chocolate has set completely though or else the marshmallows will become smushy.
I do apologize if “ghetto” is seen as an offensive term, I wasn’t aware, but I can assure you that I never use it with any specific connotation, it simply implies extreme creativity in a situation that lacks the proper and usual equipment to correct the situation.
And thanks for the ideas on how to correctly make an improptu double-boiler, lol, I probably won’t be trying it any time soon though.
Very true. Doctor Who’s reguglar McGyver-like skills make me overly confident in my own skills.