Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet by Cathy Cassidy

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       Once the mix has set, tip it out of the tin and cut into squares, make yourself a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy!

Summer Fruit Skewers
    For a refreshing healthy snack on those hot summer days, try making your own garden of fruit skewers.
    You will need:
    Your fave fruits (the best ones include kiwis, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and watermelon and pineapple slices)
    10 or more wooden skewers
    Heart, flower or butterfly cookie cutters
    A shoe box (this will be your garden display)
    What to do:
    Using a chopping board carefully cut your chosen fruit into round shapes.

    One at a time, lay your slices of fruit on the board and cut into flower, butterfly and heart shapes using the cookie cutters.

    Carefully insert the skewers into the fruit to create a beautiful flower display.
    Making a Flower:
    •   Cut a slice of pineapple into a flower shape and add to the skewer so it’s horizontal. Then add a small strawberry to the very top to make the centre of the flower. Add a couple of grapes to the ‘stem’ of the flower to look like leaves. Try other methods and designs too!
    Top Tip!
    For an extra-refreshing taste, serve with a yoghurt or cream-cheese dip!
    Assemble your Flower Garden:
    •   Decorate your shoe box to make it look like a garden, using green paint, tissue paper, flower stickers, etc.
    •   Cut small holes into the top of the shoe box.
    •   Insert your flower skewers into the holes to create a flower border!
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