DIY Race Day Food – Chocolate Race Cars
For some families it’s football, basketball, baseball, or maybe soccer, but for my family—it’s all about car racing.
Whether it’s Indycar, F1, NASCAR, or even MotoGP, racing has brought our family closer each other, and allowed us to visit awesome places, meet awesome people, and more importantly, create incredible memories. But when we’re not traveling to races, we’re at home watching them on TV, and that’s when yummy snacks come in handy…
Behold these cute and delicious chocolate race cars! They’ll make an incredible companion to your race day nachos, or whatever other dish you’re known for, but even better—they’ll be the talk of the party, and even city block!
With the season opener for many racing series around the corner, and the 100th running of the biggest spectacle in racing —the Indy 500, there are plenty of reasons to create these delicious little racers!
Enjoy!
Time: 1.5 hours
Yields: 3 Race Cars per Batch
Ingredients
- ½ cup Wilton Orange Candy Melts
- ½ cup Wilton Yellow Candy Melts
- ½ cup Wilton Light or Dark Cocoa Candy Melts
- Wilton Sparkle Gel (various colors)
Tools
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Instructions
Complete the following step for the yellow, orange and cocoa candy melts:
A Wilton Candy Melt Pot is recommended to heat candy melts. If you do not own a candy melt pot simply microwave candy melts at 50% for 30 seconds.
Stir. Heat at 50% for 30 seconds. Stir. Heat at 50% in 15-second intervals and stir until completely smooth. Do not over heat.
Fill 1 racecar with yellow candy melts (fill to the top). Repeat this step for orange and cocoa candy melts, totaling 3 racecars.
Place mold in freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.
Remove mold from freezer. Gently pop race cars from mold.
Using various colors of sparkle gel, accentuate wheels, car number, headlights, and driver’s eyes.
Place cars onto cookie sheet or plate and put in freezer for 20 minutes.
Chill in refrigerator until ready to serve or display.
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