How to Make Chocolate Cups

Presenting a dessert inside a chocolate cup is heavenly delicious and have a stunning look. Make these fantastic cups easily at home by using any plain chocolates or chocolate chips. And make a favorite dessert filling inside..

 Here is the steps for making chocolate cups:

 For making chocolate cups:

1. Chocolate chips- 3/4 cup
2. Aluminum muffin cups / (or paper cups / silicon cups)

• Boil water in a wide pan; when it boils place another pan on top of it without entering any water in it.
• Add chocolate chips on it and stir well until completely melts. (Even a drop of water in it; spoils the texture of chocolate cup) (Double boiling method; or you can also do microwave it in medium power for 30 seconds).
• Stir well the melted chocolates without any lumps in it.
• Take an aluminum muffin cup  and make a  small cut on its edge; so that you can easily remove it after freezing.
• Coat the melted chocolates in each cup evenly as thick and smooth.(make a thick coating; otherwise the cups may broken while remolding)
• Freeze it for 20 minutes and carefully remove the aluminum muffins from the trim side (take care dont' touch the chocolate cup part while removing; try to remove it by just touching the aluminium muffin only).
• Prepare the filling and enjoy the delicious chocolate cups.!!!

For The Mousse Filling:

1. Chocolate chips-½ cup
2. Egg yolk-2 nos
3. Sugar-2 tbsp
4. Heavy cream- ¼ cup
5. Vanilla essence- ¼ tsp
6. Mango pieces- 1/2 cup
7. Strawberry-to garnish
8. Fresh cream-to garnish
9. Grated chocolates-to garnish

Preparation:

• Melt chocolate chips by double boiling or microwave it for 30 seconds .
• Mix well until melted and creamy in texture.
• In a saucepan; whisk egg yolks with sugar; add half of heavy cream in to it and whisk well.
• Cook on medium heat by stirring continuously until bubbles appear on the sides of the pan (thickening consistency).
• Add vanilla essence into it and switch off the flame.
• Add melted chocolate in to it mix well.
• Allow to cools down completely and chill for 30 minutes.
• Beat the remaining heavy cream until stiff peaks comes.
• Fold it with the chilled mousse mix.
• Add mango pieces in each cups as its half the level.
• Add chocolate mousse on top.
• Garnish it with little fresh cream, berries and chocolate shavings.