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Chocolate Treasure Boxes

Chocolate Treasure Boxes are a fun dessert to make for Valentine's Day!
Servings: 2 Boxes
Author: Joy Kincaid

Ingredients

  • 1 carton 7 ounces milk chocolate for dipping
  • 4 fresh strawberries
  • 5 milk chocolate candy bars 1.55 ounces each
  • 1/2 cup vanilla or white chips melted
  • 1/2 cup cold milk
  • 1/4 cup instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1-1/4 cups whipped topping

Instructions

  • Melt dipping chocolate according to package directions; dip strawberries into chocolate and allow excess to drip off.  Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; set aside.
  • Cut candy bars in half widthwise.  Melt the white chocolate.  Drizzle candy bars with white chocolate; refrigerate until set.  Dip the short sides of two candy bar halves into melted chocolate; place at right angles to each other on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet, forming two walls of a box.  Dip the short sides of two more candy bar halves; attach at right angles to form a four-walled box.  Repeat, forming a second box.  Refrigerate boxes and strawberries until set, about 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes.  Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set; fold in whipped topping.
  • Place boxes on serving plates.  Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert star pastry tip.  Fill bag with pudding mixture; pipe into boxes.
  • Reheat dipping chocolate if necessary.  Dip the long sides of the remaining candy bar halves  into melted chocolate; adhere to a top edge of each box, forming a lid.  Garnish with chocolate-covered strawberries.  Refrigerate for 10 minutes or until set.

Notes

Notes:  We omitted the lid, as we ran out of chocolate bars.  We made 3 boxes instead of 2, and we made a whole box of chocolate pudding (following the directions on the box for amount of milk, etc.).  I think we guesstimated on the amount of whipped topping, too.  3 boxes were more than enough for our family of 7, as it was very rich.  And, we may have all sampled enough of the chocolate while we were making it that we were getting full of it by then!