bust your bubble...

so last night i made cincinnati chili for some friends. the reviews? 2 love and 2 not so sure. that's about what i expected. like i said earlier, it's an acquired taste. but along with the cincinnati chili, i wanted to make chocolate bowls filled with icecream and topped with a slice of banana. and let me tell you, it was hard!!! basically the idea is to take a balloon and blow it up just a little bit until it looks like this:after you've blown it up to this point, you lay it aside and get your chocolate ready. then you melt your chocolate (i used chocolate chips and butterscotch chips together. it's good) either in the microwave or on the stovetop. after you melt your chocolate and mix it around a little bit, wait for it to cool off a tad, but make sure it doesn't harden. then spray your balloon with cooking spray or rub some crisco on it. crisco worked best for me. then dip it in the chocolate and stick it immediately in the freezer.

i managed to make 5 chocolate bowls successfully, but not before having two of them explode! basically, if the balloon gets too hot, it will pop, sending chocolate everywhere. exhibit A:

i just stood there shocked, with chocolate all over myself and in my hair and on the walls and the floors. and then rebekah and i just burst out laughing. it was funny, but not exactly the plan. haha. i wish i had a picture of the finished project instead of just the mistakes. oof. but oh well. there it is. they went great, and the reviews? 4 love. so that's good.



also, i had a funny dream last night in which i told eddie murphy that i greatly respected him for his tile-laying ability. so that was awesome. i also experienced a brand new roller coaster in my dream and got chewed out for not giving someone a gummy shark. all that to say, i love dreaming.