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Caramel Chocolate Fudge Bears

January 29, 2013 This post may contain affiliate links.

Turn 2-ingredient fudge into these adorable Caramel Chocolate Fudge Bears for Valentine’s Day, a birthday party, or a baby shower. These cute treats are super easy to make and taste great.

2-ingredient chocolate caramel fudge shaped into cute teddy bears

Are you familiar with Bento, the incredibly creative meals common in Japanese cuisine? I wasn’t until I began blogging about edible crafts and spending much of my time gawking at artistic foods on-line. The art of making lunch boxes filled with elaborately decorated rice bears, cartoon character sandwiches, heart-shaped hard-boiled eggs, and carved vegetables is awe-inspiring.

I work and eat at home most days and aside from an occasional picnic, I don’t pack lunch or dinner for anyone, so bento making has just been something I have been admiring from afar.

I’ve spent afternoons looking at the works of imaginative bento makers and perusing the products they use to make their food come to life. Last week I discovered BentoUSA and I  couldn’t pull myself away from their site. I have a wish list a mile long of fun products that I can’t wait to try out.

For this project, I used a plastic teddy bear-shaped mold that is usually used with rice. It worked perfectly with my caramel modeling chocolate recipe that is made with Dulce de Leche (caramelized sweetened condensed milk) and milk chocolate that I’ve also used to make Chocolate Caramel Pumpkins and  Inside Out Chocolate Caramel Apples.

I also used a punch that is typically used to cut sheets of nori. I cut frosting sheets instead. BentoUSA has all sorts of molds in various shapes and sizes, so even if you don’t want to make bears, you can make dolphins, flowers, pigs, fish and more.

The set I used even includes a bunny rabbit which I’m excited to use for an Easter project.

Using the molds, I spent less than 15 minutes to shape all of my bears. These are a super simple and quick Valentine’s Day edible craft.

Caramel Chocolate Fudgy Bears (makes 9-10 bears)

Ingredients:
14 ounces of milk chocolate
1 (13.4 ounce) can Dulce de Leche (caramel)

Teddy Bear Face:

dark brown or black frosting/sugar sheet*

*You can also just color some of the caramel modeling chocolate with black food coloring or some cocoa powder then roll it out thin and use the cutter that comes with the teddy bear rice mold to cut the face.

Supplies Needed:

teddy bear bento rice mold
teddy bear face nori punch*
(you won’t need this is you don’t use the frosting sheet)

Instructions:

Finely chop the milk chocolate.

Melt the milk chocolate and allow it to cool to about 91 degrees Fahrenheit.

Stir in the Dulce de Leche. (For a detailed explanation of melting chocolate and why using melted chocolate that is too hot will result in oily modeling chocolate, read this tutorial. )

The mixture will thicken very quickly, but you need to make sure all of the caramel is mixed into the chocolate, so use your hands if needed.

Once well mixed, wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.

When you unwrap it, knead it in your hands until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Divide the caramel modeling chocolate into 9 pieces (about a heaping 1/4 cup.)

Press one piece into the front of the teddy bear mold mounding it up on the backside.

Press the backside of the bento bear mold over the caramel modeling chocolate.

You can, if you want, put the front side of the mold in the white holder to keep everything straight then you can press in the back part of the mold. I found I really didn’t need it, though.

Squeeze the two sides of the mold together until the edges touch.

Remove any caramel modeling chocolate that has oozed out.

Remove the backside of the teddy bear mold. Your chocolate bear should have little dots all over it.

If it doesn’t, you didn’t use quite enough of the caramel modeling chocolate. You can just re-roll it and mold it again.

Gently tug on the chocolate bear, peeling it away from the front of the bento bear mold.

Pull the chocolate bear completely out of the mold.

Smooth out any rough edges.

Use a nori punch with a bear face to punch out a dark brown or black frosting sheet. Press the eyes and mouth onto each of the bears.

If you look at the picture at the very top of the blog post, you’ll notice one bear has a different face. I used a different punch.

If you have chosen to color some of the modeling chocolate with food coloring or cocoa powder, dust your work surface with some cocoa powder, roll it out thin, and use the cutter that comes with the teddy bear rice mold to cut the face. You can press the pieces on the bear. If needed use some corn syrup to make them stick.

These Sweet Little Caramel Chocolate Fudgy Bears may look just like some teddy grahams. But when people bite into them they will be pleasantly surprised with a mouthful delicious, mouth-watering fudge.

Bento USA provided me with free products in exchange for creating this recipe post.

If you are looking for other treats or gifts to make for Valentine’s Day,
you might like these other recipes too.

50+ amazing Valentine's Day Recipes that you will love. Show how much you care by serving some romantic appetizers, cute treats, and decadent desserts. 

Filed Under: Kid's Treats, Valentine's Day Recipes Tagged With: animal themed food, animal themed treats, animals, bears, Candy, caramel, Chocolate, fudge, Modeling-Chocolate

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Comments

  1. Pams Party

    January 29, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    I like BentoUSA and CutezCute on Facebook.. I love cute food!

    Reply
  2. Anonymous

    January 29, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Cute and easy! I have not made a bento.

    garynonnemacher @comcast .net

    Reply
  3. Doreen

    January 29, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    These are ADORABLE!!! I would love to win so I could try these out! I also liked you post on the valentine colored toast. INGENIOUS!

    Reply
  4. Brenda

    January 29, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    That teddy is so stinkin' cute … almost to cute to eat 😉

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    January 29, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Heather says: I have not made one of these yet but i sure would like to they are soooooo cute

    hg temp addy at hot mail dot com

    Reply
  6. Morphine

    January 29, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    I've never made a bento but the prize would be perfect for my friend's birthday

    Reply
  7. Maryanne & Duke

    January 29, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    I would love to start making bentos for lunches. It would make my usual lunch fare so much less boring!

    Reply
  8. Catie

    January 29, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    I have never made a bento!

    Reply
  9. Dusty

    January 29, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    I have not made a bento before but, they look like something new to try!

    Reply
  10. Leslie

    January 29, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    I have never done a bento but think they are adorable

    Reply
  11. sandy

    January 29, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    THATS AWESOME GREAT JOB HAVE TO TRY THIS

    Reply
  12. JanLee

    January 29, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    I am so intrigued with Bento boxes, I would love one! I follow HH on Facebook.

    Reply
  13. The Partiologist

    January 29, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    Oh, and of course I follow you on facebook and if I was on twitter, I'd follower you there too! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Alison Willey

    January 29, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    Love these bears! I've never done a bento but now I might give it a whirl.

    Reply
  15. Gianna

    January 29, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    I've never made a bento before.

    Reply
  16. Kimi

    January 30, 2013 at 12:58 am

    So adorable. Great Giveaway.
    I like you Facebook

    Reply
  17. DLSarmywife

    January 30, 2013 at 2:19 am

    I think both my boys (8 & 11) would really enjoy having a Bento lunch! I Follow you on facebook

    Reply
  18. Anonymous

    January 30, 2013 at 2:20 am

    I have never done a bento but I am sure my grandchildren would love them
    bjn1957{at}gmail{dot}com

    Reply
  19. jodi

    January 30, 2013 at 2:31 am

    oh my, the bears are adorable. haven't tried anything bento yet!

    Reply
  20. Barbara

    January 30, 2013 at 3:02 am

    Please enter me
    they look so cute
    barbara (see e-mail)

    Reply
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