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Quirkmas/Bakemas - Homemade Ferroro Rocher

I know I said I wasn't going to post everyday and I'm fairly certain I won't but my lovely dad found the mini cake cases I was searching for and I decided to post up my second Quirkmas post!  I also thought about calling it bakemas - I'm just winging it now.  Someone I know took this recipe from pinterest and I messed It's a totally customisable recipe and there are plenty of variations online if you don't fancy the ingredients in this one. Homemade Ferrero Rocher I'll get straight to the ingredients because it really annoys me when I have to scroll through endless paragraphs to get to the ingredients...... 1 Bar of Cooking Chocolate (Melted) - I opted for dark chocolate because it contained no dairy, use any kind you fancy. You could also use chocolate spread. 2 Bars of Weetabix (Crushed) Blanched Hazelnuts (Dipped in Chocolate) - If you cannot have nuts, the hazelnuts aren't essential, I just added them for experimentation.  My ingredients are also ess...

Quirkmas? Let's try it.

So, a few years ago on my old blog I decided to attempt blogmas and I totally sucked. If you can be bothered going back far enough in my archive I think I still have the posts live and you can see for yourself just how terrible they were. I was in a creative rut and trying to make myself do something creative every day by putting up a post. I was also trying too hard to do the same types of posts I was reading and the vlogmas videos I was watching.   That was counterproductive as forcing creativity conditioned my brain to be unimaginative and my post were all crap!  This year I'm going to attempt my own little Quirkmas. I doubt it will be every day and it certainly won't be groundbreaking but it will hopefully be fun or interesting to read. My December has some quirky elements to it, as does my Christmas Day so I should be able to come up with something to write about! I quite often end up chasing my tail at this time of year, as do most people I guess, so it is quite nice to ...