tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post5942805282813273550..comments2024-03-26T20:55:47.726+11:00Comments on Green Gourmet Giraffe: Chocolate crackles and the copha conundrumJohanna GGGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-46772234561271894312011-12-21T11:01:11.588+11:002011-12-21T11:01:11.588+11:00Thank you so much! My sister has been begging me ...Thank you so much! My sister has been begging me to make her some chocolate crackles but I've always found the copha to be bleurg!!! so I told her NO! (Mind you, my sister is 47) I then told her that if she bought the ingredients that my 14 year old daughter would make them, but she was screwing her nose up too as none of us really like the old originals. I am most definately going to be making the chocolate version of the chocolate crackles. In fact, I am going to buy the ingredients today and give them a burl. <br /><br />WendyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-35094286400404473322011-11-30T16:54:11.328+11:002011-11-30T16:54:11.328+11:00Thanks C - E said they had similar cakes in Scotla...Thanks C - E said they had similar cakes in Scotland when he was young and I think I have heard of others talk about them in the uk - we do have some Australian recipes where it is just a little copha with melted chocolate (such as chocolate caramel slice) and you can substitute butter easily but chocolate crackles really are full of copha - I thought I had better make sure no one thought sylvia was wearing inappropriate underwear when I said she was wearing thongs!<br /><br />Thanks Cakelaw - I liked how geoff's recipe keeps that particular chocolate crackle taste albeit a bit richer - the rain at the moment is intense - we have had some heavy showers today<br /><br />Thanks Amie - enjoy catching up - even if you like copha I think chocolate crackles are often too big for kids - I thought maybe I could try making them with mini muffin cups<br /><br />Thanks Hannah - I didn't discover mars bar slice until I was older or else I think I would have preferred it - and I loved toffees - haven't made those for ages! will look forward to a chocolate peanut butter rice bubble slice (oh she glows has an interesting recipe for this sort of slice)<br /><br />Thanks Shar - hope you enjoy these - they are so rich that I wonder about mini muffin cups for young kids - I know what you mean about "thongs" - I remember my colleagues in the UK laughing when I told them about my sister losing her thong while climbing a cliff!<br /><br />Thanks Anh - I think they are popular because the texture is great, you can't go wrong with chocolate and fill so many of us with nostalgia<br /><br />Thanks Theresa - that is interesting about brown rice syrup - I have a rice syrup but am not sure if it is the same thing - wouldn't like to drop the jar - I like the idea of peanut butter in these but had a bad experience trying it in a recipe a while back and now that sylvia has her peanut allergy it is far less likely to be used that way<br /><br />Thanks Kari - I know what you mean - when you find out copha isn't really that good for you it is a relief!<br /><br />Thanks Lorraine - try seeing an adult wearing thongs who has lived his life wearing shoes and socks!!! Sylvia actually has trainer thongs with little elastic loops around the heels - I loved honey joys too - must revisit them too<br /><br />Thanks Ashley - strangely enough I never think of them with coconut but I think that is probably one of the reasons I loved them so much because many of my childhood favourites have coconut - my understanding is that rice bubbles and rice crispies are pretty much the same - might be merely a matter of who owned what name<br /><br />Thanks Ricki - I am never sure what crisco is but I did read some info suggesting copha might be like crisco - but when we were kids we weren't so picky :-)Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-49431084197071097892011-11-30T10:50:18.683+11:002011-11-30T10:50:18.683+11:00I'm sure my mum made something very similar wh...I'm sure my mum made something very similar when we were kids--we had them alternately with Rice Krispies (aka Bubbles!) or crushed Corn Flakes. The original recipe used Crisco, which I suspect is similar to Copha--always hated that stuff, too.Rickihttp://dietdessertndogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-2815357117964807442011-11-29T12:53:10.131+11:002011-11-29T12:53:10.131+11:00I love the photo of Sylvia's feet, so cute! I ...I love the photo of Sylvia's feet, so cute! I call them thongs or flip flops. Geoff's chocolate crackles sound like they'd be more delicious than the original kind. I've never had crackles but they sound really good especially with the coconut. Interesting that that cereal is called rice bubbles! Here it's rice krispies. I wonder hwy they made it different.eatme_delicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657772782487330009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-69851187851804161662011-11-28T21:00:07.207+11:002011-11-28T21:00:07.207+11:00I am wearing thongs right now! It never occurred t...I am wearing thongs right now! It never occurred to me that people had to learn how to wear them! I really liked honey joys as a child :)Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigellahttp://www.notquitenigella.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-9500666205467140932011-11-28T15:23:27.707+11:002011-11-28T15:23:27.707+11:00The second chocolate crackles sound much better - ...The second chocolate crackles sound much better - and may prompt me to revisit that childhood memory too. My grandmother liked to use copha but it has such a distinctive, slightly icky, taste! I don't like it at all, even aside from the health issues.Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350144954173714085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-5156339810246146352011-11-28T09:59:27.816+11:002011-11-28T09:59:27.816+11:00I have to admit I love these kind of crispy sweets...I have to admit I love these kind of crispy sweets, especially with peanut butter, we used to use marshmallows, now we use brown rice syrup, it seres the double purpose of holding all together and sweetening. Dangerous stuff to buy though as I'm convinced Adam eats it right out of the jar, and once I dropped a jar on the floor, not easy to clean up!Yogi Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675786498522531127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-67296718358859439142011-11-28T09:37:26.804+11:002011-11-28T09:37:26.804+11:00I remember these! AT pot lucks, they are very popu...I remember these! AT pot lucks, they are very popular :)Anhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712039473488252840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-50429988864532708922011-11-28T00:54:27.974+11:002011-11-28T00:54:27.974+11:00Thanks for the post. We are currently living in D...Thanks for the post. We are currently living in Dubai and have not been able to find copha. Glad to have found an alternative recipe to try. My daughter got a few long hard stares here when she call out to me in the mall that she had lost her thong! :)Sharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-10801108226223615672011-11-27T23:47:11.787+11:002011-11-27T23:47:11.787+11:00Oh yes, the dreaded copha! Funnily enough, I remem...Oh yes, the dreaded copha! Funnily enough, I remember that even as a kid I didn't really like the taste of chocolate crackles, and would always spend my fete money on toffees in pattypan cases instead :) And would ask mum to make mars bar slice with rice bubbles, not crackles! Definitely like the sound of the all-chocolate version, and guess what? I still have some rice bubbles left after my own recent baking adventures! Just gotta figure out a way to add peanut butter...Hannahhttp://wayfaringchocolate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-7411144867974551652011-11-27T22:15:07.605+11:002011-11-27T22:15:07.605+11:00I've always hated copha, but loved the idea of...I've always hated copha, but loved the idea of chocolate crackles. I remember people thinking I was a strange child for never finishing a chocolate crackle (because the copha would melt and they'd go all oily and gross). Now I'll have to make Geoff's recipe and catch up for all my lost chocolate crackle time haha.Amiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13084139587852030601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-33272294383034029352011-11-27T21:53:02.998+11:002011-11-27T21:53:02.998+11:00I have never seen chocolate crackles made with cho...I have never seen chocolate crackles made with chocolate before, but it makes sense - they look delicious! Sylvia's thongs are really cute. Wasn't Saturday's weather atrocious!Cakelawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205068748520541380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742756814967464811.post-10669959254469154902011-11-27T21:48:01.821+11:002011-11-27T21:48:01.821+11:00I know these as chocolate crispy cakes, and we alw...I know these as chocolate crispy cakes, and we always made them with just melted chocolate and rice krispies (rice bubbles!). Or if you were being fancy, a bit of butter or marg and some golden syrup. But usually just the melted choc. I understand the copha problem now. I always thought it was just a little copha, as I would use butter in my style of recipe, not the copha holding it all together! Reminds me of childhood too - I always used to make them with my mum, and it was the first thing we ever made in infant school!<br /><br />Thanks for the pic of the thongs (they're lovely ones!), I had heard the term before, but it refers to a different item of clothing here, not really suitable for Sylvia's age group ;-)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067886984635079539noreply@blogger.com