Bored of enjoying your chocolate in a simple cookie, cake or confection? Let's get creative...make your own chocolate body paint (sweet or spicy to match your mood). Choose your canvas, lift your brush, and paint away.

For inspiration check out Hotel Chocolat, a British owned luxury chocolate manufacturer. The site offers a wide range of premium quality chocolates perfect for gifts or pure self indulgence. Here you will find gourmet cooking products, specialty chocolate gifts, and recipes. I couldn't resist sharing the recipe for chocolate body paint when I read...  "A luscious, chocolaty concoction that will bring out your inner Picasso - what you choose to paint is entirely up to you..."  

Chocolate Body Paint
Ingredients
3.5oz Classic Liquid Chocolat
2oz Unsalted butter
2tbsp Water

Microwave
Mix all of the ingredients together in a microwaveable bowl, heat on full power for 1 minute. Stir and blast for another 30 seconds or until fully melted.

Stove Top
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Gently heat the bowl over a pan of boiling water (double-boiler), stirring occasionally until the chocolate has fully melted.

Leave to cool. Collect your painting utensils and subject - then paint onto a suitable canvas. Add a bottle of champagne, so you can sip little delicate bubbles as you review your canvas and contemplate your next stroke. Picasso never had it so good. Well...OK, I take that back.

Have a canvas, but no time to cook?

You can buy a Chocolate Dipping Adventure.  With the crunch of toasted crostini, the succulence of cherries, the yielding softness of marshmallow... all laden with soft, melting chocolate. Simply heat the chocolate and throw yourself into a seriously satisfying chocolate adventure.