Best Chocolate Pigs Recipes

MARRANITOS (MEXICAN GINGERBREAD PIGS)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter until smooth. Add the dark brown sugar and mix until well combined. Add in one egg, molasses, milk and vanilla extract. Mix together until smooth.
• In a separate large bowl, add the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix together to combine.
• Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients 1 cup at a time and mix until well combined. The dough should cleanly pull away from the mixing bowl.
• Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to 3/8 inch thickness (or a little less than 1/2 inch). Use a pig shaped cookie cutter like this one to cut into pigs. Place pigs 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the remaining beaten egg over the tops of the cookies.
• In a small bowl, crack open the remaining egg and whisk. Brush the beaten egg over the tops of the pigs using a pastry brush.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.

MARRANITOS (MEXICAN PIG-SHAPED COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together brown sugar and shortening until smooth. Mix in 1 egg, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the baking soda, cinnamon, and molasses. Mix in flour until the dough is stiff enough to roll out.
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into cookies using a pig shaped cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the remaining beaten egg over the tops of the cookies.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the centers of the cookies appear dry and edges are lightly browned.

PIGS IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Butter the inside of 24 pig cavities in 2 silicone molds using melted butter, reserving 2 tablespoons of the melted butter to put into the pancake batter.
• In large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Whisk together the egg and buttermilk then add the sugar.
• Pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and stir just to combine.
• Add 2 tablespoons melted butter and mix until blended but with lumps remaining.
• Pour batter into a squeeze bottle.
• Squeeze batter into a pig cavity in the silicone mold filling it about 3/4's full.
• Press a Little Smokie into the pancake batter.
• Cover the little sausage with more pancake batter.
• Repeat, filling up all 24 pig cavities.
• Bake for 14-18 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove and allow the pigs to cool for a few minutes before removing from the mold.
• Serve with your favorite dipping sauces.

CHOCOLATE PIGS

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and copha together.
• Meanwhile, with scissors or hot knife, make a cut in the "rounded" part of the large marshmallow.
• Insert 2 almond flakes, small point upwards (ears).
• OR (for nut free) cut your ice cream wafers into small triangles and use them for ears.
• Dip the end of the small marshmallow into the choc and position on lower half of the "top" of the large marshmallow.
• Allow to set, (in fridge, about 10 minutes).
• Using any method you prefer, (skewers, dipper, forks etc.) coat the entire pig face into the chocolate, let drip a little, then position on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
• Allow to set, about an hour.
• Re-melt the remaining chocolate and use tweezers to dip the "eyes" into the chocolate and position above the nose. Wipe tweezers between uses.
• Melt your tiny amount of white chocolate and using a toothpick, give your pig nostrils.
• If your really arty, you can give them curly tails on the back of the creation!