{"id":682049,"date":"2024-03-18T00:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=682049"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:04:02","slug":"for-easter-amarula-chocolate-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/for-easter-amarula-chocolate-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"For Easter &#8230; Amarula Chocolate Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Amarula Cream Liqueur is a brilliant Easter gift option<\/h3>\n<p>Amarula is an award-winning range of distinctive spirits crafted with the unique flavour of the ethically sourced marula fruit. Found in subequatorial Africa, the marula fruit is packed full of flavour, with a pleasant sweet-and-sour taste that is reminiscent of a plum or lychee. This helps to cut through the creamy flavour, giving the liqueur a balanced finish perfect for refreshing the palate after a big meal (or simply a big day of feasting on Easter chocolate).<\/p>\n<p>Best served over ice, Amarula can also be added to hot chocolates for a boozy hit or use the spirits in your Easter baking to give the sweet treats a fruity finish. Find our recipe for chocolate liqueur elephants below.<\/p>\n<p>Amarula Cream Liqueur (17% ABV) is available on Amazon, Sainsbury\u2019s and Tesco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amarula Chocolate Elephants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amarula Cream (Easter)<br \/>\n__<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>50ml Amarula Cream Liqueur<\/p>\n<p>300g milk chocolate<\/p>\n<p>100g crumbled biscuits<\/p>\n<p>100g ground almonds<\/p>\n<p>1sachet vanilla sugar<\/p>\n<p>2tsp icing sugar<\/p>\n<p>50g cream cheese<\/p>\n<p>50g butter<\/p>\n<p>Cocoa and brittle for rolling<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<p>* Melt the milk chocolate in a bain-marie and then leave to cool<br \/>\n* Put the butter, cream cheese, vanilla sugar and icing sugar in a bowl and mix together<br \/>\n* Add the Amarula Cream Liqueur, almonds, crumbled biscuits and the cooled chocolate and mix well<br \/>\n* Place the finished mixture in the fridge for about an hour<br \/>\n* Next form small balls from the mixture and roll them in the cocoa or brittle<br \/>\n* Finally, place the finished chocolates in the fridge for an hour and enjoy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-682051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122926-615x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122926-615x578.png 615w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122926.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-682052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122936-615x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122936-615x428.png 615w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122936-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122936.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-682053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122944-615x389.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122944-615x389.png 615w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122944-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122944-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-17-122944.png 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amarula Cream Liqueur is a brilliant Easter gift option Amarula is an award-winning range of distinctive spirits crafted with the unique flavour of the ethically sourced marula fruit. Found in subequatorial Africa, the marula fruit is packed full of flavour, with a pleasant sweet-and-sour taste that is reminiscent of a plum or lychee. 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