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"Good morning, everyone," Ignis greeted the students from the front of the classroom as usual, with a nod, and a small adjustment of his glasses. "Today, we're going to be taking a little bit of a departure from the fundamentals part of this class and indulge in a little bit of topical frivolity in our culinary pursuits, as I understand that this weekend is a holiday, one that often involves romantic gestures and indulgences in food, if I understand correctly. Chocolates, it seems, are also quite a popular gift that corresponds with this holiday, so I thought we could best employ some of the skills we've been picking up in this class to create our own chocolate candies." He smiled, briefly. "Naturally.

"I will, of course," he added, as he moved around to the station at the front of the class to demonstrate, "go over the relatively simple steps with you, and, after you've successfully made your own batch of the basic chocolates, we can use the rest of the class period to explore both the well-stocked pantries and our own imaginations to perhaps do a little more creative twists on the simple candy, or merely work on perfecting the basics, depending on your current skill level. Now, follow along if you will, your ingredients should all be gathered for you at your stations, and we will begin by heating our cream..."

With that, he lead right into the process, explaining as he went along, all the while informing them of pretty much everything he knew about chocolate that he imagined they would just find thrilling and fascinating.

"And it's as simple as that. Now, since the chocolates do need to set a bit, I also have a recipe for an excelelnt chocolate perfect for dipping strawberries in, which is a fine alternative for those who may perfer the natural sweetness of a fruit over chocolate, while still remaining in the playful realm of the theme, though it might be a bit fun to experiment with different types of fruit, which I will strongly encourage."

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With a romantic gesture!

Troy Barnes

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Follow along if you can, feel free to ask questions, do try not to turn your chocolate because it is not a particularly pleasant aroma...

Once you've got the process down, feel free to experiment with a new batch or with dipping chocolate while the first patch sets, and start planning the wide variety of different ways to decorate one's chocolate when it's ready, although Ignis himself is rather fond of the very simple gold dusting provided in the example.

Well, this was going to go...interestingly!

There was no denying that Troy was at least trying, and actually, they wouldn't turn out too badly (though he was pretty sure they looked more like butts than hearts, but that was also fine). There was just going to be a lot of clean up afterward.

He's certainly there if you need him, wondering just how quickly these chocolates would disappear if he were to send the excess from making them back home.

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