Name: Wiggly octopus
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: rice bran oil cooking spray; 3 85g packets berry blue-coloured jelly crystals; 3 cup (750ml) boiling water; 2 cup (500ml) cold water; 25 gram white eating chocolate, melted; 2 round fruit chew lollies; 2 round peppermints; 32 chocolate freckles; 8 lolly snakes; 1 sour strap; 1/4 cup glace cherries, quartered

Ingredients

rice bran oil cooking spray

3 85g packets berry blue-coloured jelly crystals

3 cup (750ml) boiling water

2 cup (500ml) cold water

25 gram white eating chocolate, melted

2 round fruit chew lollies

2 round peppermints

32 chocolate freckles

8 lolly snakes

1 sour strap

1/4 cup glace cherries, quartered

Method

1.Spray a 1.25-litre (5-cup) pudding basin lightly with oil.

2.Combine jelly crystals and boiling water in a large heatproof bowl; stir until jelly is completely dissolved. Stir in cold water. Pour into prepared pan; chill 4 hours, or until set.

3.When set, run a small knife around edge of cake pan. Invert jelly onto serving plate or board.

4.To decorate, use chocolate to stick fruit chews onto peppermints for eyes; place eyes on jelly. Insert freckles around edge of jelly to form a ruffled border. Place snakes around base to form tentacles.

5.Cut mouth and eyebrow shapes from sour strap; place on jelly. Place cherries over top of jelly, above eyebrows, to form a hairline. Serve.

No pudding basin? Use a 20cm round cake pan (line base with baking paper) or a bowl.
Note

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