I researched and developed the idea and did some experiments to create a recipe and design that could work.
To make the bars I hand created a bespoke mould at my studio to create the shape of the bar. This created a chocolate shell that could then be filled and sealed.
You can watch this online, Question Team, Season 2, Episode 1, broadcast on Dave 12th September 2022.
![Jo Brand Chocolate Bar Question Team Jo Brand Chocolate Bar Question Team](/media/1515/jo-brand-chocolate-bar-question-team.jpg?mode=crop&width=940&height=400&quality=1)
![Whole Mystery Bars Overhead Whole Mystery Bars Overhead](/media/1514/whole-mystery-bars-overhead.jpg?mode=crop&width=465&height=400&quality=1)
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![Whole Mystery Bars Cut Whole Mystery Bars Cut](/media/1513/whole-mystery-bars-cut.jpg?mode=crop&width=940&height=810&quality=1)
Chocolate portraits
I was commissioned to make 4 chocolate portraits as prizes for the show, these had a thick chocolate slab canvas, a chocolate frame dusted with edible gold colour and a portrait hand drawn with dark chocolate and white chocolate. The chocolate portraits were of Nish Kumar, Katherine Parkinson, Richard Ayoade and Helen Bauer.
You can watch this online, Question Team, Season 2, Episode 3 broadcast on Dave on 26th September 2022.
![Question Team Nish Question Team Nish](/media/1519/question-team-nish.jpg?mode=crop&width=940&height=400&quality=1)
![Katherine Unwrapped Katherine Unwrapped](/media/1516/katherine-unwrapped.jpg?mode=crop&width=465&height=400&quality=1)
![Prudence With Nish Prudence With Nish](/media/1518/prudence-with-nish.jpg?mode=crop&width=465&height=400&quality=1)
![Richard Unwrapped Richard Unwrapped](/media/1520/richard-unwrapped.jpg?mode=crop&width=940&height=810&quality=1)
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