Went for the launch of Kit Kat’s new chocolate, Kit Kat Rubies the other day!

Coincidentally, I also wore a ruby colored top. 😀  No la I know Kit Kat is red ma and Vivy sent me this top that fits Bump from Fashion Valet. ^^

Here with Huai Bin whom I haven’t seen in ages!

With Jane and Daphne!

Congratulations on the Rubies, Kit Kat!

Everyone loves a Kit Kat and Kit Kat Rubies is a more ‘atas’ version of the chocolate!  Each piece comes individually wrapped in an aluminium wrapper, in red, Kit Kat’s signature color of course.

The normal Kit Kat is a crunchy wafer covered in milk chocolate, but Rubies not only comes with the signature wafer, but also contains caramelized roasted hazelnut pieces and is covered with the yummy milk chocolate.  All my favorite ingredients leh especially hazelnut!!

Kit Kat Rubies are packaged in a two-tier ‘jewelry’ box, making it a very pretty present to give during Christmas and New Year’s. I’m thinking also CNY cos red = ong. Lolol.

After that, exciting!  We were given a chance to learn part of the chocolate making process and to try our hand at it!

Here the Nestle masterchef is explaining tempering.  Top quality chocolate are usually shiny, firm and break with a snap.  This is cos the chocolate has been tempered! Chocolate that isn’t tempered may be soft even at room temperature, or look dull, or have a spongy texture.  Not any chocolate I feel like eating wtf.

So tempering is a tricky yet crucial process to produce good chocolate.

Melted chocolate is spread onto a marble table (for cooling purposes) and spread around with his spatulas.  He worked it until it was at a suitably cooled temperature.

Daphne had a go!  She studied culinary arts I think so she must be damn good at this.  Me, I stayed at a safe distance lest they ask me to try wtf, can imagine spilling chocolate on people’s shoes. >_>

After the chocolate was tempered, the chef poured us all a cupful of chocolate each.  Looks so good right I nearly went to drink it. *wipes mouth with back of hand

Then we got to customize our chocolate!  I for one added about three big ladles of chopped hazelnut. ^^

Stir stir stir to mix the nuts in evenly.  Also added a dash of dried berries.

Then poured the mixture into the template.

All done and ready for setting!

After that I did drink the leftover chocolate HAHAHAH.

With fellow chocolate makers hahaha.

The finished product?

Nice! Of course I say nice la I make myself one hahaha.

But I think the Nestle people who made Kit Kat still got a bit more skill la hahahaha.

Kit Kat Rubies are available at your local supermarket now!