Arrrggghhhh! I hate chocolate cornflake crispy cake thingies

[CharlotteCollinsismovingon]

That is the third time I have tried ever so gently to heat butter, golden syrup and chocolate together - and every time it has turned into a solid, yucky mess.

How can I do it without it ending in disaster?

Mmm, tiffin - loved that years ago, and it brightened many a hard day pregnant with dc1! :o

Never melted chocolate in a pan... it's just the combining of butter and chocolate post-melting that's a mystery to me (but perhaps the syrup was the culprit).

I shall try melting butter and adding solid chocolate to that next time, then. Not for this birthday party, though!

Put the broken up choc in a bowl with the butter. Put bowl over the pan of water but the bowl mustnt touch the water. Stir every now and again. Then add the syrup.

Too much heat will make the chocolate seize.