What you will need:
A double boiler
a bag of chocolate chips
vegetable oil
bowl
balloons - inflated
cookie sheet
waxed paper
What to do:
Melt your chocolate in a double boiler. If you do not have a double boiler, you can use a small and a big pot. Put water in the bigger pot and let that boil. Put the smaller pot into the bigger one and use that to melt your chocolate.
Add some vegetable oil to make it more smooth. For each cup of chocolate chips I added about a teaspoon. Make sure that your pan and spoon are completely dry (not even damp) or else your chocolate will not melt in a smooth finish, but rather, turn into clumps.
I poured the chocolate into a bowl so I can get more chocolate onto my balloon when I dip it in. Make sure that the bowl is wide enough to fit the round end of the balloon. Make sure that the melted chocolate has cooled a bit 'cause otherwise your balloon will pop (and you would deal with chocolate splatter, not pretty!). Adding some vegetable oil, bought you the extra time you need to let the chocolate cool for a bit but not set into a solid.
While you are waiting, prepare the surface where you will set your chocolate balloons. I used a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper.
Take about a spoon full of chocolate our into onto the waxed paper to make flat chocolate discs. This will be the base of your bowl.
Then dip the round end of your balloon into the melted chocolate and set it on top of the chocolate disc. Let the chocolate cool and set into a solid. If you space in your fridge, you can let it sit and set there. This may take hours. (Waiting is the hardest part of this process!!!)
When the chocolate has set, use a safety pin to pop the balloon. (This is the fun part, so I suggest you get the kids involved in this.) If you chocolate is not ready, it will curl up with the balloon and not retain its shape when you pop it. So do a trial first.
Your chocolate bowls are done. Use it to serve ice cream.
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