The Art of Making Chocolate Hanukkah Gelt with Eliot Glazer

Eliot Glazer, a comedian and self-proclaimed "bad Jew," took to the stage at Munchies Comic Cons spectacular to share his take on making traditional Hanukkah gelt. With a mischievous grin, he began by saying, "I'm not very religious, but I definitely like one of these people who says I'm a cultural Jew. I identify culturally which basically just means like I'm Jewish for the food." This statement sets the tone for his approach to Hanukkah, focusing on the culinary aspects rather than the religious traditions.

To make his chocolate gelt, Eliot started by purchasing candy-making chocolate and using a double boiler. "What I did was I bought chocolate for candy making," he explained. "They used a double boiler and I melted them and then what I have is obviously the melted chocolate." With the chocolate now in a workable state, Eliot moved on to preparing the mini muffin tin. He had gold edible dust that he could use to paint on the gelt, adding a touch of luxury to his creations.

As Eliot began to assemble the gelt, he shared stories about his childhood and family traditions. His bar mitzvah theme was initially going to be "Jews," but he quickly realized it wasn't a good idea. Instead, he settled for a Long Island Jews theme, which suited him better. He also spoke about how his body hurts after experiencing one thing for one night only, joking that if he could experience eight nights of that, he'd know what to do. However, Eliot's mind soon shifted to the more practical aspects of Hanukkah.

In a surprising twist, Eliot mentioned that he had attended a Billy Joel concert with his family at Madison Square Garden. Before the show started, someone approached them and asked if they were a family of four. This led to Eliot being seated in special seats reserved for families of four, which was a delightful surprise. With this anecdote, Eliot then turned his attention back to making Hanukkah gelt.

Eliot continued to work on his creations, tapping the chocolate gelt out onto a peg machine as it hardened. He also spoke about how he loves painting gelt gold, stating that it reminds him of the importance of money in Jewish culture. As he finished his gelt, Eliot decided to stack them on a plate and share one last piece of advice: "Don't eat too much or you'll get diarrhea."

In the final moments of his presentation, Eliot took a moment to say the Hanukkah prayer as he lit the menorah. However, his words were interrupted by an unexpected pause, where he seemed to be unsure of what to do next. The audience remained quiet, waiting for him to continue.

Overall, Eliot Glazer's take on making chocolate Hanukkah gelt was a humorous and lighthearted presentation that focused on the fun aspects of Jewish tradition. Despite his mischievous grin and occasional jokes, he managed to convey a sense of respect and appreciation for the cultural practices surrounding Hanukkah.

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what I did was I bought chocolate for candy making they used a double boiler and I melted them and then what I have is obviously the melted chocolate and then a mini muffin tin and I have gold edible dust that you can then paint on the gelt and eat and so now we take a little dollop and get it into each tin I already up the first one but you want to get a little bit into each tin and I up the second one my bar mitzvah theme was Jews I was toying with the theme of like Broadway and then I was like nope I know even at that age I was like don't don't do that don't do that to yourself so no there was really no theme other than like Long Island Jews and everything hurts every part of my body hurts if I could experience one thing for one night but then turn into eight nights what would it be it's very easy a Golden Girls marathon the end you could take a piece of paper towel and sort of dab away this residue but I use my fingers cuz I'm gross you stick it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes and then by the time it's done you've got hard delicious chocolate gelt one true miracle that happened to me was I went to go see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden with my family and we sat like up in the back seats and right before the show started someone came over and said are you a family of four and we were like yeah and she was like Billy reserves special seats for families of four in the front I got to see Billy Joel up close and personal at MSG because he likes to reserved seats in the front for families of four like what so now I'm going to take the chocolate gelt out of the fridge it's been in there for like 15 to 20 minutes and it's already hardened and so now I'm going to just tap them out onto this peg machine oh my god Wow they all came out and it's geometric and they're hard and I'm gonna paint the top of them gold when it comes to painting just kind of think of yourself as like Bob Ross but with a bigger afro because you're Jewish today that afro is gonna be out of control I love painting gelt gold because it reminds all of us Jews that money is the most important thing in life I would do is I would just stack them on a plate and this is your homemade chocolate Hanukkah gelt so good don't eat too much or you'll get diarrhea to get my dark chocolate gelt recipe click right here now I'm gonna say the Hanukkah prayer as I light the menorah but Baruch ah baba rule gotta are annoyed bar effect ah I don't know I hello hey Mel look I'm trying to go up a key melech ha'olam bitsy von Ulla harlot ner shel hanukkah thank you fake Hebrew school loa no medical i Sonny seamless a new biomeladies and gentlemen and these Romanian steakhouse presents patty Loew a legend in his own mouth what kind of Schmucks you are all right welcome to munchies Comic Cons spectacular I'm Donnie love we wish you happy on theft we wish you happy onthe wear wish you are beyond them and a happy new moon so give us a little luck get some give us a little cap line and give me a photo and a happy new way to Germany I would like to present the first night of Hanukkah Eliot Glazer makes ELT that's what you do guilt thanks Danny I'll take it from here I'm Eliot Glazer I'm a comedian and and a bad Jew but today I'm gonna show you how to make chocolate guilt and for Hanukkah I literally tried to run over a rabbi the other day because he made me so mad so I'm not very religious but I definitely like one of these people who says I'm a cultural Jew I identify culturally which basically just means like I'm Jewish for the food so Hanukkah gelt is actually very easy to make what I did was I bought chocolate for candy making they used a double boiler and I melted them and then what I have is obviously the melted chocolate and then a mini muffin tin and I have gold edible dust that you can then paint on the gelt and eat and so now we take a little dollop and get it into each tin I already up the first one but you want to get a little bit into each tin and I up the second one my bar mitzvah theme was Jews I was toying with the theme of like Broadway and then I was like nope I know even at that age I was like don't don't do that don't do that to yourself so no there was really no theme other than like Long Island Jews and everything hurts every part of my body hurts if I could experience one thing for one night but then turn into eight nights what would it be it's very easy a Golden Girls marathon the end you could take a piece of paper towel and sort of dab away this residue but I use my fingers cuz I'm gross you stick it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes and then by the time it's done you've got hard delicious chocolate gelt one true miracle that happened to me was I went to go see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden with my family and we sat like up in the back seats and right before the show started someone came over and said are you a family of four and we were like yeah and she was like Billy reserves special seats for families of four in the front I got to see Billy Joel up close and personal at MSG because he likes to reserved seats in the front for families of four like what so now I'm going to take the chocolate gelt out of the fridge it's been in there for like 15 to 20 minutes and it's already hardened and so now I'm going to just tap them out onto this peg machine oh my god Wow they all came out and it's geometric and they're hard and I'm gonna paint the top of them gold when it comes to painting just kind of think of yourself as like Bob Ross but with a bigger afro because you're Jewish today that afro is gonna be out of control I love painting gelt gold because it reminds all of us Jews that money is the most important thing in life I would do is I would just stack them on a plate and this is your homemade chocolate Hanukkah gelt so good don't eat too much or you'll get diarrhea to get my dark chocolate gelt recipe click right here now I'm gonna say the Hanukkah prayer as I light the menorah but Baruch ah baba rule gotta are annoyed bar effect ah I don't know I hello hey Mel look I'm trying to go up a key melech ha'olam bitsy von Ulla harlot ner shel hanukkah thank you fake Hebrew school loa no medical i Sonny seamless a new biome\n"