I was wondering if anyone has tried using moldable chocolate for figures instead of fondant or gumpaste. I was watching Walt Disney's Holiday special on food network and they make all of their figures and accents from chocolate...and from what I can see it seems alot easier that fondant or gumpaste. I searched the forums and came up with nothing, so I thought i would ask...I am going to try it this weekend, but i wanted to know if anyone had tried it.

Here is a recipe for it...just in case you want to try it.....
It is too easy.....or so it seems.

Moldable Chocolate

Ingredients and Preparation:


10 ounces of chocolate (chopped chunks or chips)

1/3 cup light corn syrup

Note: the chocolate can be substituted with almond bark, or colored candy disks to create different colored flowers

Melt the chocolate in a microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If chocolate is not completely melted, return to the microwave for 30 seconds at a time and stir until smooth. If you don't have a microwave, place the chocolate in the top of a double broiler over hot water and stir until melted.

When the chocolate is melted, add the corn syrup and blend.

Pour the mixture onto a waxed paper sheet.

Spread the chocolate with your fingers until it's about 1/2 inch thick.

Cover loosely with waxed paper and let it stiffen for at least a couple hours or overnight. The chocolate will become very pliable.

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Thanks for the recipe Randa! Sounds easy, I'm going to try that!

Do you know the best way to store the chocolate leftovers?

You can also use a bag of candy melts and 1/3 cup of corn syrup. Melt candy melts, mix in corn syrup, spread on wax paper and let sit over night. Wilton calls it Candy Clay.

Thanks Randa. Can't wait to see the cake when it's done!

I tried molding with chocolate once and hated it. My hands are too hot. I kept having to put my gymnast in the fridge. Of course, it is hot 90% of the time in Texas so I am sure that didn't help. If you find a trick to it, let me know.

Good luck.

talmas, when it is hot here, I go to the basment to work with chocolate. Maby that helps you as well.

Basement. I wish we had basements out here. They don't do that anymore in this area. I guess it cost to much to dig in clay soil. I am too cheap to have the A/C running all the time so it is usually pretty hot in my house. Maybe I will try again since it is cooler right now.

Thanks for advice. I would prefer to use chocolate.

Another idea is to have cold water with some ice in it and to dip your hand in it from time to time - of course you have to whipe them a bit before you move on.

I almost always have cold hands so I don't have that problem but it helped me once at the sea side when I was doing chocolate leaves on a very very hot summar day.

I live in an old apartment in a block that was built before the world war - everything had basment back there Maby you coul try garage if you have it...