Hi everyone,

I was thinking of trying to make the modeling chocolate (the melts w/light corn syrup) and using it to make flowers for a lei.

If I roll out the modeling chocolate and use a flower cutter can I then put it on a former to get a curved shape? Can I use the ball tool to shape it a bit?

Will it 'harden' and retain it's shape?

Also - if I do them in white could I then use the coloring dusts on them?

I'd hate to make the chocolate and not be able to achieve what I'm trying to do. If it's not possible I would do in gumpaste.

Thank you for your help!
Trish

I love using chocolate for molding and sculpting! To make it set, give it a quick pop in the freezer! It will NOT hold up in heat...so keep it at room temp. I would not fridge the chocolate either as it will form condensation upon coming back to room temp, and chocolate doesn't like moisture! Other than that, have fun playing in the yummy chocolate! Oh, and not sure about the dusts, I would assume they would work because its a powder, not a liquid, but maybe someone else with experience on that will chime in and give ya a good answer HTH!

Great! Thank you both for your answers - I will be trying this tomorrow!

Rae - your flowers are so pretty!!!