Tips and advice on making chocolate figurines with your own hands at home.
Chocolate is not only a tasty treat,which has won the preferences of a huge number of people. Also, this delicious product can become an ideal material for making gifts for various special events. And only at first glance it may seem that only professionals can create such a masterpiece. With certain preparation and skill, even amateur craftsmen can make such figurines on their own.
The process of creating a chocolate figurine isa very original activity that gives you the opportunity to show your imagination and skills. You can also do this work together with your family, which can further unite you and give your child an incentive for self-development. Especially if you consider that making such figures is not too difficult. Making chocolate figures To make such figures, stock up on chocolate, all kinds of forms, parchment paper, you can also look for food colorings. There are several options for making chocolate figures. You can choose the most convenient and understandable for yourself. Starting work on creating such figures, you need to melt the chocolate bars in a water bath or in a microwave oven. The amount of chocolate needed will depend on the size of the chosen form. If you decide to use a microwave oven, then break the chocolate bars into small pieces, expecting that 40-50 grams of chocolate melt for about a minute. And in order for the melting process to be uniform, you need to stir the chocolate mixture. Many experts recommend using foreign-made chocolate in their work, because Russian very often melts poorly, leaving lumps. If you have chosen a water bath for melting, then crush the chocolate bars and place them in a small saucepan or any other container. Fill a larger saucepan with plain water and bring to a boil. Place the container with chocolate in a water bath only after the heat is turned off and the water has cooled slightly. Many confectioners say that dark chocolate needs 55 degrees to melt, milk and white chocolate no more than 45, and it can simply boil in boiling water. Do not forget to stir the mixture. This is done to prevent the chocolate from burning. If you want to give your figurines a glossy shine, it is recommended to freeze the chocolate mass after the melting process. Then repeat the procedure, heating the chocolate to 30 degrees. Separately, prepare the molds. It will be much more convenient if you buy specially prepared ones for chocolate. But silicone molds will also do for the job. Before pouring chocolate, they must be thoroughly washed and dried. Remember that for this work, the temperature of the chocolate must be slightly lower than the temperature of the human body.
To ensure that there are no bubbles in the finished figures,After distributing the chocolate mixture, tap the molds on the table. This will help distribute the mixture evenly throughout the mold. Now you can put the molds in the refrigerator. It will take about 15-30 minutes for them to harden completely, depending on the size of the figures. To make more delicate figures, use baking paper. Fill a pastry syringe with melted chocolate and start making a pattern on the baking paper using a pre-prepared stencil. This method will make the figures thin and delicate. If you need to connect parts of chocolate together, do the same procedure using melted chocolate. Coat the parts with it at the joints and press them together.
Making a mold for a chocolate figurinewith your own hands If you want to create something more original and grandiose, then you can try to make chocolate molds with your own hands. To do this, you will need a certain template or imprint. Often, it is prepared from ordinary salted dough. Knead it using a large spoon of salt, half a glass of flour and a couple of spoons of warm water. Make the dough plastic, but at the same time it should not stick to your hands. The necessary molds will be made from the resulting mixture. It is best to use some kind of plastic or rubber object (a child's toy is perfect). It must be applied to the dough and squeezed out the corresponding outlines on it. The force of pressure will depend on how voluminous the mold you want to make. Before this, it is better to grease the mold with a small amount of vegetable oil. Fill it with chocolate and hold it on the table for a while. After a while, place the mold with chocolate in the refrigerator (the chocolate mixture will harden, and the dough will not dry out). Finally, after it has hardened, carefully remove the dough without damaging the figurine itself.
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