Chocolate mold cockchafer, 5 pieces

Chocolate mold May bug, 5 pieces

Chocolate figures make perfect gifts. At Easter, chocolate Easter bunnies line the shelves of major retailers and hundreds of chocolate Sami lice are sold in the run-up to Christmas. As an alternative to the Sami lice and bunnies or simply as a special gift, chocolate animal figures are particularly suitable. They are not difficult to make, so they can also be cast with children.

With a little cocoa butter paint, you can make up your May bug however you like. You can create wonderful gifts and make your loved ones happy.

Chocolate figure mold - Application

Preparation

Preparation is extremely important for all molds used for casting chocolate molds. Rinse the mold with lukewarm water and a gentle detergent. This must not contain any lye or rinse aid, as this would attack the molds. Then wash off all residues with lukewarm water and dry the mold thoroughly. From now on, you should no longer touch the mold directly, otherwise you will see fingerprints on the chocolate later. Hold the mold by the edge where no chocolate will be poured later. Polish the mold with non-fraying absorbent cotton or a very fine handkerchief.

You should only use high-quality, tempered couverture to make chocolate figures. Chocolate from the supermarket will not be liquid enough and will not produce the desired quality. For tempering, it is best to use a Temperature control unit, You can also make a water bath. Make sure that no water gets into the chocolate. This would make it crumbly and lumpy.

Make-up

Now you can start applying the make-up. To do this you can Colored cocoa butter or use tempered couverture. You can also use white couverture with fat-soluble powder colors for coloring chocolate. For a beige coloring, mix 1/3 milk couverture with 2/3 white couverture. To do this, both couvertures must be tempered and not mixed for too long, otherwise they will cool down considerably.

Take the tempered couverture or some melted cocoa butter and start with the outermost layer. Chocolate molds must be painted from the outside in, which means that what is painted first will later be visible from the outside. The best way to apply the paste is with a fine brush, a sponge or by hand. It is important that all materials are clean, dry and free of grease. If you want to draw a pattern with your fingers, you must wear plastic gloves. Otherwise your fingerprints will be visible later. Once the couverture or cocoa butter has dried slightly, apply the next layer. In this way, you work your way further and further inwards. During the make-up process, you can occasionally turn your shape over. This way you can see what your end product will look like.

Pouring and finishing the mold

Once you are happy with all the colored details, let the whole thing dry again briefly. Then take a larger brush. Use this to brush the entire shape with couverture. Use the couverture that you want your product to have in the end. Turn the mold over again and again. There should be no more air bubbles, otherwise these would be visible as holes in the finished mold. Use a metal horn to remove any chocolate from the surface of the mold. Then fill 3/4 of the mold with couverture and place the two halves of the mold on top of each other. Secure them well with the clips provided. Then tap the edge with a rubber mallet and slowly turn the closed mold for approx. 3 minutes. This allows the couverture to spread evenly in the mold. Then place the mold with the May bugs in the fridge for approx. 5 minutes. Take the mold out of the fridge, carefully remove the clips and put the May bugs back in the fridge to cool for another 15 minutes.

The chocolate figure can now be decorated with fondant, sugar decorations or similar and then elegantly packaged.

Chocolate figure casting courses at miniSchoggi

As a great experience for the whole family or for making unusual gifts, our Figure casting courses perfect. At miniSchoggi you will learn how to properly polish polycarbonate molds, how to make them up sweetly and how to pour them out nice and thin. You will learn all this from trained confectioners who can also answer difficult questions. This is how young and old create colorful and elegant chocolate figures. Children as young as 8 can take part and make a very special Easter bunny or Santa Claus - so you can enjoy a particularly magical Advent season and a sweeter Easter than ever before.

Make-up and pour your own chocolate at miniSchoggi. Santa Claus or Easter bunnies!