Dark Modeling Chocolate

Preparation info
  • 1

    pound
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

  • About

Also known as plastic chocolate, this pliable and edible paste can be used to create figurines and flowers or to drape around a cake, much as you would marzipan. It should be said, however, that it is a bit more difficult to work with than marzipan, because modeling chocolate, like all chocolate, sets up rather quickly when left alone. Therefore, you must shape your design in a quick and precise manner to achieve a satisfactory result. Do not substitute coating chocolate in this reci