Chocolate mold cute snowman Olaf

Preparation

For all molds used for chocolate molding, preparation is especially important. Rinse the mold with lukewarm water and a gentle rinsing agent. This must not contain lye or rinse aid, as this would corrode the molds. Then rinse off all residues with lukewarm water and dry the mold very well. From now on, you should not touch the mold directly, otherwise fingerprints will be visible on the chocolate later. Hold the mold at the edge where no chocolate will be poured later. Polish the mold with a non-fibrous 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 unitYou can also make a water bath. Be careful that in no case water gets into the chocolate. This would make it crumbly and lumpy.

Make up

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

Take the tempered couverture or a little melted cocoa butter and start with the outermost layer. Chocolate molds must be painted from the outside in. This means that what is painted first will later be visible from the outside. The best way to apply the compound 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, be sure to 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. While applying the makeup, you can occasionally turn the mold over. This way you can see what your final product will look like. 

Pouring and finishing the mold

Once you are satisfied with all the colored details, let the whole thing set again for a short time. Then you take a larger brush to hand. With this brush, you now brush the entire mold with couverture. Use the couverture that you want your product to have in the end. Turn the mold over and over again. No more air bubbles should be visible, otherwise they would be visible as holes in the finished mold. With a Metal horn the surface of the mold is freed from chocolate. Then put the mold halves on top of each other and secure them well with the provided clamps. If you are sure that the halves no longer slip, you can fill the mold completely with couverture. It is best to use a soup ladle for this. Use the handle of a spatula to tap the edge of the mold so that any air bubbles rise.

Then invert the mold over your couverture bowl, continue tapping the rim with the spatula, and wait for the excess couverture to run out. If you now notice that the resulting wall is a little too thin, simply repeat the filling and emptying process. Then scrape off the bottom drops with the metal horn and place the mold in the refrigerator for 2 - 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, you can prepare the bottom of the mold. On a clean baking paper you spread a little couverture. Now press the cooled mold well into it. Put the mold and the baking paper together in the refrigerator for another 10 - 15 minutes, and after removing the clamps again as long. Then take the mold out of the refrigerator, break off the excess and shape the figure. To do this, carefully insert a spatula into the gap between the mold halves and move it slightly. Be careful, the molds loosen quickly and the figure should not fall off immediately or be damaged by the spatula. The chocolate figurine can now be decorated with fondant, sugar decorations or similar and then wrapped in a noble package.

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