MOLD MAKING FOR THE EDIBLE ARTS Using ComposiMold to Make Molds for Chocolate and Other Edible Treats ComposiMold 903 Western Ave. Manchester, Maine 0435 Written by Stan Farrell, Michelle Miller, and Shawn Lemelin Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ 0 Creative Inspiration ......................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 ComposiMold ................................................................................................................................. 4 What is ComposiMold? .......................................................................................................... 4 Which ComposiMold Version to Use ..................................................................................... 5 Limitations and Warnings ....................................................................................................... 5 Compatible Casting Materials................................................................................................. 6 Cleaning ComposiMold Molds ............................................................................................... 6 Chocolate Forms ............................................................................................................................. 8 Differences in Chocolate................................................................................................................. 8 Working with Chocolate ............................................................................................................... 10 Melting Chocolate ................................................................................................................. 10 Cooling the Chocolate........................................................................................................... 10 Cleaning ................................................................................................................................ 11 Storing Chocolate.................................................................................................................. 11 Tempering Methods .............................................................................................................. 11 Tips for Tempering ............................................................................................................... 12 Fill Molds .............................................................................................................................. 12 Remove molded candy from mold ........................................................................................ 12 How to Make a Basic Mold .......................................................................................................... 13 Mold Release ........................................................................................................................ 13 MELT; Melting the ComposiMold ....................................................................................... 14 MOLD and CAST; Making a Mold for Edible Treats .......................................................... 16 Solidifying ComposiMold .................................................................................................... 17 Making Your Castings .......................................................................................................... 18 RE-USE; Our Greatest Advantage........................................................................................ 18 Simple Molds and Chocolates Castings ........................................................................................ 19 Flexible Molds for More Complex Shapes ................................................................................... 19 Chocolate Projects! ....................................................................................................................... 21 Words in Chocolate............................................................................................................... 21 Brush On Chocolate Molds ................................................................................................... 23 Making an Edible Dessert Dish with ComposiMold ............................................................ 25 Making a Lighthouse Chocolate Candy Bar ......................................................................... 29 Halloween Chocolate POPS! ................................................................................................ 31 Antique Santa Mold from a Plaster Cast............................................................................... 33 Relief Sculptures of a Horse Head Magnet ........................................................................... 34 Using Wooden Decals for Chocolate Cake Toppers ............................................................ 36 White Chocolate Action Figure: The Thing ......................................................................... 39 Personalized Chocolate Pops ................................................................................................ 42 Hollow Chocolates ................................................................................................................ 45 Cut Block Method ................................................................................................................. 52 Fondant or Gum Paste Projects! ................................................................................................... 55 Push Molding ........................................................................................................................ 55 Fondant Truck Cake Topper ................................................................................................. 57 Wooden Design Made into Fondant ..................................................................................... 59 Fondant Dominos .................................................................................................................. 60 Fondant Cake Wrap .............................................................................................................. 62 Cookie Dough Projects! ................................................................................................................ 66 2 Molds…1 Unique Cookie .................................................................................................. 67 Other Edible Casting Material Projects! ....................................................................................... 68 Jell-O/Gummy ComposiMolds ............................................................................................. 68 Butter Shapes ........................................................................................................................ 69 Ice Shapes ............................................................................................................................. 70 Gum-Paste ............................................................................................................................. 71 Modeling Chocolate .............................................................................................................. 71 What Will You Make? Customer Projects! .................................................................................. 72 ComposiMold to Make Your Ideas Real! ..................................................................................... 78 1 | Page Creative Inspiration Along with our tutorials, we want to inspire you to try to make your own amazing ideas real. Throughout this book we show you examples of work others have done using chocolate, fondant, and many other edible materials with ComposiMold. The best advice we can give you when it comes to mold making with ComposiMold is to experiment with your own unique ideas. You will find that the re-usability of this tool makes the mold making process stress free and fun. If you make a mistake or you are inspired in a different direction…JUST RE-MELT and make a new mold. Thank you for your interest in ComposiMold and Enjoy! Stan, Michelle, and Shawn Introduction There are so many pre-made molds on the market, but what if you want to make truly unique molds that only you have? The answer is, make your own custom ComposiMold molds for your chocolate and fondant candy making. Use many other edible materials in your ComposiMold molds too! For something truly unique, you need your own special design, maybe even many special mold designs. With ComposiMold’s Re-usable mold making material, you are able to make as many unique molds as you want. This book discusses many methods for mold making using ComposiMold and casting with chocolate, fondant, gum paste, gummy recipes, modeling chocolate, cookie dough, butter, and more. The ComposiMold mold making material works by melting. You melt it in the microwave (or double boiler) and it solidifies by cooling. When you have made all the chocolate casts that you want with one mold, it can be re-melted to make other molds. Start by making or finding the object that you want to make as a chocolate mold. This can be a simple flat backed shape or a complicated 3-D form. 2 | Page Start simple! Have success with something