Monday, April 23, 2012

White Chocolate Roses


Mother's Day is May 13th. Twenty days from now...Yikes!  Here are some simple yet elegant roses made with white chocolate coatings that have been colored with oil based dye.
As you can see in this picture you can use a variety of colors. Pick Mom's favorite and make her a dozen.
Simply melt the white chocolate coatings on  low heat in the microwave, add a small amount of dye and pour into the mold.
Try placing the roses in a cello bag and decorate them with a beautiful ribbon.
I like to display them in a clay pot.



This recipe and many others are avalible in my cookbook 'Spring and Summer'

Festival of Books


Went to the Festival of Books on Saturday. Fantastic Venue. Over took the entire USC campus. Met some wonder people, received complimentary books signed from the Authors. Had a great day. Thanks Jodi for joining me.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Marshmallow Bunny


White Mellow Bunny

This adorable little bunny is made with white chocolate coatings and marshmallows. Perfect for Easter baskets. Simply paint and mold his feet and face. Dip half of a marshmallow in the white coatings and glue together with the coatings.
The recipe for these Bunnies and other Easter chocolates may be found in my book Chocolates By Imagination
Spring and Summer. 

Thursday, March 8, 2012

One more Strawberry picture. With Easter and Mother's Day coming up, remember by adding a few drops of oil base food coloring to your white chocolate coatings you can make fun and beautiful dipped fruit.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A few little touches

Simple and fun to make. These Sunflower lollies are 5" in diameter and with a royal icing lady bug, bumble bee, or butterfly they move up to super cute. I made the Sunflowers with yellow compound coatings and used the coatings to glue a bug onto them. Place them in a clay flower pot for a wonderful display. The recipe for these Sunflowers and other Spring chocolates can be found in my book Chocolates By Imagination Spring and Summer.

While we wait for Spring.

This is the time of year I start making flowers and butterflies to put around my shop. Even thought the weather outside seems cold and grey, inside I can have Spring with chocolates. These butterflies are made with white compound coatings. I dye the coatings for the colorful wings and used dark coatings for the body and antennas.  The recipe for these butterflies and other Spring chocolates can be found in my book Chocolates By Imagination  Spring and Summer.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

White Chocolate Valentine's Box

White Chocolate flavored Cherub Box

I have many Chocolate Boxes to share with you before Valentine's Day. This is a completely eatable White Chocolate flavored Box filled with Petite Mints. It looks great in a clear cello bag with a Valentine ribbon. It is very simple to make. Melt the white chocolate flavored compound coatings, pour it into the mold and cool in the frig for 25 minutes. Fill it with mints or your favorite candies and package with a ribbon. That's it! You made your own Valentine's gift.
This recipe is my book Chocolates By Imagination Spring and Summer. www.chocolatesbyimagination.com