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Check out more wonderful Chocolate Recipes. Chocolate Clay Roses
10 ounces
semisweet chocolate (coarsely chopped chunks or chips)
Add corn
syrup to the chocolate and mix well (scrape all the corn syrup into the chocolate
with a rubber spatula). Using a rubber spatula, stir and fold mixture, scraping the sides
and bottom of the bowl well, until no shiny syrup is visible and the mixture forms a thick
ball. Pour mixture onto a waxed paper sheet and spread with the spatula until it's about
1/2-inch thick; let it sit and stiffen, uncovered, for about 2 hours. Use at once or store
in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 month. Making Chocolate Roses: Knead a handful of clay at a time on a work surface until it is soft and pliable like Play-Doh. Roll dough into (12) twelve 1/2-inch diameter balls of clay. Place the balls on waxed paper or plastic wrap about 1-inch apart. Using your fingers, press in the center and then on either side, flattening the disk into 1-inch flat disks about the size of a quarter (leave the top edge thin than and bottom edge. Repeat with the remaining disks.
NOTE: If the clay balls or petals become too soft from your body heat, let sit at room temperature for at least 10 minutes. To periodically cool you hands, grasp a cold glass. Roses will harden after a few days and can be saved by storing in a cool, dry place. NOTE: To make larger roses, make larger chocolate clay balls.
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These delightful chocolate roses can be used as edible
decorations for a cake or to create to basket of blooms. This edible clay can be also used
as a modeling clay for making other figurines and objects. The soft pliability makes it
easy to work with. These chocolate roses are so easy to make that even
children enjoy making them. 
Remove
one dish and curl it into a "teepee" shape, narrow at the top and wider at the
bottom, (this will be the center of the rose. Wrap the next disk around the opening of the
teepee and the third disk at the back of the teepee - this is the rose bud. Continue
adding disks which will look like petals. Continue adding petals, placing them in between
slightly lower than previous row. For a fuller flower, continue adding petals in this
manner. As you form petals, you gently roll or curl the right edge of the petal downward.
Pinch off any excess chocolate clay at the base of the rose to make more balls.