Instructions
Make the Fondant Letters
Begin by rolling white fondant into a thin layer on a silicone mat dusted with powdered sugar or cornstarch.
Create your custom message using our letter embossing stamps- each letter will snap together easily. For this set we chose: “I love you” and “You melt my heart”.
Using medium pressure, press the words from the embosser set into the fondant one at a time. Be sure to apply pressure to the letters so that every letter makes an indent into the fondant.
Once all of the words are pressed, cut the words out using a pastry wheel.
Set aside to harden for a couple of hours or in a dehydrator for 10-15 minutes. This will make them easier to handle and prevent the letters from stretching when handling.
Once the fondant words have had time to dry, they are ready to paint. In a small dish or paint pallet, mix gold luster dust with color solution to create a paint. Be sure to only add a couple drops of color solution at a time to ensure the mix is not too thin.
Once the paint is mixed, use a craft brush to dab the paint over the words. Using a sweeping motion will result in a streaky pattern.
Making & Assembling the Chocolate Bars
Fill three, 12 inch piping bags with milk, white, and strawberry candy coating. Melt in the microwave using 30 second intervals and massage the bag in between times to ensure all of the chocolate is fully melted.
Place a chocolate bar mold on a flat surface. Then, cut a small hole in the bag with milk chocolate candy coating and fill two rows of squares at the bottom of the mold.
Then fill the next three rows of candy bar squares with strawberry chocolate.
Lastly, fill the last two rows of the chocolate bar with white chocolate.
When all Chocolate has been added gently tap the mold on the counter until all of the chocolate has settled and any air bubbles have come to the surface of the mold. Using a scribe pop all of the air bubbles on the surface of the mold.
Then, swirl the white and strawberry chocolate so there is no harsh line. Then, repeat with the milk and strawberry chocolate. Be sure to clean the scribe in between each use to not spread unwanted colors into other parts of the chocolate bar.
While the chocolate is still wet, place the fondant words onto the chocolate bar one word at a time, being sure to lay them in a straight even layer. Once the words are placed it is difficult to move them as the fondant will set into the wet chocolate.
Scatter the sprinkle mix of your choice around the words on the chocolate bar. Then, place the mold in the freezer for about 10 minutes or until the chocolate is completely hardened.
Take the mold out of the freezer and carefully remove the chocolate bars from the mold. The chocolate bar should easily release from the mold. If it does not come out easily the chocolate may not be completely hardened and need to be placed in the freezer for a little longer.
For this candy bar we packaged them in cello bags and sealed them with a twist tie with a white bow attached. If you wish to display the chocolate bars in this way be careful placing the chocolate bars into the cello bags as some of the gold from the fondant can come off onto the bags.
