#poke beans

The drawing (left) was super cute, but a bit small, so I scanned it, resized it, flipped it, and printed out the new version. I flipped it because the chocolate will come out as the mirror image of whatever I make, odd as that sounds! I cut out the new Snacky, and taped him to a flat cookie sheet. I then cut out a piece of wax paper, and taped that over the drawing. Next was time for the chocolate! When doing this method, it's best to start with the outline. So I melted some milk chocolate by filling a bowl with boiling water, then placing a smaller bowl with the chocolate inside that. I stirred the chocolate until it was runny and consistent. I then mixed in black food colourong.

I placed the melted chocolate into a Ziploc bag, and cut off a small bit off one corner, creating a pastry bag! Then I just had to outline the shape by using it like a pen!

Once I was satisfied with the outline and it had cooled and hardened completely, it was time to add in the small details. I used white chocolate for the claws and teeth, and pre-coloured Wilton Candy Melts for the mouth and Poke Beans.

The next step was filling in the cream-coloured belly. I had to make a custom colour here, and I love the result. Then I just had to add the blue body and wait for it to cool. It may seem counter-intuitive that I covered all of the little details, but that's because once all of the layers harden, we flip the chocolate onto its back to see all of the details on the other side!