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October 13, 2007 by Tien Chiu

Chocolate molds turned out great!

Woke up this morning at 5am and couldn’t get back to sleep for wondering how the chocolate molds were doing. (Yes, I know, curious.) So I got up, checked them, and they were fully cured! I got the mold out of the glass baking dish (took a little prying and pulling, but it came away relatively easily), popped out the wax squares, and took a good look. It came out well! There are a few air bubbles that I will have to fix (probably in the finished product), but the wax cast beautifully and I can see all the details in the finished mold. The jade thingamabob didn’t cast as well – the jade was heavy so it sank to the bottom, making the mold paper-thin in spots – but I’m going to try casting it anyway, and see what happens.

If the wax-casting works out well (and I imagine it will) I may try using the same method to create my own custom (filled) bonbons. Hmm…what should I cast… 🙂

And now, I’m going back to sleep, curiosity sated. 🙂

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