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Chocolate Santa Scene Project

By Bob Sherman

This fun Christmas chocolate project looks difficult to make or expensive to buy, yet requires only one chocolate mold, several chocolate colors, and a few paintbrushes. It is based almost entirely on mold painting although there is some assembly involved as well. These make great gifts, party favors, or even mini centerpieces.

This project has a lot of mold painting so a quick painting plan was written up to prevent missing an area which would require heating that color up again. It is always a smart idea to plan your complex mold painting before starting. The paint plan for this mold was as follows:

White - Beard, Fur Trim, Pom Pom. Will need to be reheated to make eyes and cover the base.
Peach - Face
Red - Nose, Hat, Mittens, Pants, Coat, Reindeer nose, and Gift bow.
Green - Reindeer Bow, Fill gift box.
Milk Chocolate - Fill Reindeer
Dark Chocolate - Fill Santa and Base. Will need to be reheated to make eyes.

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PLEASE NOTE!! - Although chocolate making is relatively safe for the entire family to participate, adult supervision is required.

Chocolate
I prefer to use chocolate wafers designed for home molding chocolate. My preferred brand is Merckens which works well with all chocolate molding projects, is available in a wide selection of colors, and tastes great.

Melting Chocolate
For a small project like this either melting method may be used, but for the painted areas which require only small quantities a microwave is more practical.

Double Boiler - See Double Boiler Usage Instructions.

A microwave may also be used but care must be taken not to overheat the chocolate.

Place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.
Heat for 15 seconds (small amounts such as used here require less time than usual).
Remove and stir.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the chocolate is creamy.
Optimum pouring temperature is about 90 degrees F. Note: Pouring chocolate molds hotter than 160 degrees F. will destroy the mold. Do not place the thermometer in the microwave!

Chocolate Making Supplies And Materials

The following chocolate making supplies and other materials were used to make this project. Clicking on the item name will bring you to that item's page with a full description and ordering information.

Item	Amount Used
Santa Scene Mold	One needed
Chocolate Coating	Dark, Milk, White, Red, Green, and Peach chocolate was used here.
Paint Brushes	Five brushes are needed - one per color to be painted.
Thermometer	One
Double Boiler	For melting chocolate.

Step By Step Instructions


1. The mold is used with no modifications, however it does not sit flat and will need support to hold it level.	2. Paint the white areas first. Allow each color to harden before painting any adjacent areas.

3. Before finishing with each color, hold the mold up to a light and inspect for thin spots that require touch up.	4. I used peach for the face area. For an ethnic version most skin tones may be attained by mixing peach with milk chocolate or using straight milk chocolate for the skin area. The amount of milk chocolate needed would be proportionate to darkness of the skin tone desired.

5. Red is brushed on next.	6. Green is painted on the Reindeer bow and the remainder is used to fill the gift box cavity.

7. Some milk chocolate is melted and poured into the reindeer cavity. No painting is done with this color.	8. Melt some dark chocolate and fill Santa and the base.

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Disclaimer: The information presented here is accurate to the best of my knowledge and common chocolate making practices as of the time of this writing - September 2006. The author and the publisher accept no liability for the use or misuse of any of the information presented in this article. This article is presented for informational purposes and is used at your own risk.

Author: Bob Sherman

Publisher: Bobby's Craft Boutique Inc.

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