Chocolate Plastic

I don't know who invented fondant, but frankly I think it tastes disgusting.  So I was really excited when I heard about chocolate plastic.  I looks like fondant and is easy to work with, but it actually tastes good; plus, it is simple to make.  I used it for the birds on top of my cup cakes and was really pleased with the results.  Here is the recipe

Chocolate Plastic

1 lb semi-sweet chocolate

3/4 cup light corn syrup

Melt chocolate, add corn syrup and mix well.  Wrap in plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight.  When you're ready to work with the plastic knead it with your hands until it is pliable/soft, then roll it out on a flat work surface dusted with unsweetened cocoa and cut or mold it into desired shapes.

For milk chocolate and white chocolate use only 1/2 cup of light corn syrup.

For white Chocolate dust the work surface with powdered sugar

If you want to color your plastic then  kneed food coloring into white chocolate plastic after you have mixed in the corn syrup. ( I had to kneed it over the sink because a lot of grease and food coloring dripped out the plastic, I also had to use generous amounts of candy  food coloring)

Cookie cutters and pastry crust cutters work best, but I used a clear scrap booking stamp for my decorations then used a sharp knife to cut along the outline of the stamp.