How to Make Chocolate Roses and Leaves

A companion to my recent chocolate dome made for Valentine’s Day, these modeling chocolate roses and leaves are lifelike (enough), but also fast and easy. Make them the size shown in this video for the dome dessert, or scale them down for cookies or up for cakes! Made with real chocolate, they’re delicious too!
RELATED VIDEOS:
Chocolate Dome and Pedestal: tinyurl.com/hxnxjsg
How to Make Modeling Chocolate: tinyurl.com/jhqv6dl
How to Make Ribbon Decorations: tinyurl.com/pgcfhyj
RELATED TOOLS:
Atlas Pasta Machine: j.tinyurl.com/jxpj8mq
Fondant Ball Tool (in a set): tinyurl.com/zgfroro
PME Rose Leaf Plunger Cutters/Embossers: tinyurl.com/j5k5ufp (NOTE: Cheaper alternatives exist, but I used this set in the video.)
RELATED RECIPES:
Modeling Chocolate: www.juliausher.com/blog/more/w... (NOTE: Either real chocolate or candy melts/coating chocolate can be used in this recipe without changing the proportions. The only difference is that I don’t knead modeling chocolate made with candy melts/coating chocolate directly after mixing it; instead, I give it a good knead, or run it through the finest setting on my pasta machine, after about an hour or two of setting to make sure it sets completely smooth. Modeling chocolate made with candy melts/coating chocolate sets much more quickly than that made with real chocolate - i.e., it can be used within a few hours rather than after a few days. However, it tends to be tackier and requires more dusting with powdered sugar to prevent sticking.)
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Just made these roses today and they turned out amazing. I'm more of a cake decorator, but your videos inspire me to do more cookie work. I'm always amazed by the things you create! Thanks for the video :)

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Your roses are so beautiful! Thank you!

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so beautiful! so easy to make...not to mention the modeling chocolate rather than fondant.. simply love it!! looked complicated but nw easy thru ur technique. suuuuuuuppper!

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I love your videos, always very detailed and provide solutions to problems we may encounter. Also beautiful roses :-)

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I just bought Julia's book; " Cookie Swap." I found a used one for a few dollars. love it! I'm really enjoying these videos and making these wonderful treats.. one step at a time...

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Best rose tutorial!

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Hi, another amazing tutorial. Have always wanted to do this, as I love working with chocolate but never used chocolate modeling paste. Thanks for the video on how to make modeling chocolate, you have made the rose making so easy :-)

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[@rebeccasewing]

Thanks, Julia. Very sweet little roses. I made some cookie toppers from a 50-50 mix of marshmallow fondant and modeling chocolate. It tasted great. Wondering if maybe it would be a bit easier to work with. Of course, it wouldn't be as delicious as straight-up chocolate. I guess this would only be good for cookie embellishments where the cookies will not be stacked. The chocolate doesn't get firm enough for that, right?

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[@amberahmed8085]

hi julia- love your videos. which colours do you use to colour your chocolate. are they regular gel colour paste or is there something specific to chocolate? thanks

[@hopelovefaith1321]

Thanks Julia🌸 I luv your tutorials 👏 you're so very talented 🙂 I used to make roses using fondant, the drawback with them was the weather....in humid & or rainy weather they would soften again, I'd have to store them with moisture crystals to help combat this. Julia, how do you store your roses? & how long do they keep for? 🌸

[@hopelovefaith1321]

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Luv your vids, if I may suggest an idea. would like to see a simple 3d carousel cookie

[@maritzamathura7624]

Hi Julia can you use a rolling pin to roll out the modeling chocolate or do you have to use a pasta machine like yours

[@krishyapunjabi4042]

How did you colour the modeling chocolate? Could you please do a video on coloring modeling chocolate? Thank you

[@breatheforher]

I love baking and making yummy treats and I learn so much from your videos. You're so informative. Thank you! Just a question - rather than colouring the modelling chocolate, would I be able to use candy melts?

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Thanks for replying so quick! So helpful

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Thanks for your time and effort to create these videos and share your ideas. I'm looking forward to using your modeling chocolate roses on a chocolate cherry cake for valentines. I have watched your 'creating modeling chocolate' video. I am wondering your method for coloring the rose modeling chocolate pink and the leaf modeling chocolate green. Did you use pink and green food gel? Was it added after the modeling chocolate set up overnight? Any particular brand of dye? Thanks very much for your help.

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Glad you did too! (I started on KZbin long before Instagram; in fact, Instagram is probably my least maintained social media account.)

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@@nurseronsky5566 Yep, I've been at this for a long time. Even prior to that - I wrote two books on cookie decorating in 2009 and 2011.

[@deanhoy5562]

Your videos are so helpful, they've certainly made my baking and decorating easier. I've been practicing today making roses for my sister's 18th which is next week. I was wondering how long these would last before you have to eat them as I am going to have to make lots in advance for a two tier cake??? :)

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Hello Julia ...really I impressed by such simple technique that u explained in your video...I have one question; could modeling chocolate set in hot weather it won't melt by the heat of our hand specially if living in hot areas??

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Can you spray the chocolate with a light veg oil to reduce the sticky?

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Hey Julia I cant find corn syrup in my country Is there an alternative or Can I made at home, thanks for the help

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A where do you buy your supplies?

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❤️❤️❤️ beautiful tutorial... May I use tylose powder?

[@JuliaMUsher]

I suppose so if you want the rose and bow to get super hard, but I like the fact that the modeling chocolate sets, yet gets chewy again if you eat it. It's actually quite tasty and much more edible than gumpaste or fondant with tylose, so I would leave out the tylose if you plan to eat the decorations.

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And thanks for the kind words!

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hi there,.. just a question, do you put each petal a little higher than the previous petal? thank you.

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Thank you Julia for your answer, just experimenting with flower making, appreciate the input...

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[@kiraterletzky6299]

Hi Julia...could you please do a video that showcases some recipes you would use that are vegan? thanks

[@westonjanepharmacy4192]

How to store them ? Like if I make the roses ahead of time , how can I keep them in a hood condition till I need them ?

[@JuliaMUsher]

Just store them in an airtight container at room temperature. They will stiffen over time. (Yet they can get very soft and melt if they get hot, as they are mostly chocolate.)

[@cathwise1516]

Hi where can you buy the leaf cutter from please

[@JuliaMUsher]

Links to all of my sources are always in the video description under the video player. Just click on "SHOW MORE" and tons of information will come up.

[@JuliaMUsher]

This is what's showing there for the leaf cutter: PME Rose Leaf Plunger Cutters/Embossers: tinyurl.com/j5k5ufp (NOTE: Cheaper alternatives exist, but I used this set in the video.)

[@wendyb9900]

where to get green chocolate for the leaves

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can you do 1/2 and 1/2 like gampase and madlchalkit or fonit thanks

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[@abznavz8317]

Only melted chocolate... Can you tell me tha ingredients proportion..that need to make chocolate flexible

[@JuliaMUsher]

Please look in the notes under the video description. Click on SHOW MORE and links to related recipes and other information always come up. As noted in the video, this is modeling chocolate (a combo of corn syrup and melted chocolate), and the recipe link is in the video description.

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Missing your "sweet" videos, hoping to see you soon!

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How exciting for you! Enjoy and be safe, see you in March! Dora

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What if I don't have a scale to get the right weight

[@JuliaMUsher]

The chocolate packaging should have a weight on it, and often chocolate bars are sectioned into equal parts, so you can break off just what you need (taking the right proportion of the sections based on the total weight of the package). But, if you are doing any amount of baking, you really should invest in a scale. They are not expensive, and winging it and making mistakes can be more costly and frustrating.

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Thank YOU for watching!

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I really love watching your videos. your technique is phenomenal and everything is so professional. I was wondering if you would consider doing a separate edit of your videos that has only the production part. While I appreciate your explanations, I love watching things get made in quick succession. One benefit of shortened/sped up videos might be more views, if that matters to you. It's perhaps a symptom of our times that we like things in quick bites. I hope I don't offend. I'm a really big fan of your work, but my brain can't process the detailed instructions late at night before bed (I use such videos to wind down - terrible habit, but really calming).

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Perfect! Thank you! you are amazingly skilled. I love your miniature cookies. Two thinks I love to watch being made for some reason.

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Thank you. But why the title say chocolate if is fondant!????? And then is fondant right????

[@salpon]

Just FYI, those are rose leaf cutters not peony.

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Oh sorry, you said 'PME' as the brand of the plunger cutters, I misheard as peony lol!

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