Chocolate…as a Christmas decoration?
Saviez-vous que le chocolat peut être utilisé pour confectionner des décorations de Christmas. Éphémères peut-être mais originales tout de même. Voici quelques projets faciles à réaliser et savoureux à déguster.
An extraordinary crown
If you use marzipan to create mistletoe leaf shapes and small berries—which you then delicately dip into melted dark chocolate—you'll have some unusual decorative elements to adorn your pine or fir branch wreath at Christmas. The more skilled can try making pine cones made from layered chocolate petals.
A delicious place marker
To make these delicious place cards, take a pastry pen and pour melted dark chocolate over them. You can use a Christmas cookie as a base, on which you can write each guest's name. A small gesture that will delight many.
A chocolate tree centerpiece
To make this original and delicious centerpiece, you will need a few star-shaped cookie cutters (in several sizes). Place your cookie cutters on parchment paper and pour melted dark chocolate over them until 2/3 full, making sure that the shapes do not move. Let them dry completely, then gently peel off the chocolate stars. Repeat this process so that you have a certain quantity of large, medium, and smaller chocolate stars. Then assemble your "tree" by first arranging the largest stars (the base); then layer the medium ones, then the smallest ones. For the tip (at the top of the tree), break two star tips to form two cones, stick them together with a little melted chocolate, before placing this shape at the very top of your sculpture.
Note: To ensure the stars don't move, you can secure them together with a few drops of melted chocolate between the layers.
