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Chocolate Minion Box
Prep Time
1
hr
30
mins
Total Time
1
hr
30
mins
Edible chocolate box decorated with candy clay to look like a Minion.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
chocolate box, minion candy
Servings
:
8
Author
:
Beth Klosterboer
Ingredients
14
ounces
melted and tempered white chocolate
colored yellow or Yellow Candy Melts
4
ounces
white modeling chocolate
candy clay
2
ounces
black candy clay
6
ounces
blue candy clay
8
ounces
yellow candy clay
12 ounces if making a two layer chocolate box
edible silver luster dust & lemon extract or silver food spray
black food coloring marker
Instructions
Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
Set an 8 x 5.75 X 2 inch oval cake ring on the paper.
Pour 6 ounces of the yellow chocolate into the cake ring.
Spread into an even layer.
Tap the pan gently to remove any air bubbles.
Chill in the fridge if using pure white chocolate and in the freezer if using Candy Melts for about 10 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
Remove from cake ring and use a knife to trim any excess around the edges.
Repeat creating another yellow chocolate oval using 6 ounces of the chocolate.
Roll out white candy clay to ¼ inch thickness.
Cut two circles using a 2 ¼ inch round cutter.
Use the 1 ⅝ inch round cutter to cut a hole out of the center of each large circle (for the Minion's goggles).
Flatten those smaller circles to about ⅛th of an inch thickness and cut using a 1 ½ inch cutter (for the whites of the eyes).
Roll out some black and white candy clay to ¼ inch thickness.
Cut a ⅞ x ½ rectangle out of each color.
Cut both in half lengthwise.
Brush a thin layer of piping gel along one long edge of a white piece and press it up against a long edge of a black piece.
Repeat creating two ⅞ X ½ inch black and white rectangles.
Cut a notch on the edge in the mid section of the black part of each.
Use piping gel to attach them to the google pieces.
Combine about a teaspoon of lemon extract with about a teaspoon of edible silver luster dust until you get a nice fluid yet thick mixture.
Paint the white candy clay goggles silver.
Let dry for at least 30 minutes before touching.
Roll out some black candy clay to 1/16th of an inch thickness.
Cut two circles using a ¾ inch round plunger cutter.
Attach to the center of the white eye pieces (1 ½ inch circles of candy clay).
Roll out blue candy clay to ⅛th inch thickness.
Cut out the Minion Template (resized if needed to fit the size of your chocolate Minion).
Cut out the blue overalls, the straps, and the pocket and set on the blue candy clay.
Cut the candy clay out around the template.
Use a fondant sticking wheel to create the stitching around the pockets and crotch area of the overalls.
Draw the "G" logo onto the half moon shaped pocked using a black food coloring marker.
Use piping gel to attach all the pieces to one of the yellow chocolate ovals creating your Minion.
Draw on a smile using black food coloring marker or use a thin log of black candy clay to create one, if you prefer.
Roll out yellow candy clay into a 24 inch long log.
Flatten and roll out to ½ inch thickness.
Cut into a 1 ½ inch (or 2 ½ - 3 inch) wide by 24 inch long strip.
Set the oval cake ring on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Wrap the yellow strip of candy clay around the inside of the oval ring so that it creates the walls of your chocolate box.
Cut the ends as needed so they match up neatly.
Attach the seam using a small amount of piping gel. Make sure the seam does not stick to the inside of the cake ring.
Let dry for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer.
Remove the cake ring from the yellow candy clay walls.
Brush a thin layer of yellow chocolate on the top edge of the candy clay walls.
Set the plain yellow chocolate oval on top creating the base of the box.
Let dry for 15 minutes.
Carefully turn the box base right side up.
If needed, brush the interior with melted yellow chocolate to reinforce the walls.
Let dry.
Fill box with chocolate or candy and set the decorated chocolate Minion lid on top.