Chocolate Dessert Bowls

[prairiegirl]

I have a customer that wants to put their corporate gift...chocolates...in a chocolate bowl. They need an example and specs so they can present to management. I am trying to source moulds for chocolate bowls and can't find anyone who carries them. chocolate Arts in Vancouver sells chocolate bowls filled with pralines but I can't find a mould. Does anyone know who carries chocolate bowl moulds that would fit up to 25 chocolates?

Another option is to use plastic bowls from Ikea etc., and I might go to a local plastics company and see if they could vacuum mold some bowl shapes. My first choice is to source a professional mould.

another option is to mould my own with the smooth-on sil940. But, would that hold up making 25 bowls?

[gfron1]

Or...I've seen people make chocolate boxes which are just panels "glued" together - might fit the individual chocolates better.

[lebowits]

I have  a customer that wants to put their corporate gift...chocolates...in a chocolate bowl.  They need an example and specs so they can present to management.  I am trying to source moulds for chocolate bowls and can't find anyone who carries them.  chocolate Arts in Vancouver sells chocolate bowls filled with pralines but I can't find a mould. Does anyone know who carries chocolate bowl moulds that would fit up to 25 chocolates?

Another option is to use plastic bowls from Ikea etc., and I might go to a local plastics company and see if they could vacuum mold some bowl shapes.  My first choice is to source a professional mould.

another option is to mould my own with the smooth-on sil940.  But, would that hold up making 25 bowls?

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Have you tried Tomric at www.tomric.com? If they don't already have a polycarbonate mold, they can make one to your specifications. I don't know what the lead time is for a custom mold.

[sugarseattle]

i don't know how big you want them to be but we made a bowl of cherries dessert using silicon molds from demarle. However it was very labor intensive because we had to paint 3 coats to keep them from breaking when we popped them out of the molds. I think you would be better off with a polycarbonate mold, but i'm not a chocolatier.

also, you might try Peterson Company here in Seattle. Even though they are primarily a food supplier, they seem to have access to resources along those lines.

[JeanneCake]

You could also try Dobla - they have different types of chocolate decorations so they might have something you could use. www.dobla.com

[Kerry Beal]

Is this bowl flat on the bottom or just half a big sphere? Chocolat-chocolat has big sphere molds, but they also have a couple of great box molds that might work for you. One is a big cocoa pod and the other a great big present box. Cost is around $25 each.

[alanamoana]

another option would be to use the sphere molds (using half only) and create your own bottom or foot so it can stand on its own. shouldn't be too hard to do.

[Sebastian]

I think callebaut has them too. Probably not inexepensive.

[Pam R]

How about using balloons?

Mette did an amazing demo on chocolate containers using all sorts of objects - click.