How do they do that? (the bonbon thread)

[ptw1953]

5 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Nope - but I’m working on it with some help from my friends! Close to success when I was north

 

How close Kerry? What part of your process failed to work?

 

(Nothing changes with me; always question, after question...)

 

Philip

[gfron1]

Here two more examples posted recently

[Smithy]

I'm very impressed. Who would have imagined dendritic patterns on confections? Obviously, someone did - but not I!  I wonder if they got the idea from looking at, say, a dendritic agate. I often look at interesting landforms and wonder how they might be reproduced in pastry form, but the closest I personally can come is to make meringue to look like a sand dune.

[Kerry Beal]

53 minutes ago, gfron1 said:

So before this fad comes and goes... Did we ever hear how this is done? Wasn't this something to do with baking soda?

Nope - but I’m working on it with some help from my friends! Close to success when I was north

[Kerry Beal]

Here’s the jumping off point Click

[Kerry Beal]

43 minutes ago, ptw1953 said:

 

How close Kerry? What part of your process failed to work?

 

(Nothing changes with me; always question, after question...)

 

Philip

Using wrong mold and wrong blank 

[gfron1]

So creating suction...I'm guessing this is not the baking soda method then. In the video in that link she says with much exuberance - glass works better than plexiglass. That's interesting considering we use polycarb which is much closer to plexiglass than glass.

[Kerry Beal]

Here’s my up north trials 

 

 

 

And here is what is awaiting paint and molding 

 

 

[gfron1]

ahhh...a solid chocolate mold made from the same cavity. You used white...dark for a harder material possibly?

Edited August 20, 2018 by gfron1 (log)

[ptw1953]

2 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Here’s my up north trials 

 

 

 

And here is what is awaiting paint and molding 

 

 

 

Oh. My. Goodness...

[Sweet Impact Mama]

22 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Here’s the jumping off point Click

WOW, Kerry, you seem to have cracked it! I knew the pattern looked so familiar but couldn't figure out why. I have a weird memory of that sort of thing happening when cleaning glass panes in windows and putting them together before they were fully dry. 

Can't wait to see what your work looks like when done!

btw - I think the top picture you shared looks like a little mushroom cap. 😄

 

 

Edited August 20, 2018 by Sweet Impact Mama (log)

[Kerry Beal]

44 minutes ago, gfron1 said:

ahhh...a solid chocolate mold made from the same cavity. You used white...dark for a harder material possibly?

 

Up north trials were with molding compound.

 

 

[Rajala]

Haha nice. Love this.

[Bentley]

Is that chocolate or cocoa butter in the molds?

[Kerry Beal]

7 minutes ago, Bentley said:

Is that chocolate or cocoa butter in the molds?

Yes! Both - chocolate with extra cocoa butter and colored cocoa butter. 

[Sweet Impact Mama]

Just saw your post on Instagram, Kerry! Fantastic looking!! 

[curls]

@Kerry Beal thanks for figuring this out and giving us clues to figure out the technique for ourselves. I like this one a lot! When I have some play time I’m going to try making some prints & see what I can do with my moulds.

[YetiChocolates]

Here is thechocolatelab showing a different technique to get a somewhat similar result as what @Kerry Beal has been doing, though with a slightly different effect. 

[tikidoc]

Hmm, would Silly Puty work, I wonder?

[ptw1953]

5 minutes ago, tikidoc said:

Hmm, would Silly Puty work, I wonder?

 

Ah, tikidoc, you gave me a Meatloaf moment there...

[gfron1]

4 hours ago, tikidoc said:

Hmm, would Silly Puty work, I wonder?

That's an interesting idea. Or modelllng clay - the stuff that gets hard.

 

[ptw1953]

4 hours ago, ptw1953 said:

 

Ah, tikidoc, you gave me a Meatloaf moment there...

 

I should point out that I mean: "You took the words right out of my mouth..."

 

Philip

[vtoselli]

55 minutes ago, gfron1 said:

That's an interesting idea. Or modelllng clay - the stuff that gets hard.

 

I was thinking about making a silicon mould out of the chocolate mould. Silicon is more elastic and would give enough vaccum for the technique to work. Gonna try it ASAP.

Edited August 22, 2018 by vtoselli (log)

[Tri2Cook]

5 minutes ago, vtoselli said:

I was thinking about making a silicon mould out of the chocolate mould. Silicon is more elastic and would give enough vaccum for the technique to work. Gonna try it ASAP.

 

The article said glass on glass works best so I figured that meant something less elastic was better. But that was just my deduction, I really have no idea.

[vtoselli]

1 hour ago, Tri2Cook said:

The article said glass on glass works best so I figured that meant something less elastic was better. But that was just my deduction, I really have no idea.

Yeah, i read that too. But a have no ideal how to make/find something glass-like that fits into my molds, so i'll try diferent options and share with u guys. hahahah

Edited August 22, 2018 by vtoselli (log)