Bridal Candy - Topper & Favors
Design, Molding, 3-D Painting, Layout & Editing by Diane Shavkin NY
Pictures by Steve Shavkin NY

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

Bride & Groom Topper or Favor

The base is made with two candy molds.  The first, done in milk chocolate, has a fluted design.  The one that is attached to the top of the fluted candy heart base is made of white chocolate compound and has the word love in relief.  Paint the word "love" using the 3-D painting method as described for the Bride and Groom candy favor, below.  Attach the two bases with melted chocolate compound.

Paint the inside of the bride and groom candy mold.  Use flesh tone (melted, white chocolate with a dab of  melted pink and of melted brown chocolate compounds) for the faces.  To paint the cavity, just dip an artist's brush into the desired-colored, melted compound and bring the bulb of melted compound over to the cavity and drop it in place.  Use the artist's brush to move the melted compound into place to completely fill the cavity, which in this case, will be the faces.  Let solidify.  Use the desired colors for the hair.  Let solidify.  Use white for the shirt part that looks like a "v".  Use the desired colors for the groom's jacket and pants.  After all the colors are solidified, fill the entire cavity with melted, white chocolate compound.  Chill in freezer.  Remove.  Pop out of mold.  Let set at room temperature until no longer cold to the touch.  Paint the decorations using the 3-D method.

Make yellow dots for the stamens of the flowers.  Use blue dots for the petals of the flowers.  Use green to form the tiny leaves.  Use blue and strings and bulbs of melted chocolate compound to form the delicate ribbons that hang.  Use blue dots for the "buttons".  And, make a floral design for the bride's headpiece of tiny blue flowers.  Let all painting solidify before attaching the bride & groom to the white, heart base.


 
 
Bride & Groom Candy Favor

Fill a candy mold with melted, white chocolate compound (purchase from cake and candy supply shops).  Place in freezer to chill and solidify.  Remove from freezer.  Pop out of candy mold and let sit at room temperature until candy piece is no longer cold to the touch.

Mold a heart-shaped candy base.  (The one pictured has the word "love" in relief.)  When no longer cold to the touch, use Diane's 3-D method of painting and use an artist's brush to paint the word "love".  This method is accomplished by dipping the artist's brush into melted, blue chocolate compound (I tint all my white chocolate with candy colors.  I do not use chocolate compound disks that are already in color.)  and lifting upward away from the melted chocolate until a string is formed.  Place the tip of the string on the top part of the letter "L" and carefully place the string to form the letter.  Working quickly, more melted chocolate can be used on the letter before it solidifies in order to form a decorative letter as shown in the picture.  Repeat this method for each letter.

To attach the bride & groom to the heart-shaped base, hold the heads in your hand and place the bottom of the piece on a warming tray to straighten and melt.  Quickly, place the candy bride and groom on the heart-shaped base.  Keep holding until the bride & groom and "stand" on their own.


 
 
Candy Heart Favors

The favor on the left contains a heart-shaped, milk chocolate candy.  The ribbon bows are white ribbon with printing and lace, blue ribbon.  The tulle is blue.

The favor on the right contains a heart-shaped, white chocolate candy.  The ribbons bows are blue ribbon with printing and lace, white ribbon.  The tulle is white.

Mold the candy hearts.  Wrap the candy in plastic wrap or place in lollypop bags.  Tie with the appropriate colored curly ribbon.  Cut off the ribbon pieces and just leave the knot.  Trim the "gathered" part of the lollypop bag as close to the curly-ribbon tie as possible.  Wrap the candy piece that is in the lollypop bag with tulle and tie with a curly ribbon.  Add the two bows and tie with curly ribbon.  Curl the curly ribbon.


 
 
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