Supplies
½ pound Make’n Mold orange candy wafers
½ pound Make’n Mold yellow candy
wafers
3 Make’n Mold
microwaveable trays (5700)
12 artificial leaves (with distinct veins on the
back)
Waxed
paper-lined cookie sheet
Melt candy wafers separately in
microwaveable trays according to package instructions.
Pour melted
yellow and orange candy wafers into the remaining microwaveable tray
allowing the colors to
combine.
Use a fork to
gently swirl the colors together. (Do not stir or mix the colors
together.)
Spoon the melted
mixture onto the back of each leaf, covering completely. Be sure that
the veins of the leaves are heavily coated with melted
wafers. Place each coated leaf on a waxed paper-lined cookie
sheet. Chill 10-15
minutes.
Remove leaves
from refrigerator and cover with a second coating of either color of
melted wafers.. Chill 10-15
minutes.
Once leaves have
chilled and the candy has hardened to them, detach each finished candy
leaf from the artificial leaf.
Makes
approximately 12 leaves
Chocolate Covered sandwich cookies explode with fall color to set the tone of your autumn table. Supplies:
1 pound Make'n Mold dark chocolate flavored candy wafers
2 pounds Make'n Mold milk chocolate flavored candy wafers
¼ pound Make'n Mold yellow candy wafers
¼ pound Make'n Mold dark green candy wafers
¼ pound Make'n Mold red candy wafers
¼ pound Make'n Mold orange candy wafers
6" round cake pan
36 chocolate sandwich cookies
Make'n Mold dipping tools (5600)
Waxed paper
Cookie sheet
1 - 4" x 12" styrofoam cone
Double-sided tape
1 - 6" cardboard cake round
Make'n Mold candymaking gloves (5725)
4 Make'n Mold microwaveable trays (5700)
Make'n Mold Fall Leaf candy mold (1026)
Artificial autumn leaves To make tree base, melt dark chocolate candy wafers according to package instructions. Fill 6" cake pan with melted wafers. Chill 1 hour. Turn pan over and tap on flat surface to remove candy piece. To make candy covered cookies, melt milk chocolate flavored candy wafers in medium-sized bowl according to package instructions. Use spoon from dipping tools to dip each cookie into the melted wafers. Shake off excess wafers and place on waxed paper. Chill cookies 10-15 minutes. To make candy leaves, melt yellow, dark green, red and orange candy wafers separately in microwaveable trays according to package instructions. Pour melted yellow wafers into melted green wafers. Add red and orange wafers. Gently swirl colors together with a fork to create a marbleized effect. Spoon melted mixture into Fall Leaf mold cavities. Chill 10-15 minutes. Invert mold onto flat surface and tap gently to remove finished candy pieces. To build cookie tree, wrap waxed paper around styrofoam cone. Secure with double-sided tape on the underside of the waxed paper. Cover bottom of waxed paper cone with melted candy wafers to within 1" of the edge of the cone. Place cone on cake round and hold for 3-5 seconds until cone is secured to the cake round. Wearing candymaking gloves, use brush from painter's palette to dab a small amount of melted wafers onto one side of a finished cookie. Place the cookie against the styrofoam cone, where the base meets the cake round. Hold 3-5 seconds until secure. Repeat step 7 alternating finished cookies with finished candy leaves, placing them tightly next to each other around the the styrofoam cone.
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