Making Chocolate Curls

Chef Channon shows you how: Simple, easy instruction on how to make chocolate curls without any special equipment. Remember to cut in the size of curl you want.

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[Channon Mondoux]

this was simply semi sweet chocolate- but I have used bitter sweet- its just fussier

[Channon Mondoux]

when the chocolate sets up it will dull down and not be so shiny, as well as you begin to push with the spatula it will roll instead of just crinkle up- it is a little bit of trial and error

[Channon Mondoux]

the tray is a flat baking sheet, the scraper is simply a metal spatula turned over! no special equipment just easy peasy..........You can even use semi sweet chocolate chips if you like- even less cumbersome than bittersweet

[Channon Mondoux]

the tray is a flat baking sheet, the scraper is simply a metal spatula turned over! no special equipment just easy peasy..........

[Channon Mondoux]

The chocolate was simply semi sweet chocolate chips, melts easy, less likely to burn and works wonderfully in this application. I simply poured the melted chocolate onto a flat baking sheet, thinned it out using an offset spatula and let it cool.Then scored it and then used a metal spatula to make the curls.

[Channon Mondoux]

You're welcome! I am not classically trained as a pastry chef, but when I was making curls for an article, my editor who was present was amazed at how easy I did them, she'd taken a chocolate course and lamented how hard they made it (with special tools etc) so I filmed it right then and here it is. I'll keep doing that sort of thing it seems to be a crowd pleaser

[Zeitgeist TTD]

i tried this, it wasn't easy...at least for me! the tempered chocolate either too "hard" to curl up, or it's not ready. I tried a method where someone said to put the tray in the freezer for a minute, but it's always tricky!

[andrewsalyssa18]

How do you make the curls smaller??? Not thinner but skinnier??

[SportclimbingROX]

the chocolate should be tempered!!!

[smileypants100]

My cake looks so cool covered in curls thanks !

[thelittlecuties101]

i might try that at home because its so cool!

[jellybuby]

OMG thanks i was wondering how to do this for my cake today

[slurpeeyuki11]

@raceplate just put your chocolate candy bars in the microwave for like 10 second burst for like 2 to 3 times and it's easy the first time I tried it worked greAt

[raceplate]

I'm trying to make chocolate decorations for cupcakes. I bought milk chocolate candy bars is that ok? And how do I melt it without burning the chocolate?