Chocolate Curls

Easy to Make Chocolate Decorating Ideas

Chocolate curls make and ideal decoration for many chocolate dessert recipes. You can make these curls very quickly by using a vegetable peeler. These can be made in advance and stored for several weeks in an airtight container.

The smaller chocolate curls look great when added to the top of frosted cupcakes. You can use it for your easter cupcake decorations, simply spread some frosting onto the top of your cupcakes add some chocolate curls then add some candy easter eggs to create a nest.

You are not limited to dark, milk or white curls you can add an oil based food coloring to melted white chocolate to create different colored curls.

Quick Curls

1. Bring a thick piece or bar of chocolate to room temperature. (If your chocolate is too cold you will end up with grated chocolate and if it is to warm you will slice it).

2. Pull the blade of a vegetable peeler along the edge of the chocolate and allow the curls to fall on a plate or a piece or non stick baking in a single layer.

3. To use these fine curls place on the dessert using a skewer or toothpick as your fingers will melt the curls.

Chunky Curls

The chunky curls are best made with dark chocolate which is melted with vegetable oil about 5g (1 teaspoon) per 30g (1 oz). The oil keeps the chocolate from hardening.

1. Melt 170g (6 oz) of dark chocolate with 30g (2 tablespoons) vegetable oil stir until smooth.

2. Pour the mixture into a small rectangular or square tin lined with foil or non stick baking paper to give you a block that measures about 2.5cm (1 inch thick).

3. Allow the block to come to room temperature, remove from the tin.

4. Then use a vegetable peeler to create short chunky curls.