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Step 1
Make grated chocolate to sprinkle over cakes and other desserts. Rub a solid piece of chocolate across the grating section of a hand held grater. You can use either the fine or large grater. You can even sprinkle some grated chocolate on top of the whipped cream in your hot chocolate drink.
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Step 2
Make chocolate shavings to decorate desserts. Using a vegetable peeler, make short strokes across the surface of a solid piece of chocolate.
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Step 3
Make chocolate lace. Pipe tempered chocolate from a pastry bag onto a chilled wax paper lined baking sheet. Let it dry. If you do not have a pastry bag, cut a square of wax paper or parchment paper into a 15-inch square. Holding your finger at one corner, roll the square to make a cone. Tighten or loosen the cone to change the size of the point.
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Step 4
Make small curls. Draw a vegetable peeler across the narrow side of a chocolate bar. Milk chocolate is the easiest chocolate to use for making curls. To make large curls, draw the vegetable peeler across the wide side of a chocolate bar.
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Step 5
Make chocolate leaves to decorate cakes such as yule logs. Brush tempered chocolate on the underside of non-toxic leaves, such as mint, rose, lemon or strawberry leaves.
