How to Make Chocolate Butterflies for Easy Cake Decorating

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Ingredients

• Chocolate
• White Chocolate
• Food colors

Instructions

1. Lay some parchment paper over a flat board or baking tray. Melt your chocolate. You can use white, milk, or both types of chocolate, depending on what kind of dessert you are decorating. Melt gently until there are no lumps, and it is nice and smooth.
2. Once melted, stir in a small amount of a flavorless oil like vegetable, canola, or coconut oil. I don’t recommend olive oil as it has too strong of a flavor. The oil thins and smooths out the chocolate.
3. Place the melted chocolate into a piping bag, then cut a small hole. We want the hole to be small so we can pipe a thin line.
4. Now, just go for it. Don’t worry about your piping skills; it will look great regardless. Don’t think about it; just do it. Trust me, when they are dried and assembled, they will look amazing.
5. Color them any which way you like. Only add a tiny tint of color. There is no recipe for these butterflies; just melt yourself some chocolate and draw.
6. Draw one at a time so they don’t dry by the time you get to them because they need to be melted to swirl the colors. Swirl the two colors together gently with a toothpick to create a beautiful design on the butterfly wing.