| Our mothers feed us once, then again and
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| | rose) and put them on waxed paper about 1
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| again, and forever we experience comfort
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| | inch apart. Press each ball with your
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| whenever a woman close to our hearts
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| | fingertips until it is a flat disk about
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| cooks for us.
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| | the size of a quarter. Make the bottom
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| So let's show our mothers how much we
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| | thicker than the top.
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| appreciate them by returning the favor.
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| | To make the center of the rose, roll one
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| Chocolate roses are romantic, sweet, and
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| | disk into what looks like a tepee,
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| gorgeous. Dads and kids, put on your
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| | rolling the thinner edge tightly into the
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| aprons!
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| | top of the tepee. Wrap the next disk
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| Chocolate Clay Ingredients
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| | around the opening of the tepee and the
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| 10 ounces semisweet chocolate (coarsely
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| | third disk at the back of the tepee -
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| chopped chunks or chips)
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| | this is the rose bud. Now continue adding
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| 1/3 cup light corn syrup
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| | one disk at a time as individual petals,
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| Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over
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| | gently curling the top edge slightly
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| hot water, stirring occasionally. To do
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| | downward. You can leave some roses as
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| this right, first bring the water to a
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| | rosebuds, then make various sizes, making
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| boil, remove it from the burner, and
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| | them larger by adding more petals. If
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| place the bowl containing the chocolate
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| | there is excess chocolate at the bottom
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| on top. If the chocolate cools and
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| | of your roses, pinch it off with your
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| thickens too much, return the pot of
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| | fingers to make more balls.
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| water to the stove over low heat.
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| | For a day or two, let the roses harden at
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| Stir the corn syrup into the chocolate,
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| | room temperature, then package them in
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| mixing well and scraping the bowl with a
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| | airtight containers and store in a cool,
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| rubber spatula. Fold the syrup into the
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| | dry place. To retain the best chocolate
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| chocolate until you can no longer see the
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| | flavor, it is best not to store them in
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| syrup and the mixture thickens into a
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| | the refrigerator.
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| ball. Using wax paper or plastic, pour
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| | You can get fancy for Mothers Day if you
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| and spread the mixture with the spatula
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| | like by using white chocolate and
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| until 1/2inch thick. For about two hours,
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| | experimenting with adding food coloring.
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| let it sit and thicken uncovered at room
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| | Or, decorate your chocolate roses by
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| temperature. Now it's ready for making
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| | painting them with melted white
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| your roses.
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| | chocolate.
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| Chocolate Roses Instructions
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| | Tulips are fun too, and are really pretty
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| Knead a handful of chocolate clay at a
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| | made with white chocolate and then
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| time on a counter or cutting board until
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| | painted.
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| it is soft and pliable like regular clay.
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| | To make larger roses, start with larger
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| Roll the chocolate dough into twelve 1
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| | chocolate balls.
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| 2-inch diameter balls (for each full-size
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