If you’re looking for an easy way to take your decorating and desserts to the top of the tree, look no further than these easy and delicious Chocolate Leaves.

They would make a delicious after dinner treat with coffee or you could use them on cakes and cupcakes to name but a few ideas.

via Momdotcom

You can make your Chocolate leaves in White, Dark or Milk Chocolate. The more veins a Leaf has the more realistic the result will be. As you can see from the pictures above and below, the right leaf delivers truly stunning results.

We have included a quick (less than one minute) video courtesy of Martha Stewart. She shows you exactly how easy they are to make. To view the video, click Play below.

How To Make Chocolate Leaves Video

All you need are some leaves, you could use Mint Leaves or something bigger, some tempered chocolate and a brush to paint your leaves. Simply paint your leaves with the chocolate using a nice consistency.

You will then lay them on parchment or no stick paper and pop them into the freezer. Once they are set, you can peel off the leaves so the lovely imprint of the leaf is exposed.

Here’s another version we found from Trisha of Momdot.com – you can see just how gorgeous they look when and they sure look amazing in white chocolate.

The Cupcake Project has taken a different approach and used a freestyle technique. On parchment paper they have made an outline of a leaf with a chocolate finger and then combed out the leaves with a cake decorating comb – they tried with a fork but it didn’t work out so well. That’s why the comb is recommended.

Over on the Cake Whiz Site, these gorgeous Chocolate Leaves have been made using a Leaf Mould. If you are so inclined, you can buy one for a few dollars here

This beautiful cake with autumn chocolate leaves was found on My Cake School

These Chocolate Leaves were found on the ‘Tar -Tryin’ Site.

Martha Stewart shows how to decorate a cake with Chocolate Leaves – beautiful isn’t it!

Once you’ve learned how to master the Chocolate Leaves, you may like to learn how to make these amazing Chocolate Roses. Get the details here