Patent ID: 6376000
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A method of forming a molded chocolate product having a printed image on a flat side thereof to form an edible framed picture, said method comprising the steps of:a) forming a piece of edible paper having a first side and an opposite second side; b) releasably securing a first side of the edible paper to an inedible backing sheet; c) using a printer having a cartridge containing micro filtered edible food coloring to print an edible image on said second side of the edible paper; d) placing the edible paper containing said printed edible image within and on a raised horizontal, central planar section of a mold with the image facing downwardly and contacting said planar section of the mold so that any substance poured into the mold will not cover the image printed on said second side, said planar section of the mold being surrounded by a downwardly extending recess, said mold having outer perimeter walls beyond the central planar section encompassing and defining the recess extending downwardly from the central planar section with said outer perimeter walls rising above said central planar section to define the space in the mold, followed by peeling said inedible backing sheet from said edible paper; e) pouring chocolate into the mold atop the edible paper and into said recess so that said chocolate fills said recess and completely covers the edible paper filling the space in the mold above as defined by said outer perimeter walls of the mold; f) allowing the chocolate poured into the mold to harden in the mold while in contact with the edible paper such that the edible paper is bonded and secured to the hardened chocolate; and g) removing the hardened chocolate together with the bonded edible paper from the mold, said edible paper forming a bond with said hardened chocolate and said image facing away from said chocolate, the chocolate hardened in said recess taking the shape of a picture frame, framing said image to provide a picture-like structure, the edible chocolate framing a picture formed by said edible image.