Patent ID: 8124151

Claim:
A method for making an outer shell of a chocolate material comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mold defining a mold space having a moldable chocolate material therein, said mold having a horizontal planar mold edge; (b) providing a thermally controlled die having a circumferential outer edge having a width of between 0.5 to 1 mm; (c) introducing the thermally controlled die into the mold space a first distance for shaping the chocolate material into an outer shell, wherein excess chocolate material is squeezed from the mold space onto the horizontal planar mold edge; (d) further introducing the die into the mold space to a second distance, wherein the circumferential outer edge of the die contacts the horizontal planar mold edge after the penetration of the die into the mold space to the second distance to separate the excess chocolate material on the horizontal planar mold edge from the outer shell; and (e) horizontally scraping off the separated excess chocolate material from the horizontal planar mold edge without contacting and damaging the outer shell.