Texture Design with Chocolate
A course by BRIK chocolateChocolate Studio
A course by BRIK chocolate, Chocolate Studio
Learn how to temper, color, and flavor chocolate to create delicious terrazzo, marble, and concrete textures
Design is a discipline rich with mediums to explore, and when combined with chocolate, it becomes visual, tactile, and flavorsome. Through her chocolate design studio BRIK Chocolate, multidisciplinary designer Kia Utzon-Frank designs unique flavors and textures inspired by architectural surfaces.
Discover how to apply your creative ideas through the playful process of designing chocolate textures. Create unique flavors, combine colors, and most importantly, savor your unique confections.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 18 downloads
Making a Mold
15 minutes, 32 seconds
Chocolate Basics: Knowing Our Main Ingredient and Tempering the Chocolate
17 minutes, 21 seconds
How to Mix Colours and Textures and Colour Palette Overview
20 minutes, 56 seconds
Making a Terrazzo Design Slab
13 minutes, 1 second
Making a Concrete Design Slab
14 minutes, 52 seconds
Making a Marble Design Slab
11 minutes, 52 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know Brik Chocolate’s founder Kia Utzon-Frank and what led her to create her chocolate design studio. Discover where Kia draws inspiration from and her method for finding new ideas.
Get familiar with the ingredients, materials, and equipment you need to work safely and efficiently. Learn how to make your mold with Lego and create textures with baking paper. Understand the process of working with chocolate and how to temper it correctly. Discover how to mix colors to prepare your chocolate chips for your terrazzo design.
Learn Kia’s expert tricks to create your flavor-filled chocolate terrazzo design. Next, learn how to add charcoal to chocolate and create a modern concrete-inspired slab design. For your third creation, mix 3 different chocolate colors to create a shiny marble finish. Learn how to create your own silicone mold using an object of your choice, going through each step to cast your object perfectly and fill it with chocolate.
Before you taste your chocolate creations, get Kia’s tips on photographing your designs and sharing them on social media. Explore different ways of presenting your work and how best to store it. Finish the course by discovering how to pair your chocolate with different food and drinks to create interesting combinations.
What is this course's project?
Create three different chocolate textures inspired by architectural materials and then create a mold, cast around a chosen object to make original flavored chocolate.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for curious, design-oriented creatives who would like to learn how to create texture designs with chocolate.
Requirements and materials
As for materials you will need some large and small microwaveable plastic bowls, silicone spatulas, a blender, a food thermometer, silicone spatulas, baking paper, cardboard, double-sided tape, cling film, latex powder-free gloves, a mixing container, a scale, silicone, a mixing stick, mold-release spray, dish-washing soap, water, Lego blocks, blue roll, a knife, a chopping board, a hair-dryer or heat gun, a fridge, a microwave.
To give color and flavor to your textures, you will need white chocolate, charcoal, color powders, chai tea, strong black tea, pink peppercorn, matcha powder, spirulina, Earl Grey tea, lemongrass essential oil, and black sesame seeds.
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Un curso muy agradable y bien explicado
- 4 months ago
Me encanto el curso no solo por el contenido y lo que aprendes , sino ademas por la forma divertida que utiliza la profesora para explicar, muy buen curso
- 10 months ago
Emocionada por empezar
- eleanto13PLUS11 months ago
Excelente curso, muy motivador, solo falto poder oler los chocolates que preparó, lo recomiendo absolutamente.
- 1 year ago
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BRIK Chocolate’s Kia Utzon-Frank is a London-based Danish designer with a passion for creating genre-defying designs. Her clients include Wallpaper*, Sir Terence Conran, Harry Styles, Tom Dixon, The Barbican, Boghossian Jewelery, and Goop. She has created a new perception of this classic indulgence that sparks surprise, wonder, and continuous development of new ideas.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Getting Started with Chocolate, Colours and Mold Making
- Introducing Materials and Setting Up Your Cooking Space
- Making a Mold
- Chocolate Basics: Knowing Our Main Ingredient and Tempering the Chocolate
- How to Mix Colours and Textures and Colour Palette Overview
- U3
Creating Our Chocolate Designs
- Making a Terrazzo Design Slab
- Making a Concrete Design Slab
- Making a Marble Design Slab
- How to Cast an Object in a Silicon Mold 1
- How to Cast an Object in a Silicon Mold 2
- U4
Posting, Presentation and Tasting!
- How to Store, Transport and Package Your Work Sustainably
- How to Pair and Taste Chocolate
- FP
Final project
- Texture Design with Chocolate
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FAQs
This course is best for those with some basic chocolate handling experience, but motivated beginners can follow along with clear instructions on tempering, mold making, and creative techniques.
You’ll need chocolate, basic kitchen tools, silicone for mold making, baking paper, natural coloring powders, household items like Lego or cardboard, and a thermometer for tempering.
You’ll learn how to temper chocolate, create custom molds, apply natural colors and flavors, achieve stone, terrazzo, and marble effects, and design sustainable packaging for your creations.
You’ll learn step-by-step how to select objects, build enclosures, mix and pour silicone, and demold to create food-safe custom chocolate molds using household materials.
The course covers using teas, matcha, plant-based powders, and natural extracts to color and flavor chocolate, creating vibrant and unique edible art.
You’ll discover techniques for making textured chocolate that mimics concrete, granite, and terrazzo using baking paper, colored chips, and creative inclusions.
You’ll learn the seeding method, how to use a thermometer, visual cues, and how to fix bloom or texture issues for perfectly finished chocolate.