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Published on December 14, 2021 by · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Chocolate Ant Showpiece

Skill level: Advanced

Ever wanted to learn how to create a free-standing edible showpiece made from just chocolate? Liz Marek breaks down how to create an enormous chocolate ant in this exciting tutorial.

In this course, you will learn how to create a giant ant featured in Liz's episode on Disney's Foodtastic series streaming on Disney+ made from tempered chocolate. Learn two different ways to make robot coupe, a moldable, chocolate medium that can be used like modeling chocolate. You will learn how to airbrush onto chocolate, something that can be very difficult to do with the oil-based nature of chocolate.

You will learn how to create the ant facial details, the antennae and eyes, along with the wings made from edible materials.

There's a lot to cover in this video, so let's get our tools together, and let's get started.

2:25:30 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • How to create an enormous ant showpiece made from tempered chocolate
  • Learn how to make two different kinds of robot coupe
  • How to make edible giant wings and how to airbrush with cocoa butter

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Scaling the ant 0:28
  2. Tempering the chocolate 6:46
  3. Pouring the chocolate 9:57
  4. Making wings from templates 12:32
  5. Making wings from templates 14:46
  6. Making sheet gelatin 16:25
  7. Pouring the wings 18:15
  8. Making the wings 21:10
  9. Putting the molded pieces together 25:56
  10. Shaping the body 30:56
  11. Connecting the body pieces 38:03
  12. Building up the body Pt. 1 50:30
  13. Smoothing down the chocolate 56:36
  14. Building up the body Pt. 2 1:05:01
  15. Smoothing the body Pt. 2 1:11:46
  16. Shining the body Pt. 1 1:16:07
  17. Making the legs Pt. 1 1:22:11
  18. How to make robot coupe 1:28:37
  19. Building the legs Pt. 2 1:30:16
  20. Cutting out the wings 1:34:16
  21. Painting the wings 1:36:20
  22. Building up the legs 1:40:51
  23. Smoothing the legs 1:44:49
  24. Shining the legs 1:48:30
  25. Building the body Pt. 3 1:48:50
  26. Setting up the airbrushing equipment 1:55:10
  27. Tempering the cocoa butter 2:02:43
  28. Painting the ant 2:04:25
  29. Adding the eyes 2:07:35
  30. Shining the ant Pt. 1 2:10:52
  31. Painting the ant Pt. 2 2:14:36
  32. Glossing the cocoa butter 2:17:42
  33. Shining the ant Pt. 3 2:19:07
  34. Putting it all together 2:21:55
  35. Finishing touches 2:24:12

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist, sweet and savory recipe developer, and the founder of Sugar Geek Show, where she teaches cooking, baking and cake decorating through detailed tutorials, food science explanations, and kitchen-tested recipes. She has been creating recipes and teaching baking techniques since 2008, helping bakers of all skill levels gain the confidence to make professional-quality desserts at home.

Liz is known for breaking down complex cooking and baking concepts into simple, approachable methods. Her work focuses on helping people understand not just how a recipe works, but why it works. Through Sugar Geek Show, she shares step-by-step recipes, cake decorating tutorials, and practical baking guides designed to make professional techniques accessible to everyone.

Over the years, Liz has taught thousands of students through online tutorials, classes, and educational content focused on real kitchen results. Her recipes are carefully tested and written to help people succeed the first time they make them.

When she’s not developing recipes or teaching baking techniques, Liz also hosts curated travel experiences for women through her travel brand Soul Sisters.

You can find Liz’s latest recipes, baking tutorials, and food science tips at Sugar Geek Show.