Making molded chocolates looks like it would be easy: Just melt, fill, cool, and release! But like many aspects of chocolate-making, it can be finicky. Miss the mark on any of several key steps by ...

I've been cooking off and on both professionally and at home for the last 15 years, but chocolate has never interested me. It always seemed too finicky, too exacting, too fickle a food to fuss with.

Decorate the top of the chocolates with sprinkles or candy: Set your mold on top of a parchment lined baking pan.Sprinkle the bottom of candy mold shapes with favorite crushed candy, cookie, sprinkles ...