Composimold - reusable chocolate/candy mold review

Do you make candies or chocolates? Do you have a whole stack of molds that are filling up your cupboards? Let me introduce you to a completely versatile substance called ComposiMold. Made in my own home state of Maine, ComposiMold was invented by a gentlemen named Stan for the purpose of making his own model airplane parts. It is a reusable mold and can be used for almost anything.

I initially contacted Stan because I had seen an extremely cool idea for Christmas gifts and thought that the ComposiMold might be the perfect thing to use on this craft. It turned out that it wasn't maybe the best choice for that craft but I went ahead and tried the food grade ComposiMold out and tried making candies. The coolest thing about this mold is that you heat it up, you put your subject in the mold, let it cool, use it and then you can reheat it and start over. You can also use the same mold over and over.

I had some difficulty at first with what I had chosen to make a mold out of. I chose a guitar piece from the Bucking Bronco game lol. I have 2 brothers that play guitar and love beer. So I tried making beer candy. Now, let me just say that I had never attempted making candy except for one birthday party where I made caramel swirls... but that was simply a heat up some sugar... using a thermometer and swirling it onto wax paper.

With all the start overs that I did during this review, it was all candy making related. Adding the beer to the caramel did something where it didn't stay solid and making rock candy turned out to way too hot for the mold... in fact I burned my finger pretty bad lol. The sugar got stuck to my finger and I couldn't get it off! Anyways... the ComposiMold worked fine each time I started over. I have just come to realize with all the things I can do... candy making is not one of my better hobbies :)

I contacted Stan, who has been really helpful, and asked him for advice with the guitar and he gave me some pointers. I was getting a great guitar shape but the neck wasn't holding out. So he suggested that I build the guitar's neck with some clay and make it a simpler mold. I made some salt dough and did just that and seemed to have better luck. Here is what I finally ended up with for the guitar.

Don't pick on me! I know it's not perfect but it has the neck :) Next time I try this I will leave the hole in the middle of the guitar though. Otherwise, I think this came out pretty darn good and it will look even better with caramel. I will continue working with this stuff and come up with different ideas and post how I am doing. Let me show you the process.

First you take the ComposiMold and heat it up in the microwave. Make sure you check in and stir every couple minutes or so. Spray what you want to make a mold of with some mold release. I used cooking spray which seemed to work fine (even with the salt dough).  Pour the ComposiMold over your subject you are casting. Then set it in the fridge or freezer if you want to quicken the solidifying process. I did cause I am impatient :) By the way... I also sprayed the container for safe measure.

The ComposiMold resembles a silicone mold. It is great! As long as your candy isn't too hot for the mold, you are good to go. Then you let the candy solidify.. which depending on the candy should only take a few minutes in the freezer. Then you can carefully take it out. Depending on how complicated your mold, you may need to make it into two parts by using a sharp knife. I am sticking to the more simple tasks right now but I will definitely be diving into more detailed projects in the future. Here is what the mold looks like after I took it out of the freezer and poured chocolate in.

Here are some other candies that I attempted... The caramels were made into 'beer caps' but as I said before... I will need to figure out how to make the candy solidify better with beer as an ingredient. I am not a fan of beer but I will say that the taste was fine. It tasted like a normal caramel and then had an after snap of beer. For beer lovers I think this would work well.. you know, once I perfect the candy lol.

The top candy featured was a chocolate rose I made from using a plastic rose bead I bought for a hat I was going to crochet. Honestly, the possibilities are endless with ComposiMold. If you have something specific that you would like to make or even just wanting to make something completely custom.. this will be perfect for you.

This will also save you a ton of money if you are doing plaster casting because you will not have to mess with buying and using alginate only once and having to get more. Especially if you are just beginning in your casting crafts .. you don't want to spend that much money on getting alginate... go through the whole process just to realize you need to start over and you have wasted the casting materials. If you mess up with ComposiMold you just reheat it and start over! If nothing else, this is a must have for the newbies.

Stan has a bunch of great videos on his site to help you out but if you still have questions, don't be afraid to ask him. He has been extremely helpful in helping me know how to get the most out of my ComposiMold. Here is a video they put out showing you how to make custom candies or soaps for weddings. This will show you a little more of it's huge potential.

Thank you Stan for the opportunity to try your Composimold out. I have been thinking up all sorts of things to do with this and will be posting more food crafts to come using your great material!

I received this product for the purpose of review. The opinions in this post are 100% my own and may differ from yours.