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A chocolate candy having its upper surface sculpted as the image of a person\s face and a method for sculpting a person\s face from a photograph onto a chocolate candy by adapting a photographic image of a person\s face, converting the adapted image onto a transfer medium or die, and then embossing

A chocolate candy having its upper surface sculpted as the image of a person\s face and a method for sculpting a person\s face from a photograph onto a chocolate candy by adapting a photographic image of a person\s face, converting the adapted image onto a transfer medium or die, and then embossing such adapted image onto chocolate candy.

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A method of providing a sculptured image onto a chocolate candy from a photo comprising the steps of tracing selected features and outlines of the photo image onto the rear side of the photo to form an adapted image, photo etching said adapted image onto a die plate, pressing a sheet of foil against

A method of providing a sculptured image onto a chocolate candy from a photo comprising the steps of tracing selected features and outlines of the photo image onto the rear side of the photo to form an adapted image, photo etching said adapted image onto a die plate, pressing a sheet of foil against said photo-etched die plate to create a plurality of embossments of said adapted image on said foil with each embossment surrounded by and separated from adjacent embossments by an exposed marginal strip of said foil, providing a mold for molding the chocolate candies wherein the mold has a plurality of cavities each corresponding in size and position to said embossments and being open at both of the top and bottom ends, closing one of said ends of each cavity by securing said embossed foil thereto with the embossed image oriented outward of the cavity, pouring liquid chocolate into the other of said ends of each cavity, hardening said chocolate, and separating the mold from the chocolate with the foil remaining attached to said molded chocolate candy to form an array, the method comprising the further steps of providing a tray having a plurality of recesses to correspond in position and size to said array of molded candies attached to said foil, each recess having side walls with top edges, a closed bottom and an open top, applying an adhesive to said top edges, positioning said array of candies into the array of recesses with said exposed marginal strips of foil contacting the adhesive on the top edges and becoming secured thereto, thus closing each candy within one recess.