CybrTrayd CHESS PIECES chocolate candy mold

Making a ninja chess cake for grandson's birthday. Have never made candy like this before. It was easy enough, though I neglected to use the trick of making one side and then putting the completed 1/2 piece over the second half while it's still melted so they will harden together. I put the two hardened halves together using a bit of the melted chocolate as glue. Next time I will definitely use the trick!Each tray will make halves of one queen, one king, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and four pawns.When you make a second tray and put the pieces together you will have one queen, one king, two rooks, two bishops, to knights AND FOUR PAWNS. If you want a complete half-set (i.e. the sixteen pieces of one color), you will need to make two more trays in that color with just pawns.I used a bit less than one pound of candy melts to make all 16 pieces of one color. Then "rinse, and repeat" for the second color. Some pieces might benefit from a little trim on the seam, especially on the bottom if you want them to stand independently.The king's "waist" is a weak point -- both the halves I made broke there when they came out of the mold. I glued them back together with the chocolate. Maybe that wouldn't have happened if I'd put them together before hardening the second half.By the way, for the chess cake I am going to bake a 12x12 square cake and put it on a half-sheet cake. That way I'll have plenty of cake AND there will be room on the sheet cake to write Happy Birthday on the ends.

First off, these are great. The tray works very well, so long as you allow the first batch to harden sufficiently before trying to remove the candied pieces from the tray. Count on double the length of time indicated on the packaging to be on the safe side.My only complaint is that the tray is not a complete set of pieces. In other words, I had hoped that I could make one set, and have all the pieces in half, needing only to freeze, pop out, and then refill and freeze again. I had hoped to be able to complete an entire side of pieces (white or black) in two freezings. This is not the case. You'll need to do at least four freezings to get one complete side of pieces.We used chocolate. Fill the mold (but try not to overfill). Allow to harden (again, at least 20 minutes), then pop the pieces out. Refill the tray (again, try to underfill slightly). BEFORE putting the tray into the freezer again, place the frozen half of the piece atop the melted, newly filled molded pieces. Squish it in a little to make sure you have a good contact across the full surface area of the pieces. Then put the mold back into the freezer. I'd suggest waiting 30 minutes before trying to pop them out this time.It's a great product, but that doesn't mean that the process is necessarily easy! Be patient - you're going to have broken pieces and other issues unless you're a professional candy maker. Allow yourself plenty of extra time and you'll be amazed at the end result!

Used this to make a chess cake. Used entirely white and dark chocolate.The molds are great, but thing king had to be redone 3-4 times because the cross part is flimsy.To seal the two sides I recommend completing one set, pouring in the chocolate for another and placing the completed set on top of them before chilling to seal the pieces, it worked the best out of the many ways I tried. Don’t press to hard to get the chocolate out or it’ll blemish your chocolate.

I never made anything from a mold before so I didn't know how this would work. It was VERY easy. Melt the chocolate pour it in the mold and let it set up in the freezer. I thin popper out the finished chocolate and all but 2 pieces were perfect. Two of the pieces had air bubbles. The second batch I put the chocolate in the mold and then tapped it on the counter to remove the bubbles and that worked perfect. Then, while the chocolate was still hot I took the first pieces and sat them on top of the freshly poured hot chocolate. When that batch cooled I popped them out of the mold, trimmed the edges and they looked PERFECT. Made a batch of white chocolate pieces and a batch of red chocolate pieces and then used a red Pawn and the white Queen on a twilight themed cake for my daughters 7th birthday. She LOVED it and the guests enjoyed the rest of the chocolate chess pieces...had a couple people ask me to make them a set.

The little pieces come out ok. the larger pieces DO NOT. I spent ALOT of time "glueing" with chocolate the pieces back together once they were out of the plastic. (SO much time b/c they were for my son's bday!) I tried many different ways. I DREAD making these ever again. I would do the pawns again and the rooks worked ok. the queen and king was awful. The knights were tricky to put together because parts of them were too thin. Great idea, hard to do in reality. :(

This mold worked perfectly for what I needed. Unfortunately I put it in the dishwasher after using, and it warped, so I won’t be able to use it again in the future..but that’s my fault. If you hand wash it, you should be fine. To make a 3D chess piece, you make one half of it and freeze it. Then remove that piece you’ve already made and make another piece. While the second piece is still melted and warm in its mold, put your first piece on top of the melted piece so they can stick together. Then put that in the freezer for a bit. Once it’s set, pop it out, and you should have a 3D chess piece! Hope that makes sense! Great mold!