FOUND | Spinning Leaf - Cookie Molds

I'm super excited to share with you some awesomeness today.
If you like getting creative in the kitchen...
then you are going to love Spinning Leaf...
a fabulous company specializing in the designing and manufacturing of Chocolate Molds and
Culinary Stencils.

I discovered Spinning Leaf about a month ago...
when searching for some fun ideas for crafting in the kitchen.
I fell in love with their assortment of cookie and chocolate molds.
I can't say enough how head-over-heels I am with the high level of quality put into producing these products.
They are awesome to work with.
Take a peek at what I created over the weekend...

RIDICULOUSLY CUTE CHOCOLATE-COVERED OREOS

(and mini chocolate covered peanut butter Ritz crackers)

SPINNING LEAF COOKIE MOLDS

Start with your choice of adorable Spinning Leaf cookie molds

 Spinning Leaf Sandwich Cookie Molds: Ghosts, Skulls and Spiders 

Let's start with

BEGINNER LEVEL • BASIC ROUND COOKIES

CHOCOLATE COVERED MINI RITZ PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS

Melt your choice of chocolate and fill mold cavities approximately 1/3 full

Standard Mini Sandwich Cookie Mold

TAP AND ADD

Tap the chocolate-filled mold on your work surface to remove air bubbles and to help the chocolate settle.

Add one mini ritz cracker to each cavity and press gently until the chocolate begins to peek over the top of the crackers.

Don't push too hard - you don't want the cracker visible from the top on the finished treat.

COVER AND TAP

Cover the ritz crackers with additional melted chocolate.

Tap lightly to remove air bubbles and for a smooth finish.

HARDEN AND RELEASE

Allow chocolate to harden in the mold.

Refrigerate hardened chocolates in the molds for a little under 10 minutes.

Turn the molds upside-down and press gently for the chocolates to pop out.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL • GHOST-THEMED

CHOCOLATE COVERED OREOS

Start by filling the eye and mouth cavities of the cookie mold with black melted chocolate. 

Using a small paint brush for these chocolate details works perfectly. Tap molds on work surface to smooth chocolate.

SECOND LAYER OF CHOCOLATE

Once the eye and mouth cavities have cooled and hardened...

fill the cavities 1/3 full with COOLED melted white chocolate.

This will prevent the two chocolate colors from mixing/melting into one another

ADD OREO COOKIE AND TOP OFF

Tap the chocolate-filled mold on your work surface to remove air bubbles and to help the chocolate settle.

Add one Double Stuff Oreo Cookie to each cavity.

 Press gently until the chocolate begins to peek over the top of the cookies.

Don't push too hard - you don't want the cookies visible from the top on the finished treat.

COVER AND TAP

Cover the Oreo Cookies with additional melted chocolate.

Tap lightly to remove air bubbles and for a smooth finish.

HARDEN AND RELEASE

Allow chocolate to harden in the mold.

Refrigerate hardened chocolates in the molds for a little under 10 minutes.

Turn the molds upside-down and press gently for the chocolates to pop out.

ADVANCED LEVEL • SPIDER-THEMED

CHOCOLATE COVERED OREOS

Start by filling the spider details of the cavities of the cookie mold with black melted chocolate. 

Using an extra tiny paint brush for these chocolate details works perfectly. Tap molds on work surface to smooth chocolate. 

IMPERFECTION

Although only ONE spider turned out "perfect"

I actually like the aged/textured look of the "imperfect" spiders.

I think it makes them look even more creepy...

Fun...right?

Are you itching to get your hands on some of these incredibly fun cookie molds?

I absolutely LOVE that I stumbled upon Spinning Leaf...

they are a family-owned and operated small business...

with high quality products and service. 

You know I LOVE that!!

AND...

they are incredibly generous too...

Listen to this wonderful offer from Spinning Leaf...

From now until October 31st...

Spinning Leaf has decided to offer an incredible savings to all Pen N' Paperflowers readers/fans.

They are offering a 30% discount for anything on their site.

the biggest discount they offer. EVER. (and typically only twice a year). 

To take advantage of the huge savings...

Use this coupon code at checkout: pnpflowers30

Offer expires: October 31st.

If you thought that was generous enough...

Things only get better.

Spinning Leaf has decided to giveaway a total of EIGHTEEN molds

to THREE different winners here on Pen N' Paperflowers.

That means THREE of you will win...

SIX.

molds.

each.

Yes...I said 

6 molds for 3 different winners.

How awesome is that!?

Use the Rafflecopter app below to enter.

Contest starts today: Tuesday, September 25th

Contest ends: 12:01 a.m. - Friday, September 26th

Winners to be announced Friday, September 26th

Open to US Residents only...

CONTEST NOW CLOSED.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED BELOW!!
(Thank you for participating everyone - and thank you Spinning Leaf for sponsoring the giveaway!)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Be sure to check out and "Like" Spinning Leaf's Facebook Fan Page.

You'll also find step-by-step tutorials on the Spinning Leaf website...

Hoping you've been inspired to get creative in the kitchen...

Happy chocolate-cookie mold making, friends. *wink*

KEEPiNG iT REAL

I do NOT recommend the spider mold if you are a novice. 

It was SUPER hard and time-consuming.

It took me 15 minutes per spider cavity - just to paint the chocolate spider details.

It takes tremendous patience and focus.

But guess what's so awesome...

The folks at Spinning Leaf actually warned me of the "expertise level"...

prior to shipping the molds out. 

Just one more thing to love about the company...

their honesty.