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Soften the white chocolate plastique so that it is malleable.
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Knead the mixture on parchment paper as if it were bread dough.
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It should feel dry to the touch like Play-Doh, and you should be able to mold small chunks of it without it sticking to your fingers.
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If it is too sticky, you can sift some cornstarch over it to dry it up.
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Divide the dough into 3 or 4 different disks if you plan to knead in food coloring.
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To color the plastique, use parchment paper over your work surface and latex or vinyl gloves.
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Add a few drops of food color to each disk of white chocolate plastique to create different hues for roses and leaves.
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Knead the color in until it is fully incorporated and you achieve the shade you like.
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For the roses, roll out a disk of the plastique on parchment paper with a rolling pin as if it were a pie dough.
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Roll it until it is thin, about 1/4 inch.
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Then, make small circles using the back of a pastry bag tip.
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If you dont have a pastry bag tip, you can use a bottle top from a milk jug or anything that will cut uniform circles about 1-inch in diameter.
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Separate the circles (which we will now call petals) on the parchment paper, and flatten the outer edges of each petal with the back of a spoon to make them almost transparent.
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Peel up the first petal off the parchment paper (a small offset spatula helps with this job) and roll it tight, like a cigar.
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Pick up the next petal and wrap it around the first one.
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Each petal should get successively looser and wider, mimicking the way a rose in full bloom opens.
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You can attach as many petals as you like to create the style of rose bouquet you want.
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Place each completed rose on a plate covered with parchment paper, wrap the plate with plastic wrap, and put in the refrigerator until you are ready to use them.
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To make leaves to round out your bouquet, add a few drops of green food coloring to a disk of the white chocolate plastique, roll it out thinly as above, then use a paring knife to cut free-form leaf shapes.
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Once you have completed a number of roses and leaves, you can form a bouquet in a plastic cup that fits inside a flower vase.
