Melt 10 ounces of chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If chocolate is not completely melted, return to the microwave for 30 seconds at a time and stir until smooth. (If you don't have a microwave, melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot water and stir until melted.)
When the chocolate is melted, add 1/3 cup of light corn syrup and stir. Pour the mixture onto a sheet of waxed paper.
Using your fingers, spread the chocolate to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cover loosely with waxed paper and let it stiffen for a couple hours or overnight. The chocolate 'clay' will become very pliable.
Mold the clay into any shape you wish, or make a chocolate rose. Here's how:
First, roll 10 marble-size balls out of the chocolate clay. Place the balls about 1 inch apart on a sheet of waxed paper. Place another waxed paper sheet on top. Big or little thumbs can press each marble into a flat disk, about the size of a quarter. Use some pressure.
To form a rose, remove one disk and curl it into a tepee shape, narrow at the top and wider at the bottom. Wrap a second disk around the opening of the tepee and a third disk at the back. This is the rosebud. Continue adding disks, which will look like petals. Continue to layer them to create a rose in bloom.
*NOTE: You can use almond bark instead of the chocolate chips as a variation.
