Can someone please offer instructions on how to make tootsie roll roses? I assume that once you get the candy to the right consistency you shape it as you would fondant roses. Is this correct? How do you soften the candy? Do you add anything to it? Thanks in advance.

Elaine

Hmmm....I've never heard of this, so consider this a friendly bump.

I've heard of people warming them in the microwave for a couple of seconds until it's pliable enough to work with. At that point I think that you would use it just like fondant or gumpaste or anything else that you shape roses out of.
It seems like someone here posted a cake with them on it not long ago. Maybe you could pm her if you find it!

am on a long distance phone call. pm me and i wii forward it to you.

I saw this posted awhile back, HTH.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:46 pm   Reply with quoteBack to top
I guess the posts are coming in out of sequence. How weird. The tootsie roll roses are not that hard to make. Other than squishing down the tootsie rolls. I cut each tootsie roll into four pcs and then make the petals by making them flat and round. Cut a tootsie roll in half to make the initial "hershey kiss" shaped base. then start wrapping them on. I made a bunch of petals while discussing some repairs with someone a bit ago and then he was shocked at how fast the rose itself was created as we were talking. To bad I can't fix the water damage in my wall as fast and easily. I think there is a tutorial on here somewhere for how to make fondant or gumpaste flowers, and the technique is pretty much the same.

It might just be easier to make candy clay using the chocolate candy melts.. it tastes just like tootsie rolls when you are done. and easier to work with. unless you find super fresh tootsie rolls and I bet it is much cheaper also.

I have done this several times

Here you go. www.turnto10.com/food. Go to the search engine in the upper right hand corner. Put in the words tootsie roll roses and click on the site side .

I have never used fondant or gumpast because I am a little leary to try it by meself (no one to teach me) I hear the Wilton rolled fondant tastes horrid so I haven't used it either. I did a cake for a co worker this past weekend and used the fruit flavored tootsie rolls and my fondant cutters to make the small and large flowers for the flipflops! I just softened them in the microwave for about 5-7 seconds each and flattened them out and then cut them out like cookies. I had a hard time keeping my kids out of them though! Hope this helos. I am going to force myself to try the MMF soon! I am sure it is much easier than it looks from the recipe!

I'm pretty new to all this especially this forum but my 2cents is this : while I've never made roses from tootsie rolls I have from bubblegum and from those individually wrapped caramels. The caramels you can roll out on some white sugar and then just cut out your petal shape, the same with gum. I place a rough shaped petal in my palm and thin out the edges a bit. I use a small ball of the same stuff(caramel or gum) to form a cone to wrap each petal around.

Does that make any sense?

I'm definately going to have to try this idea

Thank you for sharing this great idea. I had never even thought of trying to use them. I am gonna have to try this and see how they come out.

Thanks everyone for the instructions and ideas.

Well I don't think I would be able to not eat them out of frustration.......lol

Here is a site that gives instructions and video
http://www.turnto10.com/food/6716796/detail.html

You can use just about anything that has the texture of a tootsie roll, star burst, carmel, candy clay etc... i love doing this.. i have a can of "crazy putty" (just like silly putty) at my desk and when i'm in a meeting or on a long phone call i sit and practise my roses... of course it would never go on a cake but its fun to see how fast i can do them now..

I just started decorating cakes and made this cake with tootsie roll roses that I heard about on this site. All I did was unwrap the candy and the warmth from my hands softened the tootsie roll enough to break pieces off and work my petals with. I left them out overnite to firm up. I didn't use anything else and they lasted in a sealed bag until I was ready to put them on the cake. After cutting the cake we tried the flowers and they still had that great tootsie roll taste. I'll try to attach a pic of the cake. If it doesn't work you can check out my photos

So after reading this post yesterday I was Craving tootsie rolls and went out to buy some. At work today I thought what the hay lets give it a try. They turned out great and everyone from work wanted me to make them one I ended up making 6 roses from 1 large long tootsie roll. They were very easy to do and tasted great, the heat from my hands warmed them up enough to work with