I found an ebay company on this site I think under disasters that offered up a petit fours mold company.
Well I treated myself to this mold kit for my birthday this week and I must say that I was disappointed. There goes $73.00 down the drain. It makes an ok product but it turns out more like a chocolate than a petit fours. They are molded in chocolate or if you want to make much effort to do them with fondant.
I also found the instructions to be on the vague side. So if you want a chocolate more than a petit fours this is the kit for you. If not, then I would keep on looking.

thanks for the heads up on this. I'm interested in making petit fours, and had considered molds, but I'll keep looking!

Bummer. I think this kind of thing happens to each of us at some point. I spent over $100 on a fondant-ring set that I now will never use. Ah well, another item for my "wall of shame".

And the petite four molds are a personal preference thing. I bought Kathy Scott's molds and love them. So perhaps you can find another decorator that would make better use for them. You know what they say, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."

I was wondering if any of you would share your insight on petit fours. I havent the slightest idea how they work or are structured.

Can you cut them out of a sheet cake with a circle or square cutter? Do they have fillings or just straight cake? What size are they usually?

sorry so many questions but I just got an order for some and thought... better learn now .

TIa for any help
Kim

PS... I absolutely hate when Ive purchased something and its sitting collecting dust. I try to think... HOW can I use it.

(sometimes it is a flower former haha)

LJ, those are great!! How did you get the texture on the sides and top?

I have all three of those petit fours mold kits plus some other stuff she sells. Sometimes I use them for petit fours and sometimes I make mini tea cookies from the mini cutters and make them fancy by molding fondant in the silicone molds and dusting them with lustre dust. I've also made chocolates (not petit fours) from the chocolate molds. There's a lot of uses for these things -- think outside the box!

P.S. There is a CC member named MAC and another one (I forget her name) who have done these petit fours -- look under a gallery search and write them. If I find the other gal's name I'll post it. Overall they were both very helpful!

Here we go: Her CC name is mjs4492. Here's some pix of her work (beautiful I might add!)

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=196673

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=344993

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=320963

Another thing I do with them is instead of cutting cake and molding it, I make cake ball "dough" and use that instead. Very tasty!

HI, I have to make some petit fours for 2 customers and I would like to know how much should I charge for them. Some will be filled and others will be plain.

TIA