Being new to this I understand that it can be difficult to get a nice brown chocolate fondant? Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

I make MMF and after the marshmallows are melted but before I add powdered sugar, I add cocoa until I get the desired color. You will need to add less powdered sugar to compensate for the cocoa. I have a chocolate fondant cake in my gallery. And the plus side is though it was sweet it reminded me of tootsie roll.

brown food colouring!
xx

If I'm making my own fondant, I use cocoa powder and then if that shade of brown isn't dark enough, I add Americolor's brown and sometimes black.

If I'm just coloring white fondant, I just add Americolor's brown and black.

I usually just buy the chocolate Satin Ice....it saves SO much time and hassle.

I make my semi-homemade white choc. fondant and add dk brown Pettinice and cocoa to that. Makes a nice rich color.

Jen