I've been asked to do a Reese's Cup themed cake.
Chocolate fondant tastes like tootsie rolls, not really chocolate-y like a Reese cup. Can you cover a cake in candy clay? What does it taste like?
Perhaps I'd be better trying a chocolate wrap?
Thanks!

What about ganache? It is very chocolatey?

..moving to Cake Ideas.

Are you making the sides of the cake "corrugated" like the sides of a Reese's? If so, chocolate clay would work well standing up around the sides. If you want to just cover the cake with chocolatey-chocolate flavor, then I'd go with ganache. Clay isn't elastic like fondant and doesn't really stretch and round down over a cake - it works better applied in panels. Does that kinda make sense?

candy clay tastes pretty good - it mostly depends on the chocolate or melts you use. If you use "chocolate" candy melts it will probably taste like a tootsie roll, but if you use actual chocolate it will taste more chocolatey! It may not "stretch" like fondant, but I have seen a lot of the professional cake decorators on tv use it to cover cakes, so I think it would probably be the best thing to use for what you are wanting! You have to give it some time to harden, and your room temp shouldn't be too warm.

Thanks for the details!

I made a Reese's cake for my hubby and wrapped the outside in chocolate. I melted semi-sweet chocolate chips and spread them in a thin layer on a piece of waxed paper that I had cut to the length of the circumference of the cake (I actually halved it since it was way to long to go all the way around). Then once the chocolate had set enough to not run but was still soft i wrapped it around the cake then peeled off the waxed paper. I used ganache to fill in the top. I hope that all makes sense. Here's a pic of it:

AHi Amanda

May I ask how you created that kind of affect round hate side of the cake please. Thanks