How to make chocolate roses

I make these every year around this time of year to sell alongside Vagina Monologue tickets, if you guys recall, but I've never actually done or seen a how-to. So here's one!

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Necklace!

So, remember all that dithering I was doing about the mandarin necklace for my Nova Albion costume?

Well, it's done!

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