Tim Burton Forest
The idea behind my chocolate forest lies in both the
history of chocolate and in the magic of movies. In the fourteenth century, the
Spanish conquistadors brought the seeds back home to Spain, where new recipes
were created. Since then, new technologies and innovations have changed the
texture and taste of chocolate, but it still remains one of the world’s
favorite flavors.
The forest I envision is a Tim Burton-esque inspired
forest of snow-covered, Spanish silver birch trees. Tim Burton is a film director
known for his quirky, dark-themed movies such as such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward
Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. In
all of his movies, there is an element of magic in them, and it is my desire to
convey a sense of that magic in my display idea. For instance, in Tim Burton’s
The Nightmare Before Christmas, one of the main sets is a dark, ominous looking
forest that the main character walks through and accidently lands into another
world.
The evenly spaced trees, swirled patterns in the ground,
and the overall dark atmosphere is influenced by this mystic forest in The
Nightmare Before Christmas while the actual birch trees are influenced by a realistic
birch forest in Spain. These elements also contrast with its start winter
atmosphere to bring a quirky attitude to the display. The swirled ground and
the tree elements can consist of molded dark, white, and milk chocolate while
the frost on the ground and snow on the trees can be accomplished using powdered
sugar.
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