Prepare the strawberries

• Wash the strawberries well and pick narrow ones to help with shaping later.
• Remove the stems carefully without ripping them and set them aside.

Skewer and dry

• Stab each strawberry with a large bamboo skewer, pushing it all the way through.
• Stand the skewers upright on a support so the strawberries can dry.

Make the chocolate clay

• Melt the chocolate and mix in the corn syrup until it reaches a clay-like consistency.
• Let it firm up slightly so it can be rolled and shaped.

Cut the petals

• Roll out the chocolate clay and cut out 8 petals, using piping tips as cutters.
• Thin out the edges of each petal to make them look more realistic.

Shape the roses

• Wrap the petals around each strawberry, overlapping them until you are satisfied with the rose shape.
• Use a little melted chocolate to glue a reserved stem on top of each rose.