Wedding Crane Chocolates

Manufacturing process

Wedding Crane Chocolates are made like many other hollow chocolate treats, from two or three piece molds with melted chocolate poured inside and coated until it is thick enough to assemble. Often, these are made out of multiple kinds of chocolate painted on to create different patterns, and colored white chocolate is often used to fit the theme of the wedding. Originally, colored white chocolate would be used to make the crane resemble Soliairs' divine form, though they have given their blessing for others to be creative with the process. Once the pieces are complete, the couple's rings are put inside the hollow body of the crane along with coins, and occasionally these coins may be chocolate wrapped in gold foil themselves. It is broken during the wedding ceremony. Flavorings are not typically used, although when they are, generally coconut, hot pepper, or cherry are the most common.

Significance

Wedding Crane Chocolates are a recent invention, but regardless have become associated with weddings in recent times and considered culturally significant as a way of asking Soliairs Taeyang, one of the gods most associated with healthy loving relationships, for a blessing. The practice of serving these to the couple at their wedding is particularly prevalent in the Pacific region, including the Republic of Shanai, Soliairs' birthplace.
Most often, the chocolate is served during the wedding ceremony with the couple's wedding rings, necklace, or brooches inside along with several coins. The couple will break the chocolate together and adorn the jewelry, with the person officiating the wedding or the best man and maid of honor sewing the coins onto the couple's clothing on the spot, signifying the couple's love for one another being rich or to bring them riches.
The chocolates are also often used throughout many wedding parties themselves to decorate wedding cakes, sweets, or desserts, often with cream, mousse, or ice cream fillings. Wedding Cranes are also popular wedding favors, and less traditional weddings may make use of them for games and practical jokes on the newlywed's guests, such as putting fortunes, inexpensive gifts, or prop rings into the chocolates of one of their friends to make a proposal, or declare they should be the next to be married.

Item type

Consumable, Food / Drink

Rarity

Uncommon, Specialty Made

Raw materials & Components

Chocolate, flavoring (optional), coloring (optional, white chocolate only), wedding rings/brooches/necklaces, coins