Transfer Decoration

Transfer decoration is a modern confectionery technique of applying clear coloured patterns, drawings, and inscriptions onto the surface of chocolate and other desserts with the help of special transfer sheets.

These sheets are a transparent base onto which a pattern of coloured cocoa butter has been printed in advance. The principle of the work is simple and at the same time striking: when tempered, not-yet-set chocolate is poured onto such a sheet (or pressed against it), the cocoa-butter pattern “sticks” to it. After the chocolate has fully set, the sheet is carefully peeled off — and on the smooth, shiny surface of the item remains a clear, colourful drawing, as if printed. This technique allows sweets, chocolate bars, decorative elements for cakes, and ribbons for finishing the sides of desserts to be decorated quickly and neatly. Transfer decoration gives items a professional, accomplished look, and also allows complex patterns, logos, or personalised inscriptions to be applied that would be hard to do by hand.