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    Decorated Treats » Tips & Techniques

    How to Make Fondant Hearts (without Cutters and Molds)

    Published: Aug 22, 2020 · Modified: Feb 29, 2024 by Priya Maha

    Learn how to make cute and puffed fondant hearts with this easy tutorial. You do not need any cutters or tools and each heart takes less than one minute to make. Master the technique and you can make your cute fondant hearts in any size you like!

    Poster making fondant hearts without cutters.

    In this post on how to make puffed fondant hearts, I am going to share with you, my easy technique on creating cute puffed hearts in fondant.

    The best part is, you can make these by hand and do not require any special tools or cutters. These are some of my projects that I used puffed fondant hearts on. Aren’t they pretty?

    3 heart sshaped cookies covered in chocolate and decorated with red hearts and bow.

    Heart cookies for Valentine's Day

    4 heart shaped cookies decorated in pink hearts and icing sugar.

    Heart sugar cookies with fondant

    Jump to:
    • ❤️Why you will love this tutorial
    • 🧾Supplies required
    • 👩‍🍳How to make
    • 👩‍🍳How to make miniature hearts
    • 💡Tips for making fondant hearts in large numbers
    • ❤️More tutorials you will love

    ❤️Why you will love this tutorial

    • It makes really cute and puffed fondant hearts.
    • You can make these hearts without any tools or cutters.
    • You can make the hearts in any size you like.
    • They are made entire in fondant and are completely edible.
    • They make perfect decorations for Valentine's day themed cakes, cupcakes, cookies and treats.

    Like this tutorial? You might also want to check out my mini heart cakes recipe and tutorial and strawberry jam cookies (with a cute heart cut out). These make cute treats for Valentine's day.

    🧾Supplies required

    • Fondant - I used Satin Ice fondant in red for the tiny hearts and baby pink and pink for the larger pink puffed hearts.
    • Toothpick (only required for making very tiny puffed hearts like the ones I had on my chocolate heart cookies in the image at the top of this page)

    👩‍🍳How to make

    Step 1: Determine the size of the fondant hearts

    Before you start, decide on the size of the hearts you wish to make. Getting the size right is important as it will determine the final size of the puffed hearts.

    Pinch an amount of fondant that matches the size of the heart you wish to make.

    If you are making more than one heart and want all the hearts to be in the same size, it would be a good idea to pinch all the fondant pieces now. That way, you can get them all to be in the same size. Keep the fondant pieces covered as you work on them, one by one.

    Step 2: Portion the fondant

    Next, roll each fondant piece into a tiny ball between your palms. Roll until the fondant is smooth all over and well rounded. Again, if you are making more than one heart, you can roll all the fondant pieces at this stage. Keep those that are not worked on covered.

    Holding a round pink fondant ball in hand.

    Step 3: Shape the fondant

    Once the balls are all done, take one ball and place it on your palm. With your pointy finger placed in the middle of the ball, roll the fondant ball into a sausage by exerting light pressure only in the middle of the sausage.

    Shaping fondant with a finger.

    This is how the fondant piece should look like once the rolling is done.

    A sausage shaped pink fondant in the palm.

    Next, fold the sausage upwards as shown. See how the heart shape is there already?

    Holding pink fondant in hand.

    Pinch the pointed end of the heart so that is it well pointed.

    Holding small pink fondant heart in hand.

    For final touches, press the sides and top until you achieve a balanced puffed fondant heart.

    And that’s it! Your puffed fondant heart is ready. No tools or molds, just plain fondant, and your hands. Easy right?

    Holding small pink fondant heart in hand.

    👩‍🍳How to make miniature hearts

    A heart shaped cookie covered in chocolate and decorated with tiny fondant hearts.

    One thing to note is that, while you can make the hearts as tiny as you want, the smaller they get, the more harder it is going to be to form them.

    For miniature fondant hearts, it is not quite possible to use your pointy finger to form the dent in the center of your fondant sausage roll as your finger is wider than the fondant pieces. To help with the process, use a toothpick to make the dent in the center of the fondant sausages.

    Step 1: To start with, shape the fondant pieces into smooth balls and then roll the balls into tiny sausages.

    A tiny ball of red fondant.
    A sausage shaped tiny red fondant.

    Step 2: Next, use a toothpick or a skewer to gently press the center of the sausages to form a dent. In forming the dent, make sure you do not press it too hard that it becomes flat in the center. Suffice if you make a tiny dent.

    Pressing small fondant piece with a skewer.
    Tiny piece of red fondant on a parchment paper.

    Step 3: Next, fold the fondant sausage upwards to form a 'v' shape.

    Tiny red fondant heart on a parchment paper.

    Step 4: Gently pinch the pointed end to make it nice and pointy and adjust the round tops of the heart until you achieve a cute puffed heart.

    And that’s that. Your tiny puffed fondant heart is ready to decorate your treats.

    2 tiny red fondant hearts.

    💡Tips for making fondant hearts in large numbers

    • When making these hearts in large quantities, it is quicker to make them one process or step at a time for all the hearts rather than one heart at a time.
    • Start with the portioning process. Portion the fondant for as many hearts as you want to make. After the portioning is done, do the rolling process for all the pieces. After that, proceed with the folding process for each of the pieces and then continue with the rest of the processes until all the hearts are complete.
    • Making and completing the hearts by process this way saves a lot of time as compared to when you make the hearts by completing one heart at a time.
    • It also helps in making sure your fondant hearts are all uniform in size.
    • Always keep the fondant pieces you are not working on covered to prevent them from becoming dry and crusty.

    Hope you find this tutorial useful.

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    Comments

    1. Veronica

      November 19, 2024 at 7:03 pm

      Am not good when it comes to decorating but I've learnt something.thank you

      Reply
    2. Mary Goodwin Burris

      January 27, 2021 at 11:37 am

      Thank you for so graciously sharing your talent! I decorated cakes and cookies fir years until I had 30# of FROZEN cakes fall on my mind back at Publix where I was head cake decorator! It’s been 14.5 yrs and I can no longer decorate cakes myself but sure enjoy teaching others! There are so many new items out there now. Boy do I wish I could still do it. I so enjoy reading your instructions so informative! Thank you

      Reply
      • Priya

        February 06, 2021 at 8:56 am

        Hi Mary,
        Your comment really made my day. And I cannot agree more with how the cake decorating world is evolving with new techniques and tools. I am so glad you enjoy reading my posts 🙂 🙂 Thank you

        Reply

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    Poster making fondant hearts without cutters.
    A heart shaped cookie decorated in pink heart and powdered sugar.
    4 heart shaped cookies decorated in pink hearts and icing sugar.
    3 heart sshaped cookies covered in chocolate and decorated with red hearts and bow.
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    Holding small pink fondant heart in hand.