Chocolate Academy™ Turkey Celebrates Viva Magenta

Chocolate Academy™ Turkey Celebrates Viva Magenta

Text: "Color of the year 2023: Pantone/Viva Magenta" on a striking magenta background
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According to Pantone™, their Color of the Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, “is a new animated red that revels in pure joy, encouraging experimentation and self-expression without restraint, an electrifying, and a boundaryless shade that is manifesting as a stand-out statement.” To Chef Nihan Soyturk at our Chocolate Academy™ Center in Turkey, this sounded like the perfect match for Mona Lisa® Power Flowers™: “You have endless color alternatives with Power Flowers™, and it is very easy to achieve and apply.”

Pastry Chef and Chocolatier Chef Nihan Soyturk in a chef's jacket with the Chocolate Academy logo

The color reminded me of spring sunsets and flowers.

Chef Nihan Soyturk
Viva Magenta molded bonbons

Spring Sunset Bonbons

For the sunset-inspired design, I wanted to create the illusion of sky inside and out, so I used coconut in two different forms: coconut ganache and coconut marzipan.

Viva Magenta molded bonbons

Lemon-Cassis Flower

For the flower-inspired design, I did lemon and cassis flavors.

The team at Chocolate Academy™ Turkey has collected the recipes and some tips for using Monda Lisa Power Flowers™ in a booklet now available for download. Please note: the booklet is available in Turkish only. 

The Power Flowers color booklet, a phone with the app on the screen, and molded bonbons

Ready to rock a little Viva Magenta in your product line-up?
Here’s the formula:

260 g Callebaut W2 White Chocolate

140 g Callebaut Cacao Butter 

3 each Power Flowers™ Red

0.25 each Power Flowers™ Blue 


You can get help creating your own custom colors using the Power Flowers app.