Method of forming an image with photographic likeness on chocolate

A method of reproducing in chocolate a selected image from a fulltone photograph with photographic likeness that includes the steps of forming on film halftone image of the selected image located on the photograph, photorelief imaging the selected halftone image on the film in a surface of a photosensitive element such that peaks and valleys are created in the photosensitive element surface corresponding to the selected image, casting a deformable transfer blanket against the photosensitive element surface to record in a surface of the transfer blanket peaks and valleys corresponding to the selected image, casting a chocolate material against the surface of the transfer blanket to record the selected image by peaks and valleys in a surface of the chocolate, removing the cost chocolate material from the transfer blanket, placing an edible developer that contrasts in color with the cast chocolate in the valleys formed in the chocolate with the chocolate peaks protruding above the developer to render the selected image formed in the chocolate visible with photographic likeness.