How to Make Marbled Fondant to Cover Cookies

It often happens that those who decorate cookies have leftover white or colored plastic chocolate (aka modeling chocolate) or fondant. Not sure what to do with it? Have some fun with marbling! (I use plastic chocolate, but the method is no different if you use fondant.)

I prepare a prevailing color and two others, smaller in size, which may also be two different tones of the same color.

First, form colored cylinders:

Then press the colored cylinders together:

Roll the combined cylinder to twist the colors:

Fold the cylinder in half:

Roll again with your hands:

Again, fold the cylinder in half and twist it:

Then roll - again:

Repeat the above steps until you get a sufficiently marbled product:

At this point, roll out the dough as usual into a flat sheet:

Cut out the plastic chocolate into pieces that fit the cookies:

Then lay a piece on top of each cookie. [EDITOR'S NOTE: And stick it down with a little corn or other sweet syrup, a mixture of water and jam, or a thin coating of royal icing, as noted by the author in the comments below.]