Dessert ~ Too Pretty To Eat!

Aren't these amazing? They look like paper weights...but they are gelatin desserts!! Created by Rosario Gamboa of Canela Bakery, these "Gelatinas" take on a floral shape with a gelatin encasing. These fruit-flavored treats originate from Mexico. 
The process makes the outcome seem all the more remarkable. Working in a palm-size hemisphere of freshly set gelatin, she uses hypodermic needles - some straight, some bent into a U, to inject colored mixtures of gelatin and sweetened condensed milk. It is done while the gelatin is inverted, so it's a little like sculpting a figure from the feet up. Each stab instantly encapsulated, forming a leaf or petal.  These would be a beautiful and unique addition to any dessert table...so elegant, and low in fat! 

{Photos Via: washingtonpost}