QUICK TIP: HOW TO CREATE A DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE TEXT

EFFECT

For all the chocolate lovers out there, here is how to create a delicious chocolate
bar text effect in Illustrator. You will use the Blend Tool, effects like Roughen and
Chrome, different Blending modes and also the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect to create
perfect chocolate squares. Enjoy!
Step 1
Open a new web document. Take the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a 16x16 px
square then fill it with the brown color shown. Having this square selected go to
Effect menu > Distort&Transform and apply the Transform effect. From the Object
menu select Expand Appearance then Ungroup twice and you obtained the eight
squares you need further.

Step 2
Now let's compose the letters. Select the column of eight squares and while
holding the Alt key drag them to duplicate the entire column. Do the same thing
again to obtain the three columns that you will use for each of the letters. Next, put
the four squares as shown in the image and multiply them (Alt+drag) to get the
letter "C".

Step 3
For the letter "H" all you need are two copies of the three columns then put other
two squares between them. The letter "O" is similar only delete the four squares in
the corners. Duplicate the letters "C" and "O" and now you have all the letters.

Step 4
At this step you need a 32x32 px circle (twice the size of the square) and a copy of
the brown square. Place the circle on top of the square and make sure that the
center of the circle intersects the bottom left corner of the square. Select both
shapes and click Intersect shape areas > Expand from the Pathfinder Panel. Do
the same thing to obtain the other quarters of the circle. Next, delete the indicated
squares of the letter "C" and put in their place the rounded corners.

In the image below you can see all the squares that were replaced. You are done
with the letters but before you continue, Copy and Paste each one of them to the
back because you will need them again later. For now you can hide them so they
don't bother you.

Step 5
Take a copy of the brown square then go to the Effect menu > 3D and apply the
Extrude&Bevel effect. Choose the front position, a 15pt Extrude Depth and
Rounded as the Bevel shape. You just obtained a perfect square of chocolate.
Now go to the Appearance Panel and drag the thumbnail into the Graphic Styles
Panel to save it.

If you lower the Extrude Depth from 15 pt to 10 pt you will obtain a glossier square
of chocolate. Save this one into the Graphic Styles Panel also. In the image below
you can see other types of chocolate that you can get by changing the fill color of
the squares.

Step 6
Select all the squares that compose a letter and apply the style saved earlier. For
the letters "H" and the second "C" I applied the first style saved at the previous
step and for the others the Chocolate square 2 style. You can choose only one of
the variants if you want. When you are done select Expand Appearance from the
Object menu.

Step 7
Take the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a 630 x 170 px rectangle behind the letters
then go to Effect menu > Distort&Transform and apply the Roughen effect. From
the Object menu select Expand Appearance then Ungroup.

Step 8
Having the resulting shape selected go to Object menu > Path > Offset Path and
apply a 10 px Offset value. Fill these two shapes with the colors shown then select
them both and go to Object menu > Blend > Blend Options. Choose Smooth Color
then go back to Object > Blend and select Make.

Step 9
Copy and Paste in front the smaller shape of the two (but drag it out of the Blend
group) and fill it with the linear gradient shown. Next go to Effect menu > Sketch
and apply the Chrome effect. Change the Blending mode to Multiply and reduce
the Opacity to 25%.

Step 10
Copy and Paste the same shape twice. Leave one of them where it is (the red
path) and move the second one to the right (the green path). Select both shapes
and click Subtract from shape area > Expand from the Pathfinder Panel. You will
obtain a compound path but go to Object menu > Compound Path and select
Release. Keep only the yellow shapes you see below and fill them with the color
shown. Next, having all these small shapes selected go to Effect > Blur and apply
a 1.5 px Gaussian Blur then change the Blending mode to Soft Light.

Step 11
At this step you need two other copies of the same shape used earlier. Move one
of them up (the pink path) then repeat the previous step to obtain more highlights.
The fill color and the blur radius are the same only this time set them on
Luminosity.

Create even more highlights in the same way.

Step 12
To create the tiny chocolate pieces, first draw a shape like in the image using the
Pen Tool (P) or the Pencil Tool (N). Fill it with dark brown then go to Effect >
Stylize and apply the Inner Glow effect. Next draw a smaller shape on top, as the
red one and fill it with the color shown. Go to Effect menu > Blur and apply a 1 px
Gaussian Blur then change the Blending mode to Luminosity. The other pieces are
made in the same way only the blending modes of the small highlight shapes are
changed for a different look. You can even reduce the opacity a bit if you think it's
necessary.

Here are all the tiny pieces of chocolate arranged randomly around the letters:

Step 13
Copy one of the chocolate squares (expanded) and select using the Direct
Selection Tool (A) only the front square from the group. Go to Object menu > Path
and select Add Anchor Points twice. Use these anchor points as reference and
draw the three red paths between them. Stroke them with a brush called Tapered
Stroke that you can find in the Brush Libraries Menu under Artistic > Artistic_Ink.
Reduce the Stroke weight to 0.05 pt then go to the Object menu and select Expand
Appearance. Fill the resulting stripes with the linear gradient shown.
Now multiply the new chocolate square and replace some of the others with them
like in the image.

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Step 14
All that is left to do is to add some shadows behind the letters. For that you need
the copies of the letters that I said to keep at step 4. Having all the squares that
compose the letter selected click Add to shape area > Expand in the Pathfinder
Panel to unite them and obtain the letter "C". Fill it with dark brown then go to

Effect > Blur and apply a 4 px Gaussian Blur. Do the same thing for the other
letters.

Final Image
You are done and this is the final image. Now follow my example and go and eat
some chocolate : )

Fuente: http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-how-to-create-a-deliciouschocolate-text-effect--vector-4881