Edible gold leaf comes in handy when you want to bring some luxury and glamour to your dishes. Gold leaves can add a golden glow to dessert toppings like cakes and candies.

They are also used to add floating gold flake to cocktails and alcoholic beverages. Most of the edible gold leaves used for dessert decorations come in flake form or pre-made flakes. Their flakes are sold in the form of transfer leaves and loose leaves. Sheet gold leaf is ideal for cakes or other large projects that require a lot of covering.

However, it is traditionally used to decorate desserts, but it has also made its way onto fast food menus and other savory items. Some restaurants have gold leaf chicken wings and hamburgers with gold leaf on their menus.