Stir the white chocolate constantly as it melts. Once the temperature rises past 80 F, remove the bowl from the pot occasionally while stirring constantly to allow the residual heat to continue to melt the chocolate until it reaches 110 F. Pay attention to the temperature since white chocolate...
Before you can color your chocolate or candy coating you need to melt it. See the Chocolate Making Tips page for detailed instructions. What type of food coloring should I use to color white chocolate? You must use oil-based candy coloring specifically formulated for chocolate or powdered candy...
Simply put, it’s the best way to get that beautiful professional chocolate coating (without any additional ingredients or refrigeration) while maintaining a delightful chocolate flavor. Can’t I Just Use Candy Melts Instead? ‘Chocolate’ candy melt products available at many stores produce a simil...
Sugar bloom is normally caused by surface moisture. The moisture causes the sugar in the chocolate to melt. Once the moisture evaporates, larger sugar crystals form, creating a white, powdery coating on the surface of the chocolate. This type of bloom can make the chocolate look dull and matt...
For the white coating on the pretzels, we’ve opted to use white candy melts. Candy melts look and taste similar to white chocolate, but they don’t melt as easily on your hands and don’t require tempering (a multi-step process of melting and cooling chocolate so that fat molecules cry...
Follow the directions to melt your candy melts. Unfortunately, the brand of chocolate I use is only available for shipping in the U.S. and Canada. It is a very thin dipping white chocolate. So, it melts to a silky smooth consistency for easy dipping. Properly chilling the cake balls and...
how to melt and temper pure chocolate how to melt compound chocolate (also known as confectionery coating, candy melts, almond bark, or melting wafers) See these other tutorials for more information: how to color white chocolate and white confectionery coating ...
UseSilver Spoon’s chocolate fudge icing sugarand follow the instructions on the pack to whip up the smoothest, most delicious chocolate buttercream. For a fun bat design, top each cupcake with an Oreo for the body, and pipe black and white icing to create little bat eyes. It’s cute,...
How to Do a Color Melt : Unconventional hair colors have become more, well...conventional, now that celebrities and fashion magazines have brought them into the mainstream. For the adventurous dyer, this is great because more products for the maintenanc
call for Red Hots candy, but you can also add them to other recipes to punch up the flavor. The candies dissolve easily in hot liquids, so you can melt them by simply adding them to something that is cooking. Vary the amount of Red Hots to find a level of spice that suits your ...