Hi I made cake pops today (1st time with a stick) and the chocolate on many of them cracked as they were drying. Does anyone know why this happened and what I can do to prevent it from happening again. I did add a small amount of shortening to the chocolate.
were your cake pops frozen before dipping? Did you use the chocolate warm? These are the 2 biggest factors. I find the chocolate being too warm is the biggest, since I dip from frozen all the time.
Let you chocolate sit for a few minutes before dipping.
Also if they were pops, could you cake have been to moist (cake binder combo)
OK so looks like I did lots wrong, LOL. Yes they were frozen and I dipped them from freezer to hot chocolate. So glad I asked because my daughter wants me to make 200 for her wedding and after today I wasn't to sure I would be able to. I will definitely try them again. Thanks to you all.
i just finished writing about my first time experience with cake balls...my chocolate cracked also
so now i know why they cracked...but my next problem is getting a smooth coating of chocolate HELP!
the chocolate coating was so lumpy...i used a spoon to roll the cake balls in the chocolate...am i doing something wrong
about the lumpy coating, add some shortening to your candy melts as youre melting them. about a tablespoon at a time until it's the thickness you want, and mix it in with a wisk. Sometimes I have to beat the heck out of it with the wisk but in the end my chocolate is smooth.
I stir shortening in with a spoon. If I used a whisk, I'd have tons of bubbles in it. The chocolate needs to be runny yet warm-not hot.
i used shortening but i didnt whisk it as mentioned...so i'll do another trial run and see how it goes
i melted my chocolate in the microwave, would a double-boiler be better??
If you need them, you can also use paramount crystals to thin you chocolate instead of shortening.
I've made a few, and for the most part have been pretty lucky. I generally just freeze the pops for 15 minutes then pull them out. They aren't too frozen by then and generally don't crack on me.
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