I need to make some black cake pops but dont know how to achieve the black color. Previously, I had used black gel coloring from Wilton and you guessed it, it seized. I did some research and found that I needed to get black candy color instead of black gel paste to get the chocolate black. That also seized. I have searched online for black chocolate melts (which show merckens is the maker) but its sold out everywhere.

I need to do cakepops in black and also need to pipe black designs on colored cakepops. Please help me!!!! What can I do to get my chocolate black in color??

Try black food color. Its a powder and won't seize chocolate.

Have you tried powdered colours? That's what I use to colour my cake pops and the chocolate never seizes

try michael's crafts or wilton. Wilton makes black candy melts at halloween time. I usually buy about ten bags to have it on hand all year.

any recommendations on what brand and where to buy? How about painting it on? I need to do some penguin cakepops....any ideas/suggestions?

Hi,
How about black candy melts? I just bought a cake pop book called pop bakery, and they make penguin cake pops in there!
They use black candy melts.

Heres a link,
http://www.cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk/acatalog/Midnight-Black-Halloween-Candy-Melts.html#aK_2d1911_2d489

Hope this helps

I would LOVE black candy melts but I cannot find them anywhere Not in stores and not even online.

@MostlyCupcakes
Are you UK or US?

US

Ok, watch this space, I'll try and find a US website, the jet black candy melts are halloween ones.

I post a link on this post in a min...........

Edited : Hi again, I think you should go with colouring the chocolate with black powder colouring, I've found tons websites selling black candy melts, but they're all uk websites.

I have never had trouble with seizing and the candy colors - they are oil based and should mix in like a dream. Perhaps you had a bad batch? Or something that said "Candy color" but wasn't actually oil based?

I have never had trouble with seizing and the candy colors - they are oil based and should mix in like a dream. Perhaps you had a bad batch? Or something that said "Candy color" but wasn't actually oil based?

I used the wilton candy colors, bought both sets of colors, but as soon as I put it in the chocolate it seized.

What kind of chocolate are you using? Theoretically, the oil colors should work in all but there are all kinds of weird problems that come up when you are using chocolate chips. Are you using candy melts?

I am using chocolate almond bark

Looks like JOANN has them on sale:

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat1125&PRODID=zprd_01799972a

Hi

I have been looking for wilton black candy melts as well and can't seem to find them. When I called Michael's they said to use wilton milk or dark chocolte melts and then add the wilton black paste. She said the candy melts had to be wilton though because the bulk ones had more oil in them or something to that effect.....they wouldn't work anyway. I hope this helps you

Hi

I have been looking for wilton black candy melts as well and can't seem to find them. When I called Michael's they said to use wilton milk or dark chocolte melts and then add the wilton black paste. She said the candy melts had to be wilton though because the bulk ones had more oil in them or something to that effect.....they wouldn't work anyway. I hope this helps you

How about using the spray in the can? They make that in black....good luck!

Sprays will bead up on chocolate unless you have the specially formulated one

Michael's and JoAnnes sell the Black candy melts this time of year. I did a search online for Black Candy Coating and recieved several hits.

Global Sugar Art has black in stock. http://www.globalsugarart.com/cat.php?cid=1060&s=0&name=Candy-%20Real%20Chocolate%20&%20Coatings/Merckens%20Compound%20Coatings

If all else fails - black powder coloring.

Oh I just saw black wilton candy melts at Joanns this week! I thought I would look at Michaels bc they would be cheaper but good to know now they dont have them. I better stock up on them bc I figured they just had them out for halloween.. They also had a lime green color too!

Both the Black and Lime Green by Wilton are Halloween specials.