Hard-Drying Icing (Like Royal) That Uses Melted Candy Wafers/ Any Melted Chocolate?

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beachandsweets Posted 10 Sep 2014 , 4:22pm
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This seems like a strange question I'm sure but I saw someone use melted candy wafers in buttercream and mmf to make it a bright red, and I have trouble making my royal icing bright red. Is there a recipe that can handle melted chocolate added to it?

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virago Posted 10 Sep 2014 , 5:08pm
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I've never seen or read anything suggesting adding melted candy/chocolate to RI...but I did read tip (in a CC thread I think) about adding a small amount of cocoa powder to RI, then red coloring, the a period of rest to allow the color to darken. I tried it in combo with Wilton (No-Taste) Red gel and it worked quite well.

 

Then I purchased some AmeriColor Super Red, and had no trouble getting deep red RI without the cocoa powder trick. In fact, I had to be careful not to add too much AmeriColor Red; it's very strong! 

 

One thing to keep in mind...the color of wet RI may appear under developed, but once it starts to dry it will darken up. 

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MBalaska Posted 10 Sep 2014 , 6:05pm
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@beachandsweets if you need really dark red RI, use powdered red food coloring in addition to your gels.

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beachandsweets Posted 10 Sep 2014 , 11:17pm
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Yes I've heard to use cocoa powder but wasn't sure it works I will definitely try that! And I've heard the powdered food coloring too is that what the americolor is?

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virago Posted 11 Sep 2014 , 12:37am
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Originally Posted by beachandsweets 
 

Yes I've heard to use cocoa powder but wasn't sure it works I will definitely try that! And I've heard the powdered food coloring too is that what the americolor is?

 

I was referring to the AmeriColor Super Red gel paste...but I believe they also make a powder.

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bikemom3 Posted 11 Sep 2014 , 1:05am
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