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I am hoping to make something like these http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/edible-crayon-and-paint-splattered-chocolate-bars-by-unelefante/ for my daughter's art themed Bat Mitzvah in august.
I've done some candy work with melts but not tons. I've used Wilton candy colors. Is there something better?
Thanks!
I was just reading about FLo Coat. Have people had success with that? As you can see, I really need to create more of a thin paint consistency.
I have a million colors of Americolor already, so if this worked, it would be perfect.
CK and Merkens are alternative brands for candy melts. Fresh is best - old stuff just doesnt melt properly. I find buying "super white" is great, then I can colour small batches to my heart's content.
Alternatively, buy good quality couverture white chocolate (the one with cocoa butter not vegetable oils) and colour that.
Colour using candy colour / chocolate colour only. It is oil based. CandyMaster and Americolour offer good products. Or use chocolate/candy coloured powders (add before melting, but its a pain). FloCoat is a product which you can add to your usual gel colours (water based) to get them ready before adding to the chocolate/candy melt so that it doesn't sieze. I've never used it, but a mild vegetable oil (ie canola, cottonseed) does a similar job. Use a ratio of say 1 tablespoon oil to 1 drop or less of colour.
I use almond bark. You can thin it a little with shortening. And I use chefmaster candy colors. I like chefmaster the best
The colors in the link you posted look like they were made from colored cocoa butter. You can buy colored cocoa butter online. http://www.chocoley.com/list/colorful-cocoa-butter
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