What Does It Mean To Temper Chocolate
Decorating By princessjellybean Updated 31 Dec 2005 , 10:05pm by sugarspice
Temper chocolate...i just bought some xmas candy molds (boxing day sale at Michaels). I read somewhere you can use chocolate, but need to temper it. Can i do that without a tempering machine...I tried to look it up here at cc but wasnt getting anything that helped me. Any help is great!!! Thanks.
Here you go:
http://www.baking911.com/chocolate/temper.htm
I had just thought about this the other day but never looked it up! 
thanks a bunch 
, never even thought to check baking 911 
I've tried tempering chocolate by hand. It aint easy. Untempered chocolate will smudge. So, if you make candy with untempered chocolate a little will come off on your fingers. I decided that the expense of the chocolate and the tempering process were just not worth the effort. Chocolate candy is affordable, readily available and already comes with the pretty box.
Unfortunately, I have to disagree, expecially since I make tons of Chocolate Candies. IF you have the time and patience, it's so worth it. Buying cheap chocolates just because they are 'affordable" doesn't cut it for me.
I actually recieved a small box of 6 chocolates from See's for Xmas, and was told by the giver that this was premium chocolate. And then she recieved my huge tin of Homemade Chocolates and appologized, saying the store bought wasn't anything near mine, so.....
Anyway, Tempering IS worth the money spent, on a machine, if you are serious about making lots of candy.
I equate buying "cheap chocolates" with not sending a thank you note to someone, just because you didn't have 5 minutes to write the note.
I said, "I decided" that making chocolates wasn't worth the effort. The rude response was completely out of line. Let's play nice.
I make homemade candy from fall to Easter. I have always used candy coating wafers, some call these candy melts. I use Merckens. They do not have to be tempered. I have such loyal customers. They love my product and my customer base is just growing from word of mouth.
I have been thinking of making some chocolate roses for valentines day. Those of you that make chocolates or have made the chocolate roses:
How/what do you charge?
Is it possible to get packaging supplies that are not by the case of 500??!!
Any tips?
Thank you
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