Melting Chocolate So It Is Smooth
Decorating By msmanning2 Updated 22 Mar 2007 , 8:43pm by msmanning2
Okay, can someone tell me how you get the candy melts to melt smooth? I made cake balls yesterday and used my chocolate pro from wilton to melt the candy melts. Well, when they melted it was smooth and creamy for about 2 seconds then it started to get real thick. It was almost impossible to dip my cake balls. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a bunch!!
Michele
Well I have not used the candy melts yet, but I have added a little bit of butter to my melted chocolate when dipping, it worked real nice. I have also read about adding a little bit of karo syrup too. But the problem you might be having is your chocolate is cooling, and that is why is is thickening. I have read a nice trick on here to keep your chocolate warm while dipping! Place your bowl on a heating pad, the heating pad will keep it nice and warm=) HTH some, if not someone will have some great advice on here! Jen
Thank you Jen. The butter trick sounds good. I will try that next time. I kept my chocolate in the chocolate pro melter the whole time while I was dipping. Maybe it got too hot?
Okay, can someone tell me how you get the candy melts to melt smooth? I made cake balls yesterday and used my chocolate pro from wilton to melt the candy melts. Well, when they melted it was smooth and creamy for about 2 seconds then it started to get real thick. It was almost impossible to dip my cake balls. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a bunch!!
Michele
Once you melt the candymelts, you have to turn off the chocolate pro for a while then turn back on to warm. You also have to stir the chocolate gently after every few cakeballs. Once I remembered to stir the chocolate I have not had a problem.
I have a tempering machine that warms the chocolate and keeps it moving, it's a great investment.
thank you all, it was a lesson learned that is for sure
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