Can I Color White Candy Melts????????
Baking By luvmygirl Updated 7 Jul 2007 , 4:18pm by purplebutterfly1234
they will cause the chocolate to seize. However, if you have paramount crystals or shortening, you can probably revivie the candy.
If it is just for decoration, I would give it a try. Melt the chocolate carefully. Overheated white candy is easy to scorch. add color, then add shortening a dab at a time. I would do this all over a water bath of barely simmering (not boiling) water.
Candy colors will work well for coloring white chocolate. Americolor has a full line of candy colors.
HTH
Michele
If you don't want to buy the oil candy colors you can buy a product called flo coat to use with gel colors. Here is a link for info and sales.
http://shop.cakecentral.com/flocoat-p-1006.html
i would not use your gel colors with the candy melts. Even with the shortening. The texture is not suitable. You must use a color that is specifically for coloring candy. It will have an oil base. Wilton makes them and they are available at Michaels. Candy colors do not have as big of a selection as gel colors. Another option is the FloCoat. If you add 5 drops of FloCoat you can add one drop of gel colors and somehow it will incorporate fine without the candy melts seizing. I have not found FloCoat anywhere but online though.
I've used the Wilton color gels with a little bit of shortening and it worked great used with white almond bark ( tasted great, and was also cost less) 
I have tried it using candy melts I think, after a little while it can become thick, but I didn't know about the shortening trick then.
I used the microwave and a clear decorating bag with the candy melts at 30 second intervals and just used a bowl for the almond bark and then dumped it in the clear decorating bag when melted.
Make sure you don't overheat and stir after the 30 seconds.
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