I recently purchased a 10# bar of white chocolate and a 10# bar of milk chocolate from a local cake decorating store. After I used a few molds to make candy for a baby shower I tasted some of the chocolate and both kinds tasted a little waxy. Almost like an aftertaste. Could I have done something wrong when I melted the chocolate? Could it be a "cheaper" type of chocolate and that is why it tasted like this? The bars cost me $25.00 each and I hate to waste what I have left. Any suggestions how I could save it and make it taste better?
I'm new to making chocolates, so I am wondering if there is some type of rating scale that you can check for when purchasing chocolate so you can tell the quality of it?
Thanks for your help!
Ang
I don't know. It wasn't in any type of package that had writing on it. It was in a plastic bag and then wrapped in butcher's paper. They have always told me that it does not need to be tempered. I guess that means it is melting chocolate. Can you recommend someone to purchase real chocolate from? Maybe from somewhere online. How can I tell the difference when purchasing? Are there any key words to look for that I may not be familiar with?
Thank you sooo much for letting me pick your brain!
The words bark or melts are a giveaway as to not being real chocolate, that and it saying that you don't need to temper. You need to look for stuff that says it's real chocolate or has a cocoa butter percentage. The problem with real chocolate is tempering it, that's a pain so I only use it for really special stuff.
Most cake supply websites that deal in candy molds will have at least the melts.
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