Help! My Chocolate Won't Harden

Decorating By PennySue Updated 28 Jul 2007 , 1:18am by melysa

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PennySue Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 10:56pm
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I did some hearts out of chocolate today. Outlined them in semi-sweet and filled them with pink tinted white chocolate. I melted the chocolates in the microwave like I always did. Added a bit of color as always. Put them in the fridge to harden. They did, but after a few minutes out, they got soft and mushy. Any idea what might have happened. BTY my airconditioning is on and working so it's not the heat.

It's been awhile since I did this and maybe I'm forgetting something.

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PennySue Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 11:01pm
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Anyone?

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redpanda Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 11:03pm
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Did you add anything to the chocolate? Was it real chocolate/chips/candy melts?

I had that happen with white chocolate chips with a little vegetable oiladded, but that was because it was about 90 degrees in my kitchen.

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PennySue Posted 27 Jul 2007 , 11:33pm
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I used americolor black with the semi-sweet and rose with the white. Could that little bit have done it?

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redpanda Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 1:01am
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So, you used chips, right? And then all you added was the Americolor icing colors?

I know that the colorings can do weird things, but mainly seizing.

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PennySue Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 1:14am
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It's just weird. I'll try it again only this time use petal dust or something else like that. Just can't imagine what went wrong.

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melysa Posted 28 Jul 2007 , 1:18am
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i had the same thing happen today. i used ghiradelli milk chocolate chips, nothing added, melted slowly in the microwave for chocolate dipped berries...it never hardened either. STRANGE. its about 78 in my kitchen, although i had them in the fridge.

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