New And Have Questions About Candy Melts
Sugar Work By yellowdog Updated 23 Nov 2006 , 1:40am by cuillere
I'm sure this topic has been discussed before, and I'm sorry to bring it up again; however, I'm new. Please bear with me. I'm going to attempt to paint melted white choc onto silk leaves and then peel them off to make choc leaves which I can sponge paint with fall colors. Big project for a newbie. So, questions: do I use candy melts or some other kind of choc?; if I use candy melts do I need to make it thinner by adding heavy cream?; will I be able to peel the silk leaves off? I hope someone out there can advise me. thanks so much for your help.
I am by no means a candy melt expert - but i would avoid adding cream. I have heard of using crisco to thin out the candy.
wow, i've never heard of doing this... what a great idea. can someone post step by step instructions?
never add liquid to chocolate as it will cause it to seize (turn into a brick). Buy something called paramount crystals and add to melted chocolate and stir. 1/4 cup per pound of coating....this will thin out chocolate and make it easier to work with. they come in bags and sometimes little plastic containers.
You must use real leaves, and they must be organic or pesticide-free. Do not add cream to the chocolate or you will have ganache. Do not add water, or as stated previously, your melts will sieze up on you.
You just paint a nice even coat of chocolate or candy melts on the Back of the leaf, so you get the veining on the front of the candy.
Theresa 
CandyLady mentioned paramount crystals......what are they? Recently i was melting some white almond bark and wanted to color it orange to mold some pumpkin suckers. I added orange gel color and the whole batch seized up. Are these "crystals" for coloring or for ease of use?
All Paramount Crystals does is make the melted candy thinner in consistency.
You cannot use gel pastes to color chocolate. You must use food colors that are specially made for use with chocolate, or buy some Collor Flow from this site, and use it according to directions.
Regular gel pastes contain water, and water makes both chocolate And melts sieze, or get extremely stiff. To my knowledge, there is no way to recover siezed chocolate.
Theresa
I saw jaques torres brush the back of mint tea leaves few years agowhen he did a christmas show for a chocolate painted tree. You can find it in super markets in produce section (near parsley and herbs). I ve been drinking fresh mint tea since I can remember mmmmmm!! mint leaves are safe and non-toxic.
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