Can you color modeling chocolate? Also does it dry hard or soft?
Thank you
I'd love some info too! ....just bought 2 lbs of white candy melts. So, you can't use regular paste/gel colors? I thought I read somewhere that you could.
Do you think I could make a good sized skeleton out of candy clay? I wasn't sure if the bones would hold up. ....Or would gumpaste be better? Also, can you paint the candy clay??
Courtney
Hey I don't think that glycerin would work . Your going to need candy colors because their oil based.That's what the Flo-coat does .
I would think that you could paint it. Are you talking spray or brush ? I think I have read that you can spray it. I know you can use luster dust.
Hi Wendy!!
Darn, I don't have any flo coat. What about glycerin?? Would that work? ...and can you paint on it?
Courtney
Use shortening, I do it all the time. It also works if you get a little water in your candy and it seizes, that's what you're doing if you put icing coloring in your candy.
As for the modeling chocolate I've added regular coloring to it without a problem and not used shortening. See my stacked book cake: the mouth, wand, glasses and ink pot were all out of candy clay. I painted on the mouth, ink pot and wand with regular food coloring too to give it some extra color and dimension after it dried. I just put some everclear with the food coloring to thin it a little.
I'm not sure if you're using the candy clay recipe from this site or not BUT when I make candy clay (1- 14oz bag of candy melts, 1/3 cup light corn syrup) I use Americolors to color it. I do not use this flo coat. Just mix whatever color you want to use into the corn syrup. Melt your candies and stir in the colored syrup and presto! colored candy clay. If you're looking for really strong colors I suggest getting the colored chocolate melts but for pastels and medium colors this works great! 
Thanks for all the great info! I won't need to color the chocolate to make a skeleton (obviously), but I was hoping to paint the eye/nose sockets. I can't believe I haven't tried choc. clay yet!!! It's about time!
I have to go to Michaels tommorrow, so I'll look at colors. I hate to buy candy colors when I already have tons of icing colors! Maybe they'll have flo coat there....
Courtney
So, does pretty much everyone use the recipe with 14 oz choc and 1/3 C corn syrup? I was looking in the book "Spectacular Cakes" and their recipe used corn syrup, stock syrup, and cocoa butter. Sounds like that would be much more of a pain to make.
Courtney
Another question, I'm pressed for time, can you purchase pre-made modeling chocolate? I looked at a few places where I buy supplies and they didn't have it.
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i color it with the wilton gel pastes and it works fine. i have always done it after its sets but i like the idea of mixing it the corn syrup first, just to avoid coloring my hands and the extra kneeding. i use the bag of melts and 1/3 cup corn syrup and let it set for several hours, then color. i have painted it with great results using lemon extract 85% alcohal i think- (or mint or orange has a high alcohal content) and luster dusts. i also tried gel paste and extract but it was still sticky, and didnt dry like the dust paint. although i think i used vanilla (35%)
making it only takes a couple of minutes, its just something you have to do in advance by at least 4-6 hours. i have seen it at michaels in the cake decorating isle. it is near the candy supplies in a pre colored variety package for about 8 dollars, but looks to be about half the amount of one bag recipe.
Thanks Melysa, I decided to use gumpaste for the skeleton. I think the skeleton would be ok except for the ribs. I want it to look realistic. I still might make the skull out of modeling chocolate....we'll see. I made some M.C last night and it was really easy! Much easier than fondant or gumpaste to make. I'm going to play around with it today and see how I like it.
Courtney
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