So, Im now on a chocolate wrap kick and i have to try it! My question is, can you use wilton chocolate melts? I know they come in different colors like Pink, blue, etc. I am doing a baby shower and I would like to do a pink chocolate wrap. Can I use those melts or should I just stick to plain white chocolate and not mess with it??? Any advise?
Hello Katy625
Yes you can use Wilton chocolate melts.
I have made wraps using chocolate melts; just make sure to melt the chocolate slowly over water that is barely simmering. If it is too hot the chocolate will 'cook' and become too thick to handle.
What I do to get nice pastel colors, is to buy the darker shades. When I need light colors (like your baby pink wrap), I melt white chocolate, stir it till smooth. Then I add one of the dark colored melts, stirring gently to melt & blend. I continue to add one candy at a time till I have the right shade.
I hope this helps; feel free to send questions.
ciao for now
A chocolate wrap is where you melt chocolate (I use parchment paper some use a plastic sheet can't remember the name) and pour on the paper let it set a few minutes you will see a change in the chocolate then wrap it around an iced cake let it set till firm. Peel the paper off and VIOLA you have a wrapped cake. You can make different designs on the sides or leave as is.
Hey, Fascination -
It's funny, but when it came to coloring candy melts, I did just the opposite. I started with the white ones and add the colors until I get the shade I need. I use the Merckens brand, and for some reason, it only took a few dots, maybe a dozen, to turn 1 lb of the white melts into pastels.
Theresa 
Here is a link to a Merckens Color Mixing Chart, which I had found on the Streich's website. I do not know how well it will work for other brands, but it will at least give you a head-start.
Theresa
http://www.streichs.com/instructions/Merckens_color_chart.html
Spread it on an acetate sheet (available at art supply stores), and just use your offset spatula to spread it out.
Theresa
Hi okay I think I get it but how to they get the top edges so straight? Do they trim it? How do they get the designes in the cake like the one below? Are there any articles on how to do this? How would you do the marbled look? Thanks Jen
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1437754213057033965waHYqy
Hey, Fascination -
It's funny, but when it came to coloring candy melts, I did just the opposite. I started with the white ones and add the colors until I get the shade I need. I use the Merckens brand, and for some reason, it only took a few dots, maybe a dozen, to turn 1 lb of the white melts into pastels.
Theresa
tmriga... I'm confused. This is exactly what I do... Maybe I did not explain it well??
I start with white melted chocolate & add a dark piece till it melts, check the color and add another one till I get the right shade. ex.: I don't buy both light green & dark green. I only buy dark green which I can use as is, or add to white to make baby green, mint green, bottle green etc.
what do you mean you do the opposite? by dots did you mean the round pieces of colored Merckens candy melts, right?
ciao
Hi okay I think I get it but how to they get the top edges so straight? Do they trim it? How do they get the designes in the cake like the one below? Are there any articles on how to do this? How would you do the marbled look? Thanks Jen
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1437754213057033965waHYqy
I watched a video of a woman doing the wrap last night and she cut the paper to size with a knife and it made a nice edge. I imagine that is how the pic you posted had the curved edge. Just cut while the chocolate is soft. or you can cut the paper first then when you smooth the chocolate on the paper and it sets up a little, when you pick up the paper/chocolate the chocolate that got on the counter top will stay there and the edge comes out clean. I hope that isn't too confusing!!!
Hi Katy625.....were did you watch that video?
http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/pages/cvt040.asp
I hope this works for you!!! I found it somewhere on this forum!
Hi
here is a link to the other cake wrap discussion:
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-52520-.html
once you have watched the video, please read the comments in the other thread.
i.e. a couple of us prefer using one continous strip, cut to size (instead of an overlap of 2 strips).
hope you have enough info to go off & make one... can't wait to see the image.
ciao
Here is a continuation of that thread. The chocolate wrap instructions Stephanie posted for me.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-56654-.html
How do they get the designes in the cake like the one below?
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1437754213057033965waHYqy
The design is achieved through the use of chocolate transfers. Available all over the net. Just google for them, and you'll find lots. Some suppliers have a lot more designs than others...look around until you find what you like.
It is a chocolate transfer. You pour your chocolate on the transfer sheet and then when the chocolate has set, it will have the image on it. So, if you are doing the wrap around cake, cut the transfer paper to the size you need. They come very large, big like cookie sheet size. Then pour your chocolate. Let it set enough to get it around the cake then peel off.
Hope that helps!
Dana
The cakes I have done, it will break in large pieces. I haven't had it crumble on me, but I think it would depend. Might be different every time. If you did a chocolate plastic (chocolate mixed with light carro syrup) it turns out like a tootsie roll and is bendable and cuts very well.
Dana
If you use a chocolate wrap you should try warming the knife blade under very hot water, wipe dry and cut the wrap from top to bottom in a sawing motion. You can use a plain blade or serrated, both work well. Some of it may break away but you can just add the broken pieces to the cake serving and I'm sure you won't have any complaints. If you aren't tempering the chocolate adding a bit of vegetable oil or melted cocoa butter to the chocolate makes it a bit more pliable and it doesn't shatter when cut.
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