Tinting Chocolate

Decorating By JasonL Updated 11 Jan 2007 , 8:52pm by DianeLM

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JasonL Posted 11 Jan 2007 , 7:46pm
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I am having trouble tinting my white chocolate. When I add my color to it which is the wilton paste color it starts to speckle up in my chocolate. Anybody know what I am doing wrong.

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JoAnnB Posted 11 Jan 2007 , 8:25pm
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There are colors made especially for chocolate. You will probably get better results with those.

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ShirleyW Posted 11 Jan 2007 , 8:28pm
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On the pink purse chocolate wrapped cake in my gallery, I used petal dusts mixed with vegetable oil, stirred till smooth and added it just a bit at a time to the melted white chocolate until I got the shade I wanted. You could use melted cocoa butter in place of the vegetable oil if you have it.
You could try doing the same thing with paste or gel colors but I have not tried that myself and am not sure if it would work.

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DianeLM Posted 11 Jan 2007 , 8:52pm
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Gel and paste colors contain water, which is causing your chocolate to seize. Candy colors, mentioned in an earlier post, are made with oil so they blend easily into the chocolate. I don't know if CC has it, but Americolor makes a product called "Flo-coat" that magically allows you to use gel and paste colors to color your chocolate. It's really amazing stuff! There's a limited number of candy colors available, but with Flo-coat, you can use any color of gel or paste.

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