I have 1.5 bags of the Wilton dark cocoa candy melts and I just don't feel like making candy any time soon. Has anyone ever used these for baking purposes?

Lynn~

I've never heard of anyone using them for baking, and I personally wouldn't, because they're not real chocolate. There is no cocoa butter in them, but an alternate type of hydrogenated fat.

Why don't you make some chocolate clay with them, instead? There is a recipe for it in the recipe section here on CC. It's easy to make, and you just have to remember that it's best to let it set overnight before you use it.

Theresa

I have chopped them up and used them for chocolate chip cookies.

you can melt them and mix with corn syrup following these directions and add it to your fondant to make chocolate fondant. http://marthastewartweddings.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?autonomy_kw=fondant&rsc=ns2006_m10&vgnextoid=c30ff71e18453110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD


you could probably also use them to make modeling chocolate.

Thanks for all your help. This gives me an idea of what else I can do with the candy melts other than make candy.

Add a tablespoon of crisco to a bag of candy melts and dip ANYTHING cakeballs, strawberries,pretzels...I use the stuff ALL the time.

Add crisco and then black Americolor set aside for outlines of choc. transfers.

I have heard of people mixing it in the MMF for choc fondant.

I've melted them and used them in icing.

I just use my basic every day buttercream recipe when I do it. I just hve to add a little extra liquid to the recipe.

I will have to try that! Thanks!!!

So far, I've used them for every idea I've read but I've also chopped them up and added them to my brownie mixes. It makes them extra chocolatey!!

I've also made ganache with them. There is also candy clay. You can take candy clay and blend it with fondant to make a chocolate fondant.