How About A Thread To Seriously Discuss Chocolate Making?!?
Sugar Work By sayhellojana Updated 5 Oct 2011 , 1:33am by SpatulaGoddess
I made candy but it was caramels not choc,s . Thanks Julie for sharing your recipe!
Letme ask again The choc bars at SAM,S you DONT temper ? right ?? Thanks !
Thanks much ! Im going to Sams today I want to check it all out.
Fiddlesticks here is where I got those! Got on the wrong thread while ago!
http://www.shopbakersnook.com/m5_view_item.html?m5:item=2118
Could anyone tell me where you get the different colors of cocoa butter? Do you just paint the cocoa butter in the mold and then pour the chocolate? Thanks!
You can buy different colors of cocoa butter at shopchefrubber.com
They are about $19.50 for a small can but it will last for a while.
They come in a lot of different colors. You need an airbrush in order to spray it in the molds evenly though and not all airbrushes will support this. I just bought an Aztek and the main reason was because it sprays cleaner (less splatter) and it also supports the cocoa butter along with airbrushing for cakes.
Ok ..for any one that uses the Gheradelli chocolate from Sams. I bought some today and the choc is called double choc ? what is that ? milk choc , dark choc ????? they had that and a white bar also. Oh and a got a bag of the Gheradelli chocolate chips to in bittersweet !
Hi Everyone - this is a great thread! I wish we had a Sams Club here because our Costco doesn't carry the blocks of chocolate 
Does anyone know of a good place to order some chocolate or truffle boxes. I'm looking for the 1/2 pound and 1 pound white cardboard boxes with the clear window on the top. They look so pretty with the truffles peaking out!
Thanks in advance for any help!
I think uline.com has some, but they have a very high minimum order.
I went to Smart & Final today. I was going to pick up some blocks of chocolate - and they didn't have them! I could have sworn I saw them last time I was in there. Darn! I refuse to pay for the ridiculous markup of the little bars/bags, so I guess I have to wait till my lovely Aunt will lend me her Sams membership again. Or maybe I could order them online... shipping would kill though.
Bummer.
Has anyone else made some nice chocolates this weekend? Photo sharing is always welcomed in my book 
I call it the chocolate hybrid 
I really don't know what it is, but I like chefjulies answer.
I made chocolates today. I made them all in molds. I did solid dark chocolate squares and then some dark chocolate squares with broken up Heath candy bits in it. Dark chocolate filled with marzipan that had whiskey in it and dark chocolate Oreo truffles and dark chocolate with the caramel-boubon-toasted pecans.
I need to make the coating of chocolate before adding the filling a little thicker though. Some of the caramel found thin spots and I had tiny little caramel drops peeking through.
I had some issues with my chocolates not wanting to un-mold properly. I was getting frustrated. My house is just to warm and they were not setting properly.
My DH told me to invest in some silicone molds! YES!!!!!!! I don't think he knows how expensive they are. He may regret what he just suggested.
Mkolmar - that all sounds really, really wonderful Don't you dare tell him how much those are until the last possible moment - lol!
and really, how horrible are caramel spots? just a preview
Thanks for the choc bar answers !
mkolmar. Do you stick your molds in the freezer till set ?
I love melting choc and adding the toffee bits ( baking chips) then molding them in the peanut butter cup molds or just dropping spoon fulls onto wax paper YUM!
I didn't want to stick them in the freezer because it makes the chocolate more likely to bloom. They were taking so long to set because of the temperature in my house that I finally just put them in the freezer for a few minutes. Within a few minutes some of the chocolate started to bloom. GAAAAH! It was just starting though, thank goodness. I ended up luster dusting them to try to cover it up some.
mkolar could you just put the mold in the freezer before you pour your chocolate in there and that will give you a very cold mold and maybe the chocolate would set up faster. I don't know for sure that will work but it's worth a try. 
mkolar could you just put the mold in the freezer before you pour your chocolate in there and that will give you a very cold mold and maybe the chocolate would set up faster. I don't know for sure that will work but it's worth a try.
Thats exactly what I do when I make shells for fillings. That way a bit sets up right when it hits the mold, so I can pour some out and there is still a decent coating in the mold.
I have been reading along since this thread started and decided I had to ask a question. I went to my local Sam's this past weekend and couldn't find the Ghiradelli bars anywhere in the store. Where do all of you normally find them located? With the baking stuff, the candy, the seasonal stuff??
I make homemade millionaire candies every year and would love to try the Ghiradelli for the coating.
Kim
See that's why I like you all! You gals are constantly thinking.
Well of course we are! Everyone knows smart girls eat chocolate 
I just bought some yesterday and in my SAMS it was in the same isle as the sugar. I almost missed it though it looks like a large box of premade candy, not at all what I was looking for. Its large and flat and has a lot of pictures of different candy on the top.
I just bought some yesterday and in my SAMS it was in the same isle as the sugar. I almost missed it though it looks like a large box of premade candy, not at all what I was looking for. Its large and flat and has a lot of pictures of different candy on the top.
Have you had a chance to taste it yet?
No I didnt I used some other baking chips I needed to use up . Sorry ! When are you going
Did you read what was posted about it being a mix of milk and dark choc ? thats why it called a double choc bar.
Probably wont be til next week! Can't wait to get my new candy book>>should be here Wed. Awesome Let me know when you get it ! I will be into that choc bar before next week , So I will let you know.
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