How to restore the shine to molded chocolate?

Please help.....

Are you using candy melts or regular chocolate?

I'm using candy melts

It should have come out shiny after it set. Maybe use some luster dust? Or a little bit of oil to shine it a bit? I'm not totally sure but you could try it. I have never had this problem with candy melts.

You can try rubbing the pieces with a tiny bit of cocoa butter....

Thanks I will try it. It comes out shiny but then I had to rub it to finish up the seams and it got all dull and ugly looking. I tried rubbing Crisco into it but its still dull and ugly. I will try the cocoa butter tomorrow.

Thanks.

Let us know how it goes -- it's worked for me on tempered chocolate, so I'm thinking it would work on the candy melts, but haven't tried that.... good luck

Ok, where do you buy the cocoa butter? I tried in the supermarket and in the specialty food store (Whole Foods) but I couldn't find any.

Hmmm. Yeah, it's a specialty item. Best bet is to try on-line -- baking supplies websites and chocolate suppliers. I'm sorry -- you're in a time crunch, right? Does the luster dust idea mentioned above work for you? When my molded (tempered) chocolates get streaks from temperature variations, I've saved them by applying lustre dust -- gold on cark chocolate is really pretty -- but it depends on what your decorating project is. Wish I could be more help (and I'm really sorry I wasted your time looking for cocoa butter -- I should have guessed that you might not have it on hand.)

I hate to make you run out again, but do you have confectioners glaze? If you're near a cake supply store, they will most likely have it. Just brush it on and let it dry. Not only will it restore the shine, but the chocolate will be so much easier to handle because the glaze forms kind of a protective barrier.

Don't apply it too thick or you will feel a bit of a 'skin' when the chocolate is bitten into.

Diane, what is confectioners' glaze made of, do you know?

You are serious!!! Beetle goo?! My, I had no idea. I'm going to check it out. Too strange. You gotta wonder who got the idea to try that stuff.....

Try wearing thin cotton gloves when handling chocolates after they set to protect from the warmth of your hands. Trim seams with a tiny sharp paring knife not by rubbing then. In any case, most people won't notice the shine is gone.