Painting On Chocolate

Decorating By sparrow-26 Updated 21 Jun 2011 , 2:53pm by sparrow-26

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sparrow-26 Posted 17 Jun 2011 , 9:01pm
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what edible paints can i use to colour and paint on modeling chocolate? and are there any airbrush colours that will work on chocolate?
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DianeLM Posted 17 Jun 2011 , 9:57pm
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Anything that's water-based won't work on chocolate.

Adding powdered coloring to cocoa butter is the ideal solution. Another option is to thin down your melted colored chocolate with shortening or paramount crystals to a paint consistency.

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sparrow-26 Posted 21 Jun 2011 , 2:53pm
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Originally Posted by DianeLM

Anything that's water-based won't work on chocolate.

Adding powdered coloring to cocoa butter is the ideal solution. Another option is to thin down your melted colored chocolate with shortening or paramount crystals to a paint consistency.




ok, i'll give that a try, thanks

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