Colored White Chocolate For Festive Shavings
Decorating By JoJoMick Updated 24 Jan 2007 , 8:46pm by ShirleyW
During the holidays I wanted to decorate some cupcakes with colored white chocolate shavings - - I wanted red. I tried to melted Guittard white chocolate chips and after melted I thought I could add Wilton's No taste Red to it, mix, spread, let it set and I could use a spatula and make shavings to sprinkle on my cupcakes. This didn't work. The white chocolate seized, turned out like clay - - unusable for my purpose. Can someone tell me how I would be successful at this? I have wanted to put those bright pink shavings also on my mother-in-law's Pink Champagne Cake - - they don't even sell them. Can you help?
In order to tint white chocolate you need oil based or powdered food colors. You can't use wiltons becuse there is too much water. It may be easier to buy wilton's candy melts ( http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E310A5F-475A-BAC0-513EBB4AAC195A7E&fid=3E32DFEA-475A-BAC0-51B68534387FF8B9 ) or anything that's labeled confectionary coating, chocolate flavored coating, or chocolate bark. They all come in a variety of colors, and are easier to use then tinting actual white chocolate.
and, if you want to make curls of choc in multiple colors, just take a plastic case leftover from a shortening stick, layer the choc in that, the colors that you want, let it set and then when it's at room temp, use a vegetable peeler and get the curls off the side of the bar..... works like a charm~ red white and blue or green for the holidays and so on
Cakenicing4u what a great idea! I knew those cute little tubs would be good for something.
I know Merkins also has a bright pink (and a lot of other color) melts too. I've seen them at the cake shop near me. I've also used Crisco(or paramount crystals) to help with choc that's seized to restore it to usable consistency. Cocoa butter is better but I don't usually have that.
I didn't have any ideas for you, but the ones listed are great!!! I always keep the little plastic tubs from the Crisco to use for later. It drives my hubby crazy!!! Now I have a reason for it! Thanks, Cake.
Tanya
Wilton also sells candy coloring, for use with their brand of candy melts, but it also works on chocolate.
Personally, I use powdered color. It is far more concentrated, it is so versatile - it can be used in any sugar art media, and it does not change the consistency of the final product.
Theresa 
Hey don't thank me... It was on the cover of a magazine a few years ago, and I tried it, and wowsers, it worked.... so it's in my stash of cake clippings..... you know, from magazines that have one cake and a bunch of crap you don't want.... =)
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