Making Chocolate Candy Tips
Making homemade chocolates is an endeavor that is both creatively and delicious. Even if you just want something sweet for yourself, chocolate making can be rewarding and enjoyable Making chocolate candy can be easy, especially if you use some of my top tips.
You can make candy and molds, dip in pretzels and cookies or make your own homemade chocolates. For a healthy treat, try making chocolate covered strawberries. But no matter what you going to do to chocolate, you first have to learn how to melt it.
You can melt chocolate one of two ways. One time-tested method is to use either a pan with a bowl on top or a double boiler. This keeps the chocolate out of the water that allows it to melt slowly. The other way to melt chocolate is to use the microwave. The key to this is to use good quality chocolate. In the microwave, you want to do it in small batches of 30 seconds so as not to burn the chocolate. The chocolate will be much easier to melt if you break it up into even sized pieces.
Last modified October 23, 2008Author 1530 > has blogged 179 times
