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Melting chocolate

i work for ann summers and need to make some novelty chocs as prizes for people, i want them to be tasty and nice quality chocs... i know i can't use cadburys choc as it goes all lumpy and powdery... what's the best choc to melt for things like this?

vikfowler Mon 13/03/06 16:04

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asciwhite
Mon 13/03/06
16:12

a good chocolate to use for melting down is 70% Lindt. You can add double cream and brandy and a little unsalted butter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chocolatetruffles_1807.shtml

heres a recipe for you

vikfowler
Mon 13/03/06
16:35

Question Author

wow! they sound incredible!! i've got molds for them, do you reckon that recipe would work?

asciwhite
Mon 13/03/06
16:48

I should think so, but remember, truffles are rather soft!!! I can't begin to imagine what sort of molds you're using ;-) but you may want to try it out first or just go for it!!!! remember to add a little alcohol as they're for adult use...... hehe...

asciwhite
Mon 13/03/06
16:52

maybe you could use a little melted chocolate to line the molds before you put the truffle mixture in. It might make it easier to get them out.

BillyBB
Mon 13/03/06
22:33

I've melted Cadburys Dairy Milk into molds with great results.

vikfowler
Tue 14/03/06
09:04

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cool, thanks, good idea about the choc in the molds. they are a shape you'd imagine for ann summers hee hee!

philandlil
Tue 14/03/06
11:30

You can buy Cadbury's melting chocolate from Asda.

vikfowler
Tue 14/03/06
11:41

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can you?? what's it like? does it taste nice?

asciwhite
Tue 14/03/06
12:30

I do think you should stick with good quality chocolate for this, providing it's not coming out of your pocket as it's for work. Good quality chocolate.... they say for us girls that chocolate can be better than sex, but together it's even better!!!!

vikfowler
Tue 14/03/06
13:12

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haha you're so right! :)

asciwhite
Tue 14/03/06
13:50

will you let us know how they turn out, and I think I'm off to Ann Summers for the molds now....

morg_monster
Tue 14/03/06
14:04

make sure you melt the choc in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water, rather than directly over the heat or in the microwave, it'll be much nicer and you can keep the bowl of choc over the hot water while you're pouring it in the mould (sp?) so it doesn't re solidify.

vikfowler
Tue 14/03/06
14:13

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and i can lick the bowl out after too... the best bit!

vikfowler
Wed 15/03/06
11:31

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i used the cadburys melting choc and some belgian white choc, they turned out brilliant!!! can't wait to start giving them out to people they are yummy and look hilarious!

i also got some dark belgian choc but i ran out of molds so havent done them yet :)

DBTW
Wed 15/03/06
14:25

im at cheffing college, the best chocolate to use is that of nearly pure cocoa, look on the back, it will give you a precentage

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