Any Chocolate dippers/melters out there?
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17797)
United States
December 14, 2010 4:04pm CST
I want to try using melting chocolate over some ball sugar cookie dough cookies. Bake the cookies, when cooled, dip them in chocolate and let dry/Harden.
Question: Which is better ....melting hersey chocolate bars or using the melting chocolate you can buy in a bag at a craft store that they use for "chocolate suckers"?
I have a big problem getting the chocolate to melt right without burning it, but still wnat to try. My problem is the flavor. I have tried that melting chocolate and it is okay, but just doesn't taste like actual chocolate. However, I haven't a clue as to how the Hersery bars will melt and then dry hard enough or will they be to soft once dried on the cookie ball?
Any chocolate dippers/melters out there that can give me good advice? Thanks so much!
4 responses
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
16 Dec 10
I have had good luck using the big bars from Trader Joe's. I agree that the melting chocolate does not taste right. It is easy to melt any kind of chocolate in the microwave oven. The secret is that it will not change shape or look fluid until you try to stir it. Then it will turn liquid, so you just give it a few seconds at a time to avoid burning. Any chocolate that is hard to start with will harden again when it is cool.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
17 Dec 10
Hersheys would work fine I am sure.
What I used was semi-sweet (dark) chocolate and I think it was their own label and that the last one I bought was a 10 lb bar! It lasted a long time. I made chocolate dipped apricots, cherries, strawberries, kiwis, and also some delicious frozen treats where I blended fresh cranberries with fresh orange sections, froze the resulting slush and then dipped the icy chunks in chocolate and froze them again. Mmmmm! And Healthy! Have fun and do report back ;-)
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
17 Dec 10
Bars of what kind of chocolate? Hersey? I am going to be giving it a try this weekend!
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@TrvlArrngr (4044)
• United States
15 Dec 10
My daughter bakes biscotti and then dips the ends in chocolate. She buys the chocolate that comes in small bricks that you place in the microwave. It works well each time and tastes good too.
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
17 Dec 10
I've seen that kind...does it taste like real chocolate?
@Valene82 (89)
• United States
14 Dec 10
It takes a careful and skilled cook to use real chocolate for melting, so I would suggest you use almond bark. You can melt chocolate almond bark in a double boiler. In case you don't know what a double boiler is, it is two saucepans that stack on top of each other. The bottom saucepan has water in it and is heated on the the stove. The top saucepan has a rounded bottom and this sets on top of the one with hot water. The chocolate is melted in this pan by the hot steam in the pan below it.
If you do not have a double boiler, you can get by with two regular saucepans. You just have to watch them since they don't really fit together well.
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
15 Dec 10
I know about double broilers...but not about almond bark. Why is that best and specifically, what is it? Does it taste like "regular" chocolate? That is one of the things I want...chocolate flavor. The candy chocolates don't have that.
@ThoughtfulNightOwl (52)
• United States
14 Dec 10
I think your problem is buying hershey bars... I've always bought almond bark when I'm going to melt it and I usually do so in a microwave instead of over the stove. And almond bark will harden up just fine around the cookie ball. Good luck!
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
14 Dec 10
Well I haven't had much luck either way... and was going to attempt it again!
I also find out that chocolate chips are good for melting and dipping instead of the candy choclate, and instead of Hersey bars. I was just trying for taste...that candy chocolate isn't very tasty!
