Hello everyone! Sorry if this is something that has already been asked; I haven't been on here in months and I checked the last few pages and didn't see anything so... yes, hopefully I'm the first to have asked.
I made the decision months ago that I don't want any chocolate this Easter from anybody because well... they're likely to buy Cadbury or something I don't want so I figured I'd just make some choccies myself! Then, I can give these to everyone and happily eat them myselves.
Here's my issue though; I've never melted chocolate before and I'm not sure whether there is a specific type of chocolate for melting. I LOVE Sweet Williams' chocolate so I'd love to use that if possible, I have a bag of their chocolate chips in the fridge and certainly won't complain if I have to buy more. Otherwise, I'm not quite sure how to go about this? Any tips?
Thanks!!
-Chip
P.S. What is the best way to melt chocolate?
I think the best way to melt chocolate is the double boiler method. Put water in a pot or saucepan and bring it to the boil, put your chocolate in a heat proof glass bowl, and put the bowl on the pot or saucepan. When chocolate melts and begins to set again, it goes really horrible, and is hard to re-melt. With the double boiler method you can regulate the heat to keep the chocolate heated, so that it can't set.
Just use any chocolate that you like, I would definitely use the Sweet William chocolate chips. Yum! Easter egg moulds might come in handy too!
It's better to get cooking chocolate. The best way to melt it is to get a pot of water and bring up the heat, then place another pot or bowl on top of the first one, with the chocolate inside. Try not to make contact between the water and chocolate, otherwise big mess.
You can try adding different things to the choc if you want to make it special, like peanut butter, glazed cherries, marshmallows - make like a rocky road if you want, lol!
They'll be lots of tips and recipes on how to do it online...
BTW, I've made my own chocolate before, and no one knew they were home made...they were THAT awesome! I bought some moulds to stick the choc in (heart shaped ones), then put it in the freezer...as I mixed it with peanut butter the fridge apparently didn't want to work with me, so I had to use the freezer...
Where do you actually get moulds from? I think I might make my own easter choccies too.
I got some from Big W but I'm sure you can get them pretty much anywhere. Usually in the cooking section. I got those bendi-moulds so I could easily push out the chocs.
Where do you actually get moulds from? I think I might make my own easter choccies too.
I got some from Big W but I'm sure you can get them pretty much anywhere. Usually in the cooking section. I got those bendi-moulds so I could easily push out the chocs.
www.chocart.com.au
my mum sells chocolate moulds
there should be lots of tips on there! and the site is 100% secure and she is very fast. I see them being packed and sent, and sometimes i even help out. and believe me, there is nearly every imaginable mould on there!
