Melting Chocolate for Cake Pops using a Double Boiler Method
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Chocolate can be finicky. When melting chocolate to dip cake pops, you can melt it in the microwave, or melt your chocolate in heated water bath or bain marie. It simply means that you heat a little bit of water in a heavy bottom pan and put a secondary pan over top of that with the item that you wish to heat slowly. In this case, I am melting chocolate for the purpose of dipping cake pops and am looking for a specific consistency.
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So far the best tutorial for melting candy melts for cake pops!
Thank you so much for your comment! Knowledge is power. May your endeavors be successful!
I always have issues with this part of cake pops this video was SOO helpful! Thank you!
You are soooo very welcome! Knowledge is powerful! I am so glad you stopped and watched! Be blessed!
Love how you explain it. Thank you 😊
You are very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to watch! Blessings!
Beautiful explanation
Thank you!
OMG!!! Thank you for this video. It explains so much.🥰
You are sooooo very welcome! Knowledge is power! Glad you watched! May it help you in understanding the melting process... Be blessed!
Coming to watch this after I burnt my chocolate last time 😅
🤣same!
Oh no!!!! Gosh, I've been there! And I am so sorry! Hopefully, this will shed some light on the process! Be blessed in your chocolate endeavors!
Thank you so much for this video!! Does this work the same if using milk chocolate chips for melting?
Thank you for your question, @victoriastone5809!
I do NOT recommend chocolate chips for dipping cake pops. The ingredients and the chocolate's structure are different, creating an undesirable result (in my humble and very personal opinion).
Chocolate chips were created with the sole intent to stay intact when heated. They have higher cocoa solids in them, plus an added stabilizer to help them keep their signature chip shape during baking. I would recommend chocolate chips for all of your other baking; however, use candy melts or wafers for your cake pops.
Speaking of candy wafers... here is the difference between the melting point temperatures.
If you are using the dark chocolate wafers, the melting point is just slightly higher than your white or milk chocolate candy wafers, around 120 and 130°F.
The goal for both milk and white chocolate is between 104-115°F.
Milk chocolate has a lower melting point than dark chocolate because it contains more sugar and milk
Hope this helps! Thanks for watching. Happy Popping!.
Can you use any chocolate?
You can use this melting process with any chocolate or candy wafer. That being said, with real chocolate (not wafers) I would only allow the water in the pot to simmer, not boil, and stir continuously. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching. Blessings.
@@JustLesCreations thank you so much!! I just seized my chocolate from boiling the water too much!
Oh no! We have all done that at one point. You're not alone.
However, keep in mind that chocolate can also seize with just a tiny bit of water that had gotten dripped in the pan with your chocolate. They do not play well together.
Let's think science for a moment. If water boils at 212 degrees and chocolate melts in the mid 80s, we really only need to heat the water just until it begins to get hot.
I am so sorry this happened to you. Chocolate can be very finicky to work with. I encourage you to really dig deep and learn the science of what is happening in your chocolate so you understand how to problem solve any issue that comes along... cause it will!
I wish you the best of luck!
Where can I find some of that thinning agend
Hello Shirlycleophas2714. Any thinning agent will work. I prefer using Criso shortening, but you can use paramount crystals or coconut oil. Good luck. Thanks for watching!
@@JustLesCreationswhat about gulf wax?
@nathanbradleyf777 To be honest, I've never used gulf wax with my chocolate, so I can not speak to its efficiency in regards to being a viable option for thinning chocolate for cake pops. In my head and a childhood association, gulf wax was used as a sealant for on the tops of homemade jelly and jam jars that my mom and grandmother used when I was growing up!
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