Melting chocolate

[vikfowler]

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?

[asciwhite]

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]

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

[asciwhite]

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]

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]

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

[vikfowler]

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

[philandlil]

You can buy Cadbury's melting chocolate from Asda.

[vikfowler]

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

[asciwhite]

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]

haha you're so right! :)

[asciwhite]

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

[morg_monster]

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]

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

[vikfowler]

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]

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