Why dont they come out in a gloopy lump ?
2007-07-04 09:56:48 · 10 answers · asked by homelander69 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
An assembly line makes these tasty treats. The raisins come in on a conveyor belt and run through a cleaning station before being sent to be "chocolatized". A heavy stream of chocolate pours over the raisins as they move through the conveyor system and the excess drains off while the chocolate cools and hardens on each raisin. It's fairly simple and very delicious! Enjoy.
2007-07-04 10:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by mybuddyeric 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question for the show "How It's Made" on the Discovery Channel.
I have not seen it myself, but I believe that they take the raisins or nuts and load them on a conveyor belt that looks like a wire mesh. They pour hot milk chocolate on the item and then they drop off that belt and on to another where they tumble around as they are cooling. That is why they are not all clumped together and why there are no signs (like a "flat side") on each raisin or nut that they were sitting on a tray or table.
Once the chocolate has been cooled and is no longer sticky or tacky to the touch, they can be inserted into the appropriate box and shipped to stores.
Good question though. If you want to ask that at Discovery Channel, they may do an episode at Lowney's or Hershey's chocolate factory.
2007-07-04 10:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect some of the Keebler elves are moonlighting at the chocolate covered raisin factory, painting the raisins with little brushes dipped in chocolate.
It has to be that, or maybe SAH has the correct answer. None of the other answers seem as practical.
2007-07-04 11:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by sandyblondegirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're assuming they dump the raisins into the chocolate. I think they pour the chocolate over the raisins on a flat surface or in a tub like a cement mixer so the raisins aren't still. I'm not sure. I've seen it done both ways.
2007-07-04 10:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they inject it into the raisin with a fine needle and just before the chocolate goes off they twist each rasin inside out
2007-07-04 10:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by SAH 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My guess would be that they put them on a tray with tiny holes kinda like a straining tray. Dip the tray in the chocolate, raise the tray and let the excess drip off.
2007-07-04 10:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by lemondrop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they do it by shooting the raisins with compressed air through a waterfall of chocolate, so they cool and harden by the time they land...kinda like how they get the candy coating on M&Ms
2007-07-04 10:45:07 · answer #7 · answered by moehawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing to do with the individual they treat them All the same
2007-07-04 10:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by Roger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they aren't chocolate-covered raisins you've been eating!
They are rancid pieces of hamster sh!t
2007-07-05 03:02:08 · answer #9 · answered by ilovebigtits 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'tis a dark art and if you be told they would have to kill you and cover your corpse in chocolate.
2007-07-04 10:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by Kes51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋