I am thinking of a small business for making fruit baskets;I want to dip strawberries in choclate but don't know where to buy choclate for melting.Do these choclates have any specific name?
2007-12-06 03:00:40 · 6 answers · asked by melody 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
you can buy chocolate bark squares at the supermarket near the baking items
2007-12-06 03:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sell them at michael's or any craft store. Try Wilton.com
or you can just melt down milk chocolate chips with a little bit of butter. But, the wilton chocolate discs that they sell are probably the best chocolate i have ever tasted. I have made countless items with them for baby showers and birthdays. The chocolate really holds up. Just becareful when coloring the chocolate.
I have a huge problem when i color white chocolate , red. The red gel food coloring just HATES me lol so instead, i buy the Red colored chocolate heh.
Good luck! , i love making gift baskets. Maybe you can give me a link when you finally have it up and running.
2007-12-06 11:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by AngryFalafel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't remember the name of them now, but they're shaped like a flat disc, about the size of a quarter. I used to get a bag of them from a large craft store, like Michael's. Those craft stores have whole aisles dedicated to baking, cake decorating, and candy making. They're the best for melting and coating.
2007-12-06 11:18:07 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are just called chocolate squares and you melt them down. Most grocery stores have them. I'm not sure where to find them in bulk - sorry! You can also use the chocolate chips and melt those down. It is the melting you need to be careful with - not too hot and in a double broiler pot.
2007-12-06 11:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by ima-bratt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chefgril- you are thinking of Wilton Candy Melts...
These are good for people making these types of things from home, but i wouldn't reccomend using them in a business....I would go for something more high quality....There are other kinds of Candy Melts...as my local cake decorating shop sells Candy Melts from a private person...
If you are going to be using mass quaitites of chocolate...i would look into buying it in bulk, but to make sure its a good quality of chocolate...
any block chocolate should be fine to use, just not like candy bar chocolate, or chocolate chip chocolate...these are a diff formula of chocolate, that aren't ideal for melting.
2007-12-06 11:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by SaMi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use good quality choc (75% Cocoa butter or above).
2007-12-06 11:13:00 · answer #6 · answered by Derk P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋