Can you melt chocolate chips or chocolate bars then cool them into one big bar?
Question by Katy Noe: Can you melt chocolate chips or chocolate bars then cool them into one big bar?
If i can do that how would i let it cool? Is there a certain type of chocolate i need? How would i melt it? I’m doing this for a class project. I am making it look like chocolate “tree bark”. I was planning on carving in the wood design once it was cooled. Thank you for your help if you answer!
Best answer:
Answer by Nikki Davidson
I’d melt the chips and spread it evenly over some wax paper. Regular chocolate chips work just fine (I have done something similar before), but some grocery stores and craft stores also sell special melting chips that melt more easily.
If you really want a “tree bark” look, buy some dark chocolate chips and some milk chocolate chips. Melt them separately and then swirl them together slightly before you spread it out. It’ll have different tones of brown in it, making it look even more like real wood
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Trying to bake chocolate chip cookies and may have run into a snag. Help!?
Question by tomlawbcs: Trying to bake chocolate chip cookies and may have run into a snag. Help!?
The making of the dough was not a problem. But I thought me and my daughter could make “decorative” Christmas cookies out of chocolate chip dough. I see now that this may be a problem.
Anyway, we have a boot-star-tree and do we use the ornaments to put the dough in and then leave them on while we cook the cookies or remove the ornaments?
I guess it all could work. But I can see now why sugar cookies and the like are more common for decorative cookies…
Best answer:
Answer by Emma
The cookies are going to spread and distort the shape you’re looking to create. You could bake the cookies by pressing all the dough into a baking sheet and then cutting the shape you want after they’ve cooked and cooled slightly. You can then outline and decorate the shape with some stiff frosting to make it more clear what the shape is.
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How long can I store chocolate I’ve melted and formed into molded pieces?
Question by Allison H: How long can I store chocolate I’ve melted and formed into molded pieces?
I am making “chocolate leaves” for my wedding but I want to get them done when I have the time (i.e., now as opposed to a few days before the wedding). I am assuming I will need to freeze these. The molds are detailed and we’ll be piping another color on top just before wrapping and getting them out to the wedding. So how long can I store my leaves for and in what kind of container situation?
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Doc Hudson
Personally I’d wait a while I’d wait quite a while before I started making those leaves.
Sometimes frozen chocolate discolors from the freezing. I’d suggest that you not store them more than a month, and if possible I’d story them in a refrigerator or at room temperature rather than in the freezer.
If you don’t freeze them, you won’t have to thaw them and risk melting.
Good Luck.
doc
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