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!
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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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Can you substitute bittersweet chocolate chips for semisweet chocolate chips?
Question by Wally West: Can you substitute bittersweet chocolate chips for semisweet chocolate chips?
Im making a cake and I just found out we don’t have semisweet chocolate chips. Can I use bittersweet chocolate chips instead?
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Answer by Macchiato Junkie
Bittersweet is not as sweet as semi sweet so the cake will have a more adult appeal, otherwise there is no reason you couldn’t use the bittersweet chips. BTW-do not try to compensate for the sweetness by adding more sugar to the cake-this will make the chips seem even less sweet. You can, however, reduce the sugar in the cake by 1/4 cup which will make the difference not so noticeable.
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can you use white chocolate chips in place of the vanilla melting discs?
Question by bookluvr315: can you use white chocolate chips in place of the vanilla melting discs?
I have a recipe that calls for the melting discs (the ones you use to make like candies and “chocolate” lollipops but I cant find them at any of the stores around here, so can I use like the white chocolate chips instead?
the vanilla discs are also referred to as “candy melts”
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Answer by cookingkay1955
The chips are not made to harden like the melts I have used chips to coat pretzels but it doesn’t harden as well.
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Substituting 3 tbsp. of chocolate chips with cocoa powder?
Question by At a deadlock: Substituting 3 tbsp. of chocolate chips with cocoa powder?
I’m making “chocolate cake in a mug”. I only have cocoa as my source of chocolate. The recipe already calls for 3 tbsp. of cocoa, so could adding more harm it? If not, how much and with what else (like oil) would need to be a decent substitute for the chocolate chips?
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Answer by BuddhaTea
Sorry but I think this substitution is a really bad idea. The cake will just not turn out remotely as it should. If you really don’t want to go out & buy some chocolate (a candy bar will do), then I think you should just make something else.
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Q&A: How to make melting chocolate (like the chocolate chips) out of cocoa powder?
Question by Lorie: How to make melting chocolate (like the chocolate chips) out of cocoa powder?
I am trying to figure out how to use cocoa powder to make a meltable chocolate. Like the kind you melt the chocolate chip to make chocolate covered pretzels or cherries etc.
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Answer by karat4top
I don’t think you can make that kind of chocolate from cocoa. I can’t get to my substitution information at the moment, but I remember in my Betty Crocker Cookbook there was a way to combine cocoa powder with oil and other stuff to make a similar consistency to melted chocolate of some type. Perhaps check the Betty Crocker site for substitutions? I don’t think you can get it to a consistency to dip anything in, because then it wouldn’t harden.
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