Chocolate Bloom Is Not So Bad
Chocolates are normally smooth and glossy. Nevertheless, there is always a chance that you will have chocolates having white blemishes. These blemishes are known as chocolate bloom. It could actually be an indication that the chocolate was not properly stored.
Chocolate bloom is a sandy white film which is usually seen on chocolate’s surface. They may not look pretty at all, but they are usually not harmful. Bloom is the byproduct of the cocoa butter or sugar that has been drawn out to the surface.
There are two types of chocolate bloom: sugar bloom and fat bloom. Since chocolate has fat contents, a whitish gray substance would form on its surface when it gets exposed to warm temperatures for quite some time. The heat tends to pull out the cocoa butter out of the chocolate, and it causes the white pattern on the surface.
Another reason for it is humidity or cold temperatures. If you store chocolates in places with too much humidity or extremely cold ones like the fridge, and then you suddenly expose them to warm temperatures, a sugar bloom could take place. It happens because the surface of the chocolate will condense due to moisture. Sugar crystals tend to remain of the chocolate’s surface after evaporation of moisture, thus leaving a white coating.
Chocolate blooms aren’t really attractive, but it is still okay to eat it given that it is pure, and it does not contain any filling. A small chocolate bloom would not mess with the chocolaty taste, however the texture would not be as smooth.
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What is the substitute of cocoa butter and how much we should use for i1 cup of sugar for white chocolate?
Question by chhaya r: What is the substitute of cocoa butter and how much we should use for 1 cup of sugar for white chocolate?
I want to make raw white ,dark and milk chocolate at home i want to know the substitute of cocoa butter and the quantity for one cup of coco powder and one cup of sugar in white chocolate .
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Answer by 10K.BC
If you don’t have access to cocoa butter, and assuming you aren’t selling it, you can substitute butter or palm oil along with a 40% mix of bee’s wax to harden it up. Basically any saturated fat will work.
If you’re making it for sale though, most countries require you to use a minimum amount of cocoa butter in order to legally call it “chocolate.”
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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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How is white chocolate created ?
Question by rose p: How is white chocolate created ?
Does it contain any elements of ordinary chocolate’
My mother used to make “Baby hedgehogs” with a small ball of white choc coated with marzipan and sprinkled with coconut.
Rose P.
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Answer by heatherraemccoy
White chocolate isn’t really chocolate at all. It’s a mixture of the cocoa butter with sugars and milk solids. This mixture, combined with chocolate liquor (not really alcoholic- it’s just called that) makes the brown chocolate we all know and love. Chocolate, by law must contain a certain percentage of chocolate liquor to be classified as milk, semisweet, bittersweet, dark, etc.
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Q&A: Does anyone have any good white chocolate recipes?
Question by WhiteWolf359: Does anyone have any good white chocolate recipes?
I tried making “White Chocolate Brownies” from a recipe online, but they just don’t turn out right. All gooey and gross. Does anyone have any good white chocolate recipes, aside from cookies? I have a bag of Ghiarardelli White Chocolate chips and I want to make something really special for Valentine’s Day for my fiance.
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Answer by *Think Pink*
Chunky White Chocolate S’mores:
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup uncooked regular oats
3/4 cup crisp rice cereal
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 (4-ounce) bars white chocolate, broken into chunks, or 1 1/2 cups white chocolate morsels
12 large marshmallows
Beat shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; add sugars, beating well. Add egg, beating until blended.
Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a separate bowl; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating after each addition.
Stir cereal, vanilla, and white chocolate into mixture.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets; flatten with fingertips. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks to cool. Store in tins.
Place marshmallows on a long stick or skewer; toast over low heat (below 300°), 3 to 5 minutes or until golden. Place 1 marshmallow on a cookie, and top with a second cookie.
Yield: 1 dozen
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I’m trying to make “puppy chow” with white chocolate. How do I do this?
Question by : I’m trying to make “puppy chow” with white chocolate. How do I do this?
I want to make puppy chow but with white chocolate. Do i just substitute the milk chocolate with the white chocolate?
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Answer by Miz Lamb
Any chips of any flavor can be substituted for the chocolate called for in the recipe.
If you are using the chocolate bark, you can use the white bark, aka almond bark or you can use any bags of chips you may have.
I like the butterscotch chips on the “puppy chow” and some other things just as well. I also do about half in the dark chocolate for the dark lovers.
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