Can I melt Hersheys morsels to dip cookies in?!
Answers: or is that just a mess? Will it harden? Or not enough?
Melt with some shortening (this will help the chocolate harden) and the stick the dipped cookies in the friedge for a while.
you can, but enough/not enough will depend on how much chocolate, how many cookies.
if doing it on the stove, you'll need a double boiler, you don't want the chocolate to be directly over the flame.
you can also do this is in a glass bowl w/ the microwave
There are some tricks to successfully melting chocolate. Whether you are working with dark, semisweet, milk, or white chocolate, here are some tips to follow.
Never allow any water to come in contact with the melting chocolate, unless the chocolate is being melted in a large amount of water (2 tablespoons water per ounce of chocolate is the minimum amount). Just a drop or two of water can make the chocolate seize up, or become hard and lumpy. Even the steam from the bottom of a double boiler can cause this problem. Make sure to keep the chocolate dry as it melts. If it does seize, you can blend in a teaspoon of vegetable oil (NOT butter or margarine) and the chocolate should smooth out.
Chocolate should only be melted over low heat. The microwave is a good appliance to use because the cooking time is so controlled. If you stand there at the stove and stir constantly, you can melt chocolate in a pan set over very low heat. A double boiler (watch out for condensation) is a good method; make sure the water in the bottom is barely simmering.
White chocolate or vanilla milk chips are the most difficult to melt. Too much heat will make this type of chocolate seize.
To melt chocolate bars in a microwave, first coarsely chop the chocolate. Place in a microwave safe bowl and heat on 50% power for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave and stir. Continue this process until the chocolate is almost melted. Then stir until the chocolate is smooth.
Melt chocolate chips just like chopped bars. To make a dipping chocolate for coating candies, when the chocolate is almost melted add 1/4 cup more chips and stir constantly until the mixture is smooth. This will help set up sugar crystals so the chocolate stays firm at room temperature.
This helped me when I went to melt my chocolate for cookies and candies.....I didnt have a problem with it hardening. When put on my candies and cookies it did fine.......I hope this helps.
I dont see why not, chocolate is chocolate. Nothing with chocolate will ever taste bad!
I do however, recommend the double boiler method even though the microwave seems easier. You will get evenly melted chocolate with no crystals.
yeah you can
They have speical pots that you can melt the chocolate in
its acually like 2 pots the bottem on has boiling water in it and the top on you put the chocolate in. you can get them at almost any store that sells pots and pans!
you could also melt it in the microwave but it doesnt work as good!
yes you can, try dipping one half white chocolate and one half dark chcolate.
combine with a little cream to make a ganache[that's what truffles are made of]vary the amount of cream to vary the consistency;it goes without saying to use a "double boiler",don't use microwave.warm cream first, add choco a bit at a time till it's just the way u want it[great for milkshakes as well]