Shine On Chocolate?
by Penny
(London, Ontario, Canada)
HOW DO YOU GET A SHINE ON CHOCOLATE DIPPED STRAWBERRIES?
Thank you for the awesome help in storing almond bark with cranberries. Now, I have another question...
I want to dip strawberries in chocolate but never seem to get a shine on them, how do you get the shine in the chocolate. I have been using Merkins chocolate and melting it and then dipping the strawberry. Is there something I'm missing?
Thanks again for your help, just love this site.
~Penny
Hi Penny,
Glad to be of help. Thanks for your kind words about the site, too. :)
There are different ways to get shiny chocolate. The most time consuming way to make chocolate shiny is to
temper the chocolate. Tempering gives the chocolate a sharper crack and a shinier appearance.
You can also usually get the chocolate to shine just by adding a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the chocolate when melting. In fact, quite often people use paraffin wax for the same purpose - about 1 tablespoon does the trick.
Try one of those suggestions and see how they turn out. Let me know!
~Angie