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How to Melt Chocolate Chips (3 Easy Ways)

Max — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 06:12:35 +0000

Learn How to Melt Chocolate Chips for baking, dripping, drizzling, and coating, with no special equipment required. Following these expert tips, your chocolate will be smooth and glossy rather than charred and lumpy (yes, you can burn chocolate!). For more expert tutorials, check out my guides to melting any type of chocolate and making boxed...

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How to Temper Chocolate at Home (3 Ways, Step-by-Step)

Max — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 20:28:07 +0000

Tempering chocolate is an essential skill for any chocolate lover or aspiring home baker. This is more than just melting chocolate; it involves heating and cooling the liqud chocolate to give it a glossy, smooth consistency that sets flawlessly in whatever you choose to use it. Once mastered, the art of tempering can be used...

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How to Melt Chocolate (7 Simple Methods)

Max — Tue, 30 May 2023 21:20:50 +0000

Learn from 10+ years of experience in How to Melt Chocolate for dipping, drizzling and baking, with no clumping or burning chocolate! This article covers the many different methods to melt chocolate step-by-step, allowing you to choose the approach that works best for your kitchen setup and skill level. For more expert tutorials, check out...

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Couverture Chocolate vs Compound Chocolate (Main Differences)

Max — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:03:18 +0000

Did you know that besides the three basic types of chocolate, dark, milk, and white, a distinction needs to be made between couverture chocolate and compound chocolate? One is considered to be real chocolate, while the other isn't— and one of them can also survive hotter climates for much longer. The main difference is in...

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How to Store Chocolate For Freshness (Expert's Tips)

Max — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 05:55:28 +0000

The key to long-term chocolate storage boils down to just two things: heat & water. While chocolate can't go bad, for the most part, it can taste markedly less good. Chocolate is best stored in cool ambient temperatures to keep it from developing fat bloom or melting, and in dry locations to keep it from interacting...

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