Candy Melts
Each person is responsible for handing in 2 filled candies
What are candy melts?
Imitation chocolate that has shortening instead of
cocoa butter
they do not need to be tempered
Making a filled chocolate
Choose a deep candy mold
Put your name on it
Carefully melt the chocolate ( not all of the bag!)
Making a filled chocolate
Put a small amount of chocolate
in the bottom of the candy mold
. Using a spatula or the back of a spoon,
push the chocolate up onto the sides of
the mold to form a shell
Place the mold in the refrigerator
. When chocolate is set, put a small amount of filling
(caramel, butter cream or coconut cream )in the mold
Make sure the filling does not go up over the edge of
the mold!
. Pour chocolate over top of the
filling and smooth back with a
hot icing spatula
Set in refrigerator
Press chocolate out of the
mold and trim edges with a
paring knife
Take a picture with your ipad
and show me for a grade
How will it be graded?
Smooth back- 3 points
Clean sides- 2 points
Over-all- 3 points
What if…
my candy breaks when I’m taking it out of the mold
eat it and make another one
My chocolate is over cooked or dried out ( this may be because
you added too much food coloring)
try adding a small amount of vegetable shortening
Someone steals my candy
find it, if you put it in your bin at the end of the period, someone in the
class has it
I run out of chocolate?
you did not use it wisely, hopefully there is more in the front of the room,
if not maybe someone will give you some