Help! the pretzels in my chocolate bars are cracking the bar when cooled

mike johnson
@mike-johnson
02/17/13 03:27:51PM
6 posts

I use a thicker bar mold (3.2 ozs), so that the nuts & pretzels can settle a bit. I warm my molds, deposit, vibrate, put in cooler at 50 till released. room temp is 70 humidity 50.


updated by @mike-johnson: 04/17/15 12:39:19PM
Renee Shuman2
@renee-shuman2
02/20/13 03:55:49PM
5 posts

The problem may be that your pretzels are not the same temperature as your liquid chocolate. Try warming them a bit with a hair dryer before depositing them. Just make sure they don't get too hot and cause your chocolate to lose its temper.

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