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White chocolate instead of cocoa butter on molds

Posted in: Tech Help, Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Ok thanks. I used oil colors and a few of them didn't demold correctly, so I'll try to get some powder colors.One other question: I found a site that sells cocoa butter. White chocolate is much more easily available, but if I got cocoa butter would I still have to temper it?Thanks!

White chocolate instead of cocoa butter on molds

Posted in: Tech Help, Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Thanks! I have oil-based colors. Will they work?

White chocolate instead of cocoa butter on molds

Posted in: Tech Help, Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Hello everyone!

I'm new to working with chocolate, so sorry if this is an obvious question. I'm about to get some polycarbonate molds and I want to experiment with coloring them. I understand that the usual process is to paint a small amount of colored cocoa butter into the cavities. Where I live white chocolate is much more easily available than cocoa butter. Could I paint colored white chocolate into the molds instead of cocoa butter? Do I need to temper the white chocolate if I am just using it to pain the mold?

Thanks!

updated by @Thomas T: 04/12/15 16:50:41