Chocolate Making FAQ Page 1
- Can chocolate molds be used for hard candy?
- Is there a way to thin chocolate?
- Can your molds can be used with model magic clay?
- What's the best way to use Dusts?
- I need a shape that is only available in a lolly mold, but do not want it to be a lolly. Can I use it and not make it a lolly?
- How come you only carry one Kwanzaa chocolate mold?
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Can chocolate molds be used for hard candy?
No - hard candy making temperatures will melt chocolate molds.
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Is there a way to thin chocolate?
Yes - add Paramount Crystals.
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Can your molds can be used with model magic clay?
Yes.
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- What's the best way to use Dusts?
Most folks brush them on with a soft brush. Others mix it with confectioner's glaze.
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I need a shape that is only available in a lolly mold, but do not want it to be a lolly. Can I use it and not make it a lolly?
Yes, pour the mold but don't place a lolly stick. Once it comes out of the mold, trim any chocolate that ran into the stick slot away with a sharp knife.
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- How come you only carry one Kwanzaa
chocolate mold?
Oddly enough, to the best of our knowledge it it the only Kwanzaa chocolate mold on the market. If we find more we will add them.
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