I recently purchased a 10# bar of white chocolate and a 10# bar of milk chocolate from a local cake decorating store. After I used a few molds to make candy for a baby shower I tasted some of the chocolate and both kinds tasted a little waxy. Almost like an aftertaste. Could I have done something wrong when I melted the chocolate? Could it be a "cheaper" type of chocolate and that is why it tasted like this? The bars cost me $25.00 each and I hate to waste what I have left. Any suggestions how I could save it and make it taste better?

I'm new to making chocolates, so I am wondering if there is some type of rating scale that you can check for when purchasing chocolate so you can tell the quality of it?

Thanks for your help!
Ang

Was it real chocolate or melting chocolate? You can tell on the packaging, the melting doesn't require tempering because it isn't real chocolate and it does have wax in it.

I don't know. It wasn't in any type of package that had writing on it. It was in a plastic bag and then wrapped in butcher's paper. They have always told me that it does not need to be tempered. I guess that means it is melting chocolate. Can you recommend someone to purchase real chocolate from? Maybe from somewhere online. How can I tell the difference when purchasing? Are there any key words to look for that I may not be familiar with?

Thank you sooo much for letting me pick your brain!

The words bark or melts are a giveaway as to not being real chocolate, that and it saying that you don't need to temper. You need to look for stuff that says it's real chocolate or has a cocoa butter percentage. The problem with real chocolate is tempering it, that's a pain so I only use it for really special stuff.
Most cake supply websites that deal in candy molds will have at least the melts.