I would like to know if the chocolate, I melt in the double boiler, needs to be cooled before I can dip some cake balls in the chocolate. I am afraid that I am going to ruin the chocolate when I go to dip the cakeballs in the chocolate. Thanks

nooo, why would it run the chocoalte?

Doesn't the chocolate sieze if it touches anything wet. I thought the cake balls needed to be frozen.

Your OK. Nothing will happen to your chocolate I dip my cake balls as soon as the chocolate is melted...and have never had any problems. I have used guittard melts, but have recently been using Ghiradelli candy chocolate...works great!!

oh no you will be fine lol, and you actually dont want then too frozen, just firm! HTH

Thanks everyone!

I'm sorry what do you mean by tempered?? I buy the chocolate slabs that are used for candy making and chocolate dipping....like for strawberries and bananas. All I do is melt them on a double broiler and they are ready to go!! I must say that I like the regular chocolate better than the white.....the white melts pretty thin. But for $10 a slab for I believe 5 pounds its good!!

[quote="Normita"]I'm sorry what do you mean by tempered?? I buy the chocolate slabs that are used for candy making and chocolate dipping....like for strawberries and bananas. All I do is melt them on a double broiler and they are ready to go!! I must say that I like the regular chocolate better than the white.....the white melts pretty thin. But for $10 a slab for I believe 5 pounds its good!![/quote

Can I ask where you buy your chocolate?

Tempering chocolate means that you have to heat it up to a certain temperature, then let it cool, then let it heat up again. If you do it wrong, it will bloom and have white streaks through it.

Basically, I don't like worrying about tempering chocolate. I like my chocolate to be pre-tempered. So I was just wondering if the chocolate you buy is already pre-tempered?

If you don't have any white streaks on your chocolate and you don't have to heat it up, cool it down, and then heat it up - then it's already been tempered. The Wilton chocolate disks are supposed to be tempered, but mine always have white streaks.

So that's why I was asking.

Thank you so much for your help!

No, Ghiradelli chocolate does not have to be tempered. I buy my chocolate at the Ghiradelli factory/Ice cream outlet that is near my house I have not seen any other Ghiradelli outlets near by. Where do you live??

Thanks! I checked and there aren't anywhere near me. Oh well. There are some other companies around here that sell chocolate. I just thought the Ghirardelli sounded delicious!

Thanks again!