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Sugar Work By enoid Updated 13 Oct 2011 , 1:57am by SweetDreams_DK

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enoid Posted 10 Oct 2011 , 11:13pm
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If I melt candy bars do they need tempering or are they already tempered?

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dchockeyguy Posted 11 Oct 2011 , 2:55pm
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If you mean like a Hershey's bar, they have things other than just plain chocolate in them. I would not use those for anything requiring tempering.

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SweetDreams_DK Posted 11 Oct 2011 , 3:23pm
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Depends on what you mean by "candy bars". Some really good chocolate comes in the form of small bars, and yes, they would need tempering.

To test it, just melt one down, smear a small amount on a piece of parchment paper and lay it on the counter to set up. If there are any grey streaks after it hardens (cocoa butter that's separated from the solids), then it needs tempering.

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enoid Posted 12 Oct 2011 , 12:45am
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I want to use them to cover cake truffles.

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imagenthatnj Posted 12 Oct 2011 , 12:59am
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Are you talking about candy melts? Like the Wilton candy melts people use for their cake pops?

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SweetDreams_DK Posted 12 Oct 2011 , 1:59am
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I want to use them to cover cake truffles.




The question is "what's them?". What brand of candy bars are you talking about specifically?

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enoid Posted 13 Oct 2011 , 12:10am
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I have Hershey, Dove, and one I had never heard of before "Ritter Sport Gold Edition milk chocolate with fine trinitario cocoa". Sorry I am so slow in responding but only have access to the computer for about 2 hours a day.

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ILoveDaffodils Posted 13 Oct 2011 , 12:36am
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I used melted Dove candy for the cake in my photos with the chocolate bows. The side of the cake is also wrapped in chocolate. I didn't have to temper it. I don't know about the other candy you mentioned - Dove is the only one I tried. HTH

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SweetDreams_DK Posted 13 Oct 2011 , 1:57am
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Hershey Ingredients: SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, MILK FAT, LACTOSE, SOY LECITHIN, PGPR, VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, AND MILK

Dove (dark) Ingredients: SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (sugar, chocolate, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavors).

Ritter Sport milk chocolate Ingredients: Sugar, cocoa butter, cream powder (13%), cocoa mass (45% cocoa), milk powder (5%), sweet whey powder, lactose, butterfat, emulsifier: lecithin (soy), natural vanilla.

My guess is that the emulsifiers will prevent the need to temper.

Here's the ingredients in a standard Callebaut milk chocolate bar (which for sure needs tempering): milk chocolate (cocoa butter, powdered whole milk, organic
cane sugar, cocoa mass).

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