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How Do You Color Chocolate?

post #1 of 8
10/25/11 at 10:18am
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I want to color chocolate for the oreo cookies I am going to do and have never done it before. So I am at a lost as to where to get the different colors to use and how to do it. Any help is appreciated.
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post #2 of 8
10/25/11 at 10:20am
You have to purchase candy colors which are oil based..Wilton,Chefmaster,Americolor and Lorann sell candy colors.They must be oil based though as water based colors will seize the chocolate.
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post #3 of 8
10/25/11 at 10:33am
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After the chocolate is melted, do you add the coloring till you get the right color you want?
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post #4 of 8
10/25/11 at 10:36am
You can also use powdered colors.
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post #5 of 8
10/25/11 at 11:01am
Yes..and Leah_s is right also..You can use powdered colors too.
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post #6 of 8
10/25/11 at 2:37pm
Oil based you can just dump it, powdered you need to mix into a little chocolate (smash it against the table with your spoon or spatula to mash up the grains) then into the main mass.
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post #7 of 8
11/14/11 at 10:52am
I use powdered chocolate colours or cocoa butter based ones (for a more glossy effect). You can get these in the Home Chocolate factory, if you are based in the UK.

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post #8 of 8
11/15/11 at 4:30pm
The other option is to use colored cocoa butter. Generally what I do is cover a mold in the colored cocoa butter, then pour the tasty chocolate on top of that. Works great, and you get a better color, IMO. I get my colored stuff from Chef Rubber.
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