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Use regular Wilton gel coloring for candy melts??

post #1 of 9
11/11/11 at 4:38am
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I am sure this has been answered before...I just can't find it this morning!

Can you use regular Wilton gel coloring in candy melts??

I am making cake pops and running out of the colored melts.

Thanks!!
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post #2 of 9
11/11/11 at 5:25am
I have added color to candy melts before(americolor gel)and it was fine.
HTH
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post #3 of 9
11/11/11 at 5:48am
I only use the colors for candy. My attempt at using icing colors was a disaster.

Vonda
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post #4 of 9
11/11/11 at 5:56am
Candy melts/chocolate are oil-based and regular gel colors are water-based. Adding regular gel colors will cause the melts the "seize" which will make the candy melts lumpy and unworkable.
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post #5 of 9
11/11/11 at 6:45am
i have used regular white chocolate and coloured that with regular wilton paste colours and it was fine, the cake pops in my pics were coloured this way no problem with the chocolate splitting. hth
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post #6 of 9
11/11/11 at 12:12pm
I've used water-based color 2 ways with my modeling chocolate: 1-added to the light corn syrup before mixing with the chocolate; 2-put directly on modeling chocolate after it was made and kneaded it in.
Both worked fine for me.
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post #7 of 9
11/11/11 at 2:53pm
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Thanks all for your thoughts!

I may take a little bit and add a little of the gel and see what happens.
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post #8 of 9
11/11/11 at 3:55pm
I just add a little vegetable oil to the water based colors and it works perfect. Good Luck!!
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post #9 of 9
12/7/12 at 12:45pm

if you mixed a water based colorant into oil, it would make sense that you'd color the oil, but the water could be allowed to evaporate, right?
 

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