Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › Candy Making & Pulled Sugar / Blown Sugar › dying white chocolate
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

dying white chocolate

post #1 of 6
7/30/12 at 8:20pm
Thread Starter 
I am going to make butterflies out of melting wafers. I know liquid food coloring doesn't work for the white chocolate, but can I use gel color or do I need to use the special candy coloring? Thanks!
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 6
7/30/12 at 9:17pm
You can't use the gel coloring either, as it is water based. Only the oil based candy colors will work.

You can use water based food colors for modeling chocolate/candy clay though. Just knead it in after the clay has set up, similar to coloring fondant.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 6
7/31/12 at 12:23pm
You can also use powdered colors and a product by Americolor, Flo-coat, allows you to use your gel colors, as well.

Rae
I love you, but your emergency is not my crisis!

They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.--Terry Pratchett (b.194
Reply
I love you, but your emergency is not my crisis!

They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.--Terry Pratchett (b.194
Reply
post #4 of 6
9/28/12 at 7:42pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sassyzan

You can't use the gel coloring either, as it is water based. Only the oil based candy colors will work.

You can use water based food colors for modeling chocolate/candy clay though. Just knead it in after the clay has set up, similar to coloring fondant.




Thank you Sassyzan for the info regarding white chocolate and oil based candy color. The white chocolate I have tried to dye in the past never turned out well, now I know why! Can you recommend a good brand of oil based candy color? I would love to be able to dye white chocolate for candy Christmas decorations.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 6
9/29/12 at 1:29am
Why not just buy the colored wafers? The have just about all colors available.
Dora Moreno
If you work with your hands you're a laborer. If you work with your hands and your mind you're a craftsman. If you work with your hands, your mind and your heart, you're an artist
Reply
Dora Moreno
If you work with your hands you're a laborer. If you work with your hands and your mind you're a craftsman. If you work with your hands, your mind and your heart, you're an artist
Reply
post #6 of 6
9/29/12 at 2:21am
Blakescakes is correct - use powdered colors or use your gel colors along with americolor flocoat - it prevents the gel colors from seizing up the chocolate. That way you aren't limited to the candy colors.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
Cake Central › Cake Forums › Cake Talk › Candy Making & Pulled Sugar / Blown Sugar › dying white chocolate