I have tried making modeling chocolate (white) a few times now and it always comes out the same- A slightly greasy, slighly crumbly mass of my failure to combine two simple ingredients. What magical wizardry do I need to perform to make this stuff workable? I was using 40oz white chocolate to 8oz corn syrup.
First of all, you're using too much corn syrup. My recipe is 24 oz white chocolate to 1/3 cup of corn syrup. Most recipes on the internet call for almost twice the amount of corn syrup you need. Second, when you have your melted chocolate and corn syrup mixed, turn it out onto waxed paper on your counter. As soon as it's cool enough to handle, start kneading the excess oil out of it. It will be crumbly at first, but the more you knead it, the better it will get. It will smooth out and be beautiful. (Warning: it's really messy.)
At this point, treat it just like fondant - - don't refrigerate it. Cover it with shortening and put in an air-tight container. Let it rest for several hours or overnight. When you get ready to use it, you might have to microwave it for a few seconds to soften at first, but when you start kneading it, it will work just fine.
I cover all my cakes with modeling chocolate because it tastes so much better. If I make something that needs to hold its shape, I'll mix it 50/50 with fondant. I've found that it doesn't affect the taste much at all.
Hope this helps.
I use modeling chocolate for sculpting all the time. In the first place, I always use Wilton Candy Melts, not real chocolate. I started out using Shana McGreevy's recipe, but have gradually decreased to portion of corn syrup to candy melts. I now use 36 ounces of white candy melts to 3/4 cup white corn syrup.
This video of Shana's gives detailed instructions on how to mix, rest, knead and store modeling chocolate. I have never had a fail using her method.
1st batch- I deceased the amount of corn syrup and it still ended up separating pretty badly.
2nd batch- I got to thinking that 40 min on a youtube microwave is really about twice the time it takes to heat stuff in my MW. This batch work out perfectly!!!!! Thanks for all the help!
I swear by Wicked Goodies modelling chocolate recipes. Never failed me.
I swear by Wicked Goodies modelling chocolate recipes. Never failed me.
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