Sunday, April 18, 2004
Making filled candy
For instance: chocolate candy with cinnamon buttercream icing as filling
I had some leftover cinnamon buttercream icing from having made too much for a cake, so I decided to try using it as filling for chocolate cups.
I didn’t want to use an entire icing bag, since I didn’t have *that* much left over, so I put about half a cup into a sealable sandwich bag and cut off one end to squeeze the icing out.
The rest is pretty simple.
Thus spoke Lorena on 04/18/04 at 06:50 AM in Crafts, Candy
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Saturday, April 17, 2004
Lollipops in mugs
Candy gift ideas
One way to dress up your candy is to put them into coffee mugs; matching either the candy to the mug, or the mug to the person recieving the gift, can be challanging yet fun.
Thus spoke Lorena on 04/17/04 at 06:51 AM in Crafts, Candy
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How to make chocolate candy
...in five easy steps…
Step one is to melt the chocolate. You can be fancy and use a double boiler and a thermometer, or you can do what I do and melt them in the microwave. When it’s gushy, it’s the right temp. If it’s lumpy, it’s not the right temp. If it crystalizes and gets very hard, you’ve gone too far. You want to be able to mix it up with a spoon, and use the spoon to glop the chocolate into the molds. When melting in the microwave, heat one minute at a time. Trust me, do not do more than one minute without checking it!
Where to buy chocolate: I am not lucky enough to live in a town with a candy supply store, so I have to resort to getting Wilton Chocolate at my local Michaels. They also sell Wilton molds. There are also some fabulous websites out there which sell some great funky molds; my favorite of which is Sugarcraft.
These are basic tools I use for making candy: candy discs in mircowavable containers, small spoons, paintbrushes, and molds.
Thus spoke Lorena on 04/17/04 at 06:49 AM in Crafts, Candy
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