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amother
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 Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:47 pm
Hi
Any tips greatly appreciated please!
Tried coloring melted white chocolate with assorted colors but keeps going grainy not a nice smooth color.
I don't have special oil based chocolate food colors or powders.
I tried a few of the online tips like mixing with oil etc but none seem to work!
I'm talking about melted chocolate like to dip pretzels for example.
My food colors are concentrated pastes or gels.
Thank you!!
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amother
Saddlebrown
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:48 pm
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I wonder if putting the coloring in with the oil would make a difference...
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amother
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:52 pm
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The issue is that water and oil don't mix. Chocolate is fat. Gel food coloring is water. Thus the problem. Either buy colored chocolate in the color you need or buy the oil based food coloring.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:53 pm
| amother Saddlebrown wrote: | | I wonder if putting the coloring in with the oil would make a difference... |
Yes tried that , didn't help, thank you
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amother
Topaz
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:57 pm
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They sell colored chocolate melts.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 5:57 pm
| amother Burgundy wrote: | | The issue is that water and oil don't mix. Chocolate is fat. Gel food coloring is water. Thus the problem. Either buy colored chocolate in the color you need or buy the oil based food coloring. |
Thank you, yes I understand this but I see online there are ways to combat this.
I can't buy colored chocolate and I'm not sure what is the correct food coloring - do you have any recommendations?
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Colorpop
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 6:00 pm
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I think there is a way to do this by melting the chocolate and then putting in the food coloring and mixing with an immersion blender. I haven’t actually tried it myself yet.
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amother
Dimgray
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 6:01 pm
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White chocolate chips are pretty finicky. If you have white baking chocolate bars that might work better or I just do not colored chocolate and dip in colored sprinkles.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 6:38 pm
Thanks.
Yes I'm using bars not chocolate chips.
I can't get colored melts or chocolate, need to use the white bars and color them myself.
Would love if someone's actually done this or has experience with this and could help, rather than trial and error.
Thanks all 
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Busybee5
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 6:49 pm
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Why can't you use the coloured chocolate melts?
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amother
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 7:24 pm
| Busybee5 wrote: | | Why can't you use the coloured chocolate melts? |
They are not kosher where I live.
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amother
Saddlebrown
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 7:32 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | Yes tried that , didn't help, thank you |
Before melting?
Also do you use liquid colouring,
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groovy1224
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 7:37 pm
| amother OP wrote: | Thanks.
Yes I'm using bars not chocolate chips.
I can't get colored melts or chocolate, need to use the white bars and color them myself.
Would love if someone's actually done this or has experience with this and could help, rather than trial and error.
Thanks all |
In my experience, all the tricks that are on Google don't work with kosher (aka pareve) chocolate. You can really only use oil based food coloring, and even those don't always work very smoothly.
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asmileaday
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Mon, Feb 19 2024, 8:05 pm
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I've colored white chocolate bars many times (only tried with pareve). I have liquid food coloring drops. It’s super concentrated, only need 2-3 drops. It doesn't affect texture at all.
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