Chocolate dipping tips

Stella Parks (aka BraveTart) shares how and when she melts chocolate for the best results.

Dipping wonderful goodies like cookies, fudge, roasted nuts or candied ginger in chocolate is easy. You just have to learn the technique and then practice

One of the topics I see come up the most often in my comments has to do with melting chocolate. Chocolate that’s too thick. Chocolate that’s too runny. Chocolate challenges. Why is my chocolate so thick? How do I think out my chocolate? Why isn’t my chocolate setting up? These are very common questions. I am NOT an expert and...

Learn how to temper chocolate using your microwave with this easy guide. You'll have beautiful, shiny tempered chocolate in no time!

Learn How to Dip Candy in Chocolate without crying! Make dipped chocolates and chocolate truffles easily using this dipping method.

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Temper chocolate to get wonderful shiny chocolate that snaps. You can do it easily att home without a thermometer - here's an easy guide!

Rich, smooth easy chocolate sauce recipe just 3 ingredients + 90 seconds. Drizzle over ice cream and cakes, dip fruits, decorate drinks & more!

Though chocolate-dipped foods might usually be associated with mid-February, I find that logic flawed. You should be making, eating, and thinking about chocolate all year! And as for using chocolate to express love and affection? Let's all make a note to do that all year, too. After all, it's always a good time to whip up a batch of homemade chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Chocolate is an intriguing food--solid in the package but melting on the tongue . . . and your fingers . . . and your napkin . . . and the skirt you just had dry-cleaned. To make a no-melt chocolate coating (perhaps best described as less-melt), you need to employ a technique called tempering.