On Apr 2, 11:30 am, "Buddy's Girl" > wrote:
> the work I do in the food processor is a little like panning - and I would
> rather eat chocolate than food grade wax
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> Ellyn M."Chembake" > wrote in message
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> > On Mar 27, 9:55 am, "Buddy's Girl" > wrote:
> >> This may sound weird...but I have had success using chocolate centers and
> >> then coating with thin sugar syrup mixed with melted chocolate.
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> >> I create the centers in a mold and then create slightly larger versions
> >> in a
> >> pan of cornstarch.
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> >> Make a syrup and then stir in 2-3 T chocolate.
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> >> I Pour a little in to each cornstarch "mold" carefully place a chocolate
> >> center in and then spoon a little on top.
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> >> After the candy hardens and I remove from the cornstarch I toss in a food
> >> processor with only the kneading blade and some melter cocoa butter and
> >> powdered food color
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> >> I have been able to make candies as small as the large M&Ms this way -
> >> shell
> >> is a little thicker than the original, but I did not wish to purchase
> >> anything that I could not purchase at a local shop.
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> >> Ellyn M."Nika" > wrote in message
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> >> > I've always wondered if a Belgian chocolate version of m&m's has ever
> >> > or can be made. I looked in rec.food.chocolate's history, and the only
> >> > reference to the making of the candy shell is that is contains an
> >> > ingredient derived from the lac beetle...confectioners shellac. I'd
> >> > love to be able to construct my own little fancy m&m's, but I fear the
> >> > candy coating process must be complicated. Anybody have any ideas how
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> > M&Ms type multicolored lenticular shaped sweets are coated through
> > the panning process where the final coating contains some form of
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so why did you want to make M&M like delicacies if you abhor edible
wax?
Besides the coating is just a few microns thin.....just to make it
glossy and makes it more attractive....