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Default getting chocolate to harden

John Kane wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2:31 pm, cathy > wrote:
>> My brother made macaroons yesterday and wanted to dip them into
>> chocolate so he melted some chocolate chips and dipped them into
>> that, but of course the chocolate stayed soft. What do you need to
>> do to melted chocolate so that it'll harden like a shell after you
>> dip a cookie into it?
>>
>> Cathy

>
> Paraffin wax IIRC, but I've never done it myself


No.

You need to use couverture, and you need to temper it. Generally, though,
the chocolate on dipped items tends to have less "snap" than molded shells.