Question about food colouring

[tsukino_aki]

I am in a hurry to prepare a batch of dessert for Christmas party tomorrow, and for the decoration I want something green. Have anyone ever tried coloured white chocolate before? Does powder food colouring work in white chocolate? I have limited access to other types of food colouring or melted candy right now.

Thanks so much in advance for any

Comments

[teddyradiator]

I made mint choc chip fudge with white chocolate this season and I used liquid green colouring - the cheap stuff you get in the grocery store - and it worked a treat. I only needed a few drops and it looked lovely but didn't change the flavour in any way.

[patsrockmybosox]

I made chocolates last week and the food coloring won't change the taste as long as you don't go crazy. If it's white, you should be fine. I would suggest either liquid or gel food coloring though, as the powdered may cause the melted chocolate to seize up since you're basically absorbing the moisture.

[jvgymnast]

It's the liquid coloring that can make it seize, not the powdered, as far as I know. Using the kind of white chocolate intended for candy-making, rather than the regular chips will help too.

[browngirl]

I color white chocolate with gel food coloring fairly often. Try turning the powder into a slurry with a few drops of vodka (you want something fluid but with a low water content) for ease of dispersion and less risk of seizing.

[cauldroncakebkr]

Dry food color will work perfectly. Dry or oil based colors are what you should use when coloring chocolate.

In small amounts you can use the gel paste or liquid types, but should use caution as it could cause the chocolate to seize. Add small amounts of these types of color at a time. Putting a large amount in at once will cause it to seize.

If you are using candy melts (made with palm oils), rather then real white chocolate (made with cocoa butter), then you will have less chance of the chocolate seizing if you need to use liquid or gel paste colors.