Chocolate help

[vomitxx]

I'm planning on making chocolates for Halloween. I wanted to make some chocolate suckers and truffles.

Does anyone know if there is anything vegan I can use to color white chocolate? I want to make the suckers like there and I thought they would look better colored like that

Comments

[plaidpineapple]

Vegan white chocolate exists? (!!!)

[vomitxx]

Yes! Theses are the kinds that I have seen online.

http://www.pangeaveg.com/index.html?stocknumber=809

http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=vegane&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=13561427&Count2=930701851&Keyword=white+chocolate&Target=products.asp&Submit1.x=0&Submit1.y=0

http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=vegane&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=13561427&Count2=930701851&Keyword=white+chocolate&Target=products.asp&Submit1.x=0&Submit1.y=0

Mmm. I want some.

[vomitxx]

Theses? Hah. Sorry, THESE*

[nymphatacita]

They're good, too. I've only made macadamia cookies with them, though, so I can't comment on the lollipops.

[confusedreality]

actually it is possible in the microwave without scorching, just veeeery slowly and on low heat.

[weizenwind]

The trick to getting nice hard chocolate is by tempering it. Unfortunately, I've never really learned how to do that (it involves paying careful attention to the temperature of the chocolate as you melt it), but if you google it or check a cookbook like Joy of Cooking you'll find plenty of tutorials.

[supercarrot]

yeah, if you want the chocolate to be soft, all you have to do is melt it completely. (and then also refrigerate it once it's in the molds to keep it from cooling slowly and forming some sort of structure.)

it's the unmelted particles that create a foundation for a nice hard (essentially "crystallized") structure, but if you melt it all the way, there is no structure to build on.

as for coloring, just don't use water based colors. (chocolate gets gross when exposed to a tiny bit of water. it's called "seizing") i haven't tried the wilton pastes, but i don't see why they wouldn't work. i don't think the glycerine would do anything too bad.

as for the truffles, check the truffles tag. there's a really nice and easy recipe using blended cashews that i highly recommend.
found it!
http://community.livejournal.com/vegancooking/2281838.html

[web_kitten]

supercarrot tells the truth!

also, you can get powdered food colorings. add them to the chocolate or paint them on with a little oil. have fun!

[vomitxx]

Oh! That's a great idea, painting them on with oil. I'll have to look for powdered food coloring.

[vomitxx]

Thank you so much! That helps a lot. :D