Candy Making
Question: I am wanting to try to start a chocolatier company. I need to try to find gourmet chocolate supplies for candy making. I am trying to find very good chocolate for truffles, turtles,and other kinds of candies. Any help would be appreciated. :)
Answer: Wilton has REALLY good chocolate.
Ann Shortt of Chocolate Belles shows how to make chocolate candies using seashell candy molds. You can use them as embellishments for your cakes ...
How to make chocolate candy
But instead of sugar plums, many of the students had visions of gloppy messes dancing in their heads.
“I've tried to make caramel before, and I've never gotten it,” one confessed.
“Last year, I tried to make honey comb, and it was a disaster,” another student lamented.
“I would like to conquer fudge,” another added.
So what's the big deal about boiling a little sugar and water? And how do you combat candy-phobia?
According to class instructor Denise Elliott, the main reason people fail at candy-making is that they don't invest in a good thermometer: the kind with a probe and a wire that connects to a digital timer and clock.
“The fear you have is because you're using a crummy thermometer,” she told the class. “A good thermometer is your bible. Don't try to do without it, and don't try using a cheap one.”
Like jam-making and other productions from the sweet kitchen, candy-making is an exacting exercise, requiring the mindset of a scientist willing to learn through trial and error.
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Candies that are home sweet home Rajan Uppal, 12, left, and her aunt Surani Kwan, both of Santa Rosa melt chocolate for a fudge recipe they made during a Santa Rosa Junior College candy making class taught by Denise Elliott. But instead of sugar plums, many of the students had visions ... |
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Colebrook Chocolate Co. opens retail store in Connellsville The decision to open a retail location for the locally owned company has followed many years of candy-making for fundraising and wholesale. "The business grew and we were busting at the seams at our original location," co-owner Susan Coleman said. ... |
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Candy Coated Dreams: Cannon's Cake and Candy Supplies Sandy Cheney, owner of Cannon's Cake and Candy Supplies, has been working in the candy and cake business for 26 years. She paid her candy making dues as a stay-at-home to two girls. “I was vice president of this and president of that,” said Cheney, ... |
Veins of chocolate
The store is named after Hammond's great-grandfather, David Wilson Hammond, who began making handmade chocolates and candies in 1885 in Bangor. Keith Hammond cut his sweet tooth in the candy business at age 5 by helping his grandparents roll taffy into ...
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Sweets From Your Kitchen: Holiday Treats and Candy Workshop With Mary Oliver ... Under Candy Maker, Mary Oliver's guidance, students will learn how to make mouthwatering and tempting sweets such as chocolate covered cherries and marshmallows, mystery fudge and other delights that can be turned into cookie cutter ornaments and gifts ... |
