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Extra Income Through
Chocolate Making - Part V
Materials

By Bob Sherman

Welcome to part five of this series. In this segment I will discuss chocolate making materials for launching your business.

Chocolate

The starting point here is obviously the chocolate. Since my expertise is in molding and creating unique and tasty treats using chocolate coatings, that is what I advocate using, however I'll touch on the other option and explain the difference as well.

Coatings
Years ago chocolate bars were made less heat sensitive by adding paraffin wax to the coating chocolate. This practice was banned several decades ago and the chocolate industry had to develop a heat resistant chocolate that didn't contain non food products. The result is what are now referred to as coatings which have replaced the relatively soft fat of cocoa butter with a firmer fat.

By definition chocolate must contain both cocoa butter and chocolate liqueur to be called chocolate. Coatings are basically chocolate without the cocoa butter and chocolate liqueur so this is why they have names like rainbow lite, rainbow dark, etc...

Coatings have a major advantage over chocolate though - they do not need to be tempered. This makes them a zillion times easier to work with. As for flavor, a quality coating tastes as good or better than most commonly available chocolate bars although if you are into gourmet chocolate it falls short.

Within the category of coatings there are several brands on the market, but most coating users (including myself) prefer Mercken's coatings. They have a great taste and consistent quality they will not disappoint you.

Coatings are available in milk, dark, white, and a variety of colors (colors are white chocolate flavor). Additionally they are sometimes offered in peanut butter flavor, butterscotch, and sugar free.

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Author: Bob Sherman

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