The Best Dipping/Coating Chocolate Ever!
- 12 ounces chocolate, chopped into small pieces. (Any type will do, although I am partial to Hershey's Milk Chocolate)
- 2 ounces canning paraffin wax, like Gulf Wax (about 1/2 bar)
- Chop the paraffin into small pieces.
- Melt the paraffin in the microwave, or on top of a double-boiler.
- (This takes quite a while, so be patient.
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- When the paraffin is melted, add the chocolate.
- Stir all together.
- If using the microwave, continue heating for 1-minute intervals, using 50% power, until everything is well-blended.
- Be sure to stir your mixture between 1-minute heatings.
- If using a double-boiler, stir the chocolate/paraffin mixture constantly until fully mixed.
- Dip marshmallows, nuts, dried fruit, cookies, pretzels, or whatever you like.
- Fresh fruits should be at the peak of ripeness.
- After rinsing your fresh fruit, you need to be sure it's patted completely dry.
- (Chocolate will not cling to wet fruit.
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- After dipping, place on a waxed-paper lined cookie-sheet and allow to harden.
- 15 minutes to 1 hour, depending on ambient temperature.
chocolate, paraffin wax
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/the-best-dipping-coating-chocolate-ever-282722 (may not work)