Chocolate Covered Cherries Question?
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Comments (3)Good morning John and Bodiggly ~ Thank you for your info. John I don't think it's the red one from the description my friend gave me of the one he and his wife saw in someone's property. But, I'll give him the info on both of these with websites and pictures and they can go from there. Bodiggly ~ I think it might be this one. I think these are both beautiful. Thanks again for the info. I appreciate your time. FlowerLady...See MoreStout Chocolate Cherry Bread
Comments (1)I'm afraid to make it.....for fear a storm will come and I'll lose pwoer! But it sounds wonderful!! Linda C...See Morechocolate covered cherries
Comments (9)Never heard of confectioner coating,what is that, Bulldinkie - it's a bad "chocolate". The best chocolate is made from good beans that are ground fine. You take the beans, ferment them, dry them, break off the shells and blow them away, then grind up the nibs really fine until they turn into a paste, add sugar, and then you conch the paste. That basically means stirring it over and over and over. The chocolatiers who are serious will do it for days. That gets rid of any unpleasant flavors and also makes the chocolate super smooth. But the cocoa butter is valuable for things like make up, so commercial producers take that out and replace it with cruddy fats like palm kernel oil. They also add things like soy lecithin to keep it all in suspension and smooth. That low-grade stuff is confectioner's coating. Most Americans don't really care and they'll eat that, so producers turn it out. That's why the brown stuff on your Snickers bar is so bad - it's chocolate flavored wax and fat but it stays shiny if you don't temper your chocolate, which most people don't. Just get good chocolate and use that. And don't put paraffin in it! Just let the chocolate set on a cake rack or something and it will be fine....See MoreChocolate covered cherries, do you?
Comments (58)I've always loved the Cella's too, light or dark, I don't care, and they're about the cheapest you can buy. I thought I'd forego them this year, but this thread made my mouth water. Had to go to WalMart yesterday so I thought I'd pick up a box, but couldn't find the Cella's! I didn't buy the off brand, but will look around for the real thing. I did see some that were blueberry though. I've never seen those before. Not a blueberry lover, I got a couple of boxes for my son. Years ago I worked with a gal whose aunt made homemade chocolate covered brandied cherries. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!!!...See More- 9 years ago
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