When melted does it become a liquid (chocolate sauce) or thicker (hot fudge... still spreads out if placed on a surface) or pliable (pressure needed)?
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It becomes soft like silly putty, maybe a little thicker, when fully heated through. It can take forms when fully heated, but doesn't have full integrity until at least somewhat cooled
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I have melted chocolate in mine directly. What I found that worked was to use PAM spray in the fondue pot first. It doesn't need a lot, just a little so that it doesn't melt and burn. If you are in a hurry, then go ahead and pre-melt it. I also put a little cream, or whatever liquid you want to melt with it, and it worked fine. I have been a fondue lover for many years, and am on my third fondue pot! Good luck and enjoy your chocolate!
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not sure what you mean.... melted caramels inside the mold or caramel inside chocolate? I haven't tried anything caramel and don't know how it dries in comparison to chocolate. I pour hot melted chocolate into the molds and as they cool, they become harder. When they are hardened through to the touch (When I am making alot, I sometimes stick them in the freezer for a brief time period to speed this process up) Once hardened, they pop right out of the molds. There is minimal cleanup involved!
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Amazon sent this question to me. I use this product as food. it is chocolate without cocoa powder. As for moisture function, I guess that if you don't want to mix it with other stuff you may melt a piece in your hand and apply wherever you want. How does chocolate get melt? I tried holding a piece between two hands. it worked. I think that to find a better way to use it you may want to do a google search. I am sorry that this is not a help.
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Hi, Stephanie, Let me start by encouraging you to buy something else. Anything else. This is a flimsy, cheap tool that I regret having bought. I bought it to use as an accessory for fondue dinner parties. I used it just once and it is stored somewhere. But, back to your question. It did maintain the temperature for chocolates (milk and hazelnut chocs) but it took a long time to come up to temperature. If memory serves, I plugged it in about 30 minutes before the dinner and it was not quite up to temperature at desert. By time of cleanup, the temperature was OK and the remaining chocolate was just right. As a novelty, go for it. But as an ongoing usable appliance, forget it. Jay
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This is a question for the manufacture, I would think in a convention oven it might melt.
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I used Wilton candy melts. Took about 10-15 minutes to harden in the fridge. I recommend melting over a double boiler. It's too easy to scald the chocolate when melting in the microwave.
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You can mix it with water or milk. Mixing it with milk will make it thicker. But other than that no issues.
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No, this is really suited for butter or chocolate or caramel syrups. Cheese and fudge are too thick and wi clog in the spout. Advise buying a heated spout.
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Imagine dumping a bottle of pancake syrup on your table. That's what you're dealing with. It has reasonable surface tension and it's pretty thick but it will dribble off the sides.
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It has recipe s in their book that comes with the fondue pot. And yes you can melt the chocolate in the pot. but first you need to warm some cream and then add the chocolate to it. The chocolate did not need to be melted first.
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The chocolate will not harden it will be gooey. It tastes great and will be good if you are just having your guests dip it and eat it right away.
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Not completely interchangeable in cooking, due to lower melting point. Solid and liquid measure is equivalent, except for the mess factor. Best TIP ever: Line cupcake pan with papers, then pout pre-measured 1/4 c melted oil into each one & freeze. Keep most of the cups in the freezer and transfer some to refrigerator for ready baking. I did this when I got to the end of the Snappy container and it was a total mess trying to scoop it out of the bottom.
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I did not use this chocolate for that purpose specifically, but I think it would work well. It melts quite easily in the microwave if you stir it frequently. I used in a chocolate fountain, where you dip things (like pretzels) and they were easily cover in chocolate. It does solidify quickly without a heat source though.
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Cocoa butter is very temperature sensitive. I've ordered this three times and each time it had melted into one solid mass when it got to me. This doesn't bother me, since I melt it anyway.
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It gets warm, but not hot. It would keep the more liquidy form of caramel warm enough to dunk, but if your speaking in terms of caramel candy..no way. It takes over an hour to melt chocolate as it is. It also says up to 72 minutes right in the manual so they have no shame in the products inability to work right from start. It's better to use for keeping things warm (pre-melted candies).
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It keeps it melted, melt it first in the microwave per the directions. It's a great little machine. Just make sure and clean it out really well when you're done so the chocolate doesn't harden and ruin it. Great buy, love this little machine. I used it for my parents wedding vow renewal and everyone really enjoyed it.