Posts by Kelleybean

Hi Louise. Thanks for getting bak to me. For the time being I'm just doing this as a hobby. I want to make sure that I have al the necessary skills down before I try to sell anything. Thanks Again, Kelley

Food pump, Thanks so much for getting back to me. Yes, I am very serious about this. I really appreciate the advice on the Lindt chocolate. As I said before, Lindt is my favorite. I went to a Lindt store in Shomburg IL and asked...

Hi, Thanks for the advice on tempering. I have a tempering thermometer so I won’t have to use the “pinkie technique .‘ If my husband ever caught me doing that he would kill me. I have another question. I REALLY like Lindt...

M Brown, Blade55440 and Panini, Thanks to all of you for your advice. Well tomorrow I am going to start making my Valentines chocolates. I’ll just have to keep trying until I get it right. Although things weren’t up to my...

Thanks so much for your advice. I though that I had the tempering thing down but after the chocolates for Christmas sat for a few days they were kinda grainy. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to try again. Good thing I am using my...

I am a simple house wife with a passion for chocolate and a desire to be a successful person. I want to make chocolates of high quality for friends and family and eventually add these chocolates to my web site along with the specialty...

Well I will try to do my best to describing the steps that I take when tempering and molding the chocolates.. The first thing I do is to heat the chocolate by microwave to 115F. Next I use the seeding method to cool the chocolate to...

Hi Praties, Ok. What I am doing to test the temper is to take a spoon and drop a small amount of the chocolate on a piece of wax paper. I had read that you should let it stand for a minute or two and if it hardens with a glossy...

I have been trying to make chocolate molds for my family and friends for Christmas gifts but I have been having two different problems. The first is that my candies are getting pretty sticky after they come out of the molds and sit for...

Hello and Happy Holidays, I have a wonderful recipe for butter cookies. I use this one ever year for various different parties that I go to and they are always a hit. I make them with a cookie press most of the time but I have also...