Candy Coating Too Thick For Cake Pops

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Candy coating too thick for cake pops.

If the candy coating is too thick you will have a difficult time dipping the cake pops. Stir in vegetable shortening just a few teaspoons at a time to get a thinner consistency that will make the cake pops easier to dip. Chocolate coatings usually contain vegetable fats which have a higher melting temperature and allow for easier and more forgiving chocolate melting. Too thick and your cake pop will look awful too thin and you can see all the lumps and you will need to redip or the candy coating will dry super fast.

Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c. Heat water to a simmer then remove from heat. When you dip the cake pop into the candy coating don t swirl the cake pop around. Save yourself a headache and spend some time getting the consistency right.

It was obvious before i even dipped my first cake pop that the coating was way too thick. Whisk the oil eggs and vanilla together in a medium bowl. If it is too thin you may see deeply colored cake ball dough through the coating. Fill lower pan with water to below level of top pan.

Or you can melt candy melts in a double boiler. Anything that you want to coat in chocolate can be done using candy melts. Bryn kirk february 21 2012 at 11 17 am. The thickness weighed down the cake pops resulting in a number of them falling off the sticks when i attempted to tap the excess coating off of the cake pops the thick coating clung to the cake pops.

You can melt the candy melts and then dip cake pops cookies pretzel sticks or even fruit. Tips on dipping the cake pops. Hi im trying to make cake pops for my sisters wedding and i just cant get the chocolate to get thin enough its creamy. Whisk the flour granulated sugar cocoa powder baking soda and salt together in a large bowl.

If your candy coating is too thick after melting add some kind of shortening such as crisco or coconut oil to thin it out. 2 thoughts on thinning out candy coating anna february 17 2012 at 6 28 pm. Again we are avoiding any extreme temperature differences letting the coating cool for a few minutes before dipping brings it closer to the temperature of the cake pop. I am using almond bark chocolate flavored coating from walmart please any advise.

Grease a 9 inch pan round or square or 9 inch springform pan. Getting chocolate to the right consistency is another crucial step to having great looking cake pops. Chocolate coatings also referred to as candy melts confectionery coating almond bark chocolate melts candy coating are similar to real chocolate but have slightly different ingredients.