Recent content by Art Pollard

Maybe I am missing something. What are you making? Why would you want to add paraffin to chocolate anyway? (Unless you are shipping some candies to Kuwait, Iraq, or similar.) -Art

This reminds me of a recipe I saw somewhere. Basically, what they did is make their own Oreo like cookie then fill with white chocolate ganache. As you can imagine, it would be WONDERFUL. Hmmm... Perhaps I ought to make some. -Art

Be sure to ship them via FedEx.... You don't want the strawberries to sweat (much) and potentially cause your chocolate to sugar bloom. In general, dipped strawberries are not using tempered chocolate and so there is also a greater risk of having your chocolate melt since untempered...

Polymer Clay Babies Unfortunately, these are not real marzipan sculptures. (Or fortunately, perhaps since it might be a tad morbid eating them.) These are actually made of polymer clay. They are very well done though. Further details may be found over at Snopes.com here...

Panning Nuts What you are trying to do is called "panning" and it requires a special machine. These can be huge. However, there is a small one over at Beryl's for about $500 that can hook on your Kitchenaid. (See: http://beryls.safeshopper.com/144/7912.htm?631 ). You can buy used industrial...