How to Perfectly Melt Chocolate
Simple and easy ways to try for making smooth, shiny and creamy melted chocolate. Spoil yourself, drench your favorite fruits and sweets into melted chocolate and enjoy the heavenly taste!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces Chocolate bar or chips Milk, dark, or white
Instructions
The microwave method:
- Place chocolate in a dry microwave-safe bowl.
- Heat the bowl for 30 seconds at a time in the microwave.
- Stir the chocolate using a dry spoon or spatula in between each 30-second burst, ensuring that all of the chips are almost completely melted and look glossy.
- Stop to avoid burning the chocolate.
- Stir the mixture one last time, just until the bits are fully melted.
The Stovetop method using a double boiler
- Place a pot of water on the stove and heat until it begins to simmer.
- Put the chocolate in a dry metal (or other heat-safe) bowl that will fit tightly over the top, ensuring that no stay stream will come into contact with the chocolate.
- Set the bowl with the chocolate on top of the water that is just simmering.
- Stir constantly and then carefully remove the bowl from the boiling water pan.
A double double or Bain Marie
- Add hot water to a slow cooker until it is about one-third full. Leave the lid off and set the heat to high.
- Drop chopped chocolate into the water.
- Go away for 30 minutes while leaving the lid off. When you come back, the chocolate will be wonderfully melted and ready for drizzling.
Notes
- Always make sure to chop the chocolate you are melting into even bits. You can choose wafer, chocolate chips or baking chocolate.
- Before you begin, make sure your bowl and all the other equipment that will come into contact with the chocolate are fully dry. Any stray water droplets will cause a chemical reaction with the sugar in the melting chocolate, causing it to become gritty and lumpy.
- Since chocolate burns easily, you have to use the lowest heat setting. White chocolate and milk chocolate are even more sensitive to heat than semi-sweet or dark chocolate. You might want to try microwaving white or milk chocolate in shorter 15-second intervals.