Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them?

RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Nancy (Guest Post) (11/15/2008) I bought Vanilla candy melts. Can I use this for peppermint bark? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post by jess_admin (749) | (10/09/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact (submitted via email) Can you freeze these melts after you have covered crackers for instance? I have them in the refrigerator but need to have them good for three days. Can you freeze them? Janice Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By donna (Guest Post) (10/08/2008) i live in Lake Havasu City, Az. Every time I have purchased the candy melts, they have been totally melted into one chunk. We have extreme heat here, and hopefully you can come up with a solution to keep the candy melts from melting. They are not supposed to be subjected to heat. The chocolate looks old on the dipped candy. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Shiela (Guest Post) (10/06/2008) For Halloween, I use the orange melts. Take mini pretzels and lay them on a cookie sheet. put one orange melt on top. but them in the oven till the chocolate is soft and take them our. stick a black M&M in the center and them let cool. I've done them for Christmas with green and red melts and used the opposite M&M or you can use the holliday sprinkles. Everyone just loves them Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Jody (Guest Post) (09/30/2008) Can you use the Candy Melts to decorate cookies? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What are candy melts.. Post By emily-kaye.. (Guest Post) (08/10/2008) Are candy melts like chocolate melts, because I'm not to sure can you please tell me in like 10 mins. Thank you. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By SuAnn (Guest Post) (03/24/2008) They are used for making candy. You have to melt the chocolate in a dbl boiler then spoon into the molds. It is so much fun. Report Spam or Abuse What to do...Susan K. Post By Joy (Guest Post) (11/14/2007) Yes, by all means you can make bark. I take the big peppermint sticks available for about 59 cents around holiday time. Crush them and add to melted white chocolate wafers. (I melt my wafers in microwave at 60%, stirring every minute, until melted.) Then stir in crushed peppermint and spread out on cookie sheet that has been lined with waxed paper or baking parchment. Set in refrigerator until firm; break into pieces. Store in tin at room temp. Makes wonderful Xmas gift for teachers or neighbors if you package it in a tin or pretty mug. (As for amount of peppermint, it's hard to say; just stir in until it looks nice, but you don't want so much that you can't see the white chocolate either.) If you can't find the large peppermint sticks, you can crush candy canes; they're just smaller, so there's more unwrapping involved. Also, you can use the milk or dark chocolate wafers for different kinds of nut bark. I use either almonds or walnuts and toast them to enhance flavor. Then add them to melted chocolate and proceed as for peppermint bark above. Amount of nuts is according to your personal preference. The melted chocolate wafers make into wonderful nut clusters. Melt wafers, stir in peanuts, and pour into mini paper cupcake cups. (First place cups in mini cupcake pans or Wilton cup molds so they will hold their shape.) Another nice bark-type candy made with white wafers is what I call white chocolate crunch. I stir in a combination of finely chopped peanuts and crushed pretzels, then spread out on lined pan as with bark above. (I get salted peanuts and unsalted pretzels, or vice versa, because if both are salted it's a bit much.) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Mary (Guest Post) (12/10/2006) I want to add mint floavoring to the candy melts. Anyone know how much to add? Report Spam or Abuse I WOULD LIKE TO HOW THE STEPS IN MAKING HOMEMADE LOLLY POP Post By KIM (Guest Post) (03/15/2005) HELLO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE LOLLY POPS USING CHOCOLATE MELTS? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Susan K. (Guest Post) (11/29/2004) Can the candy melts be used to make chocolate bark with nuts or the white ones with chopped peppermint candy? I hope so because I just bought 4 bags on sale. If anyone has a recipe for bark I sure would appreciate having it. Thanks, Susan K. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post by ThriftyFun (3717) | (11/22/2004) Profile | Blog! | Contact Hi Lois, In the post at the bottom it says not to thin them with milk or water but to use a few drops of vegetable oil. Susan Report Spam or Abuse how to thin the candy melts? Post By Lois (Guest Post) (11/21/2004) I need to know how to thin the candy melts so I easily coat truffles. I want a thin hard coating not thick. I do not know how to thin them. Can anyone help? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Carla (Guest Post) (08/15/2004) My friend uses them every year to cover Double-Stuffed Oreo cookies. First she melts the wafers according to the directions, inserts a lollipop stick in the center of the cookie, only going through the creme, then dunks the cookie in the melted chocolate. Once the chocolate has dried she decorates it with a different color of melted chocolate, drizzled or piped into words, and then lets that dry. When they are ready she wraps them using cellophane lollipop bags that you get from the craft store and hands them out as gifts. The kids love them and they are very tasty! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Tawnda (Guest Post) (08/14/2004) I bet the lemon melted with sugar cookies dipped into them would be good! Or drizzle over the top. Lay your cookies on a cookie rack and drizzle the melted flavors over them. Easy and decorative for holiday, birthday, etc. You might even be able to freeze them, but you may want to check on that. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By syd (Guest Post) (08/13/2004) I'm with you on buying on SALE! The only thing I have used them for is making suckers and candies, using the candy molds. For a "senior" Halloween party, I made the pumpkins and bought some of the small ziplock bags at Wal-Mart and packaged several and put a computer generated message attached and put them in a large bowl. You can do other holidays too! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Wilton's Candy Melts - What to do with them? Post By Sabrina (Guest Post) (08/13/2004) The candy melts aren't really made to "bake" with. But there are tons of things you can do with them! First you need to know that they can be a little fussy...when you melt them either in a double boiler or in the microwave if they seem a bit thick do not use water or milk to thin them (it will cause them to seize and get clumpy) use a few drops of vegetable oil and that works great. When you melt them in the microwave be sure to stir them frequently...they will hold their shape and until you stir so you can burn them if you don't stir frequently. Anyway...use it to dip everything from oreos (the white chocolate is great for these)...pretzels (white and milk chocolate works well)...ritz crackers with peanutbutter in them (white and milk chocolate work for this)...strawberries (milk chocolate is great for this)...you can even dip potato chips! If you have ever used almond bark, you can use this in any of those applications. You can also purchase candy molds that you pour the melted chocolate into to make shaped chocolate pieces. Hope that helps... Sabrina Report Spam or Abuse