Make Your Own Candy Bars

Corner-store sweets go high-end.

Anyone know where I can purchase kosher couverture chocolate. I don’t mind going directly to distributors or buying on the web. Thanks!

does couverture choclate have to be tempered before using to coat cookies etc? i hate trying to get the tempering right but refuse to use that chocolate “prduct” they sell. thx in advance

Hey Semi-sweet — I’ve found large blocks of couverture before at NY Cake and Baking Supply at 56 West 22nd. Haven’t been there in awhile, so don’t know which brands they stock nowadays, but you can call...

Peanut Butta Cups

Crunchy peanut filling covered in milk chocolate.

Almond Jay

Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate.

I’m getting into chocolatier-ing and would like to find a source for affordable, but genuine, hugh cocoa butter couverture. CM has good options for chocolate for ganache and other uses, but they don’t have any...

Snickles

Nougat and peanut caramel covered in milk chocolate.

Twixt

Cookie crust and gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate.

On a whim, I bought a 2.5 kg sack of 70% cocoa couverture pieces from the Lindt “factory outlet” store in Mississauga, Ontario (for $29.99 Cdn, which seemed like a good deal at the time). The chocolate expires...

Peanut Butter–Chocolate Fudge

With couverture wafers you can channel your inner pastry chef, or just sneak a chocolate snack.

The most expensive chocolate in America comes from Plano, Texas. But is it worth it?

So now at least they admit they just buy couverture and mold it. C’mon people, the truth will set you free!

of the local places that rents or sells chocolate fountains, as they typically use couverture... http://cocoajava.com/cocoa_sub_chocolate_fountains_regional.html (come to think of it, the La Jolla location of Whole Foods had a...