for a paraffin seal in some modern books (Helen Witty’s Fancy Pantry, for instance), but only for very-high sugar content jellies, not jams or preserves. And that’s melted paraffin, not paraffin paper. Paraffin paper was a...

of linseed, beeswax, carnauba and paraffin wax.

2 hours. Chocolate Coating: 12 oz semi sweet choc chips 1/4 cake paraffin (wax,) Melt choc and wax over hot, not boiling water and mix well. Using toothpick, spear each ball and dip 3/4 of the way into chocolate mixture. Leave a spot

then set it on a tray on waxed paper and stick it in the freezer and you are good to go! I wouldn’t subsistute bar chocolate. I think the paraffin helps the chocolate set up better. Hope your treats turn out tasty!

of the secret ingredients of candy making was always paraffin. Just be certain the berries are totally dry before dipping. After dipping, I place the berries flat side down on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Never, ever...

My mother worked in a candy shop for six years after WWII on the Oregon Coast and her secret to chocolate dips was the addition of a small amount of paraffin. (Look for it in the canning section of your supermarket.) It gives the...

It’s not to dip things in, it’s to make candy with. The chocolate candy coating, or “bark” or “baking blocks” as it’s sometimes called, has paraffin in it unlike regular chocolate. You...

Fridge, yes; paraffin, no. The use of paraffin wax to seal jars of jam, something all our grandmothers did, is no longer recommended. It’s one of the reasons food-grade paraffin is so hard to find these days. And...

about 10 oz chocolate chips (recipes call for 6 oz but i never find that to be enough) 1/3 c paraffin wax Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl and mix well. shape into 1 inch balls. Melt chocolate and paraffin in a double boiler....

Yes by all means use it! Be sure to maintain it regularly. I’ll leave you a link to some board wax that you can order pre-mixed and is great stuff or you can make your own by mixing 1 part paraffin to ten parts mineral oil....

Not an answer, but you reminded me of the time my teenage daughter made a lasagna for me for my birthday, and proceeded to stick 40+ candles in it. The lasagna was still hot from the oven, and of course I ended up eating a LOT of...

's wax or paraffin in the chocolate dip, but you can do them without that and just place the coated candies on waxed paper to set. http://www.mainepublicradio.org/whatsforsuppah/needhams.html

to think there’s quite a bit of paraffin in it to keep it liquidy but set fast on the ice cream.

I use some paraffin wax, it does the same thing and is easier to find than beeswax.

I am planning on making shortbread cookies to give out around Xmas. I would like to dip half of them in chocolate, but have heard that the chocolate will not harden properly without adding some baker’s wax or paraffin. Are...