Use the brush to paint the melted chocolate into the silicone moulds – the chocolate needs to be thick enough to be able to remove the chocolate from the moulds later. The second batch, I did a first coat of chocolate almond bark, then the second coat was Ghirardelli and they didn't bloom. There are various methods to temper chocolate, for home bakers and with a small batch of chocolate, I recommend the "seeding method" that is super easy and can be achieved with a microwave and thermometer, eg.

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This is perfect for anyone who prefers dark chocolate to milk, it's vegetarian and vegan-friendly so everyone gets to enjoy the rich, creamy loveliness and the magic moment when the marshmallows pop out. If the halves don't connect well, dip your finger into some leftover melted chocolate and lightly rub it along the seam of your hot chocolate bomb. Please make sure that Javascript and cookies are enabled on your browser and that you are not blocking them from loading.With the filling you can get really creative, all you need to be careful is to work with the chocolate spheres carefully in a relatively cold environment. How hot will depend a bit on the quality of chocolate you use; chocolate with a lot of cocoa butter will take less heat, while lower quality chocolate with more fillers will require hotter liquid to melt it smoothly. One taster liked the look of the marshmallows but felt these contributed to an overriding sweetness. This was one taster's second favourite, he particularly liked the marshmallows, but it failed to impress our other tester, who felt it lacked chocolate flavour. I have better control of the melting than when using a microwave, and I can keep the bowl over the hot water as I work, which keeps the perfect consistency.

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This chocolatey drink helps you bring out your inner child while also providing the perfect caffeine boost. Read on to find out how to make hot chocolate bombs with silicone or acrylic molds and the difference between semi-sweet, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. The actual chocolate ball consists of 2 semi-spheres, so you will need a spheres mold to make those. Add the filling to half the spheres - this is really down to taste, but remembering that all the chocolate from the sphere will be used to flavour the drink (I used 1 teaspoon of hot chocolate powder per sphere).Shaped silicone molds – If you want to get more creative, many fun-shaped molds are on the market, allowing you to personalize your chocolate bombs for any occasion. But when it came to taste and texture, we judged the thickness of this hot chocolate to be just right and the chocolate flavour came through far more than the other chocolate bombs on test. Hot cocoa bombs are hollow chocolate spheres that are filled with hot cocoa mix (thus the name) or chocolate ganache with mini marshmallows and then decorated. I had Ghirardelli 60% bar and Ghirardelli dark melting wafers leftover from the holidays, so I just used those, and the 2. Follow the same process for melting and tempering but I melt in 15-second increments, stirring in between.