Don't you love Jacques Torres? Chocolate Covered Corn Flakes on Youtube :)

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sandi-in-hawaii

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He makes chocolate tempering look soooo easy!

I tried his chocolate covered cornflakes, and it was great! I think these will make great little favors or something....

I'm going to practice making these 'til Christmas.....

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Sandi, My mother used to make these for us when we were young

children. I followed suit when my children were little. I still like to make them once in awhile.
They are soooo easy and kind of fun.

 
Brilliant tip about the blow dryer. Here's a favorite version for our vegan friend.

Amaranth cereal flakes
almond butter, slightly warmed
melted bittersweet chocolate

I used to add extra crushed cereal and roll it into truffle balls, but this youtube version looks even easier.

 
I have a question - does tempered chocolate melt on your hands?

My chocolates look okay - they set up, and there's no bloom, but I can't eat it without it melting on my fingers. Does this mean that the chocolate was not in temper?

And another question - I've seen different tempering instructions.

Some say to melt the chocolate up to 115-120º, cool down to 80º, then take it back up to 88º for dark chocolate.

Others say to melt to 115-120º, then cool down to 88º.

What is the purpose in the first instance, where you take the temp all the way down, and bring it back up?

I need a chocolate expert!!

 
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