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Oreo cookie molds - any suggestions?
- Thread starter anna_x
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We made tons for nephews wedding, and never had to spray them. you have to clean
them well between batches, though. Absolutely do a test run. We ended up putting about 2 tsp. MAX of chocolate in the bottom, lightly pressing in the cookie, then filling with rest of chocolate. Then pick up the mold and drop it a few times on the counter to get out the air bubbles.
The only trouble we really had was the chocolate bloomed - we used Trader Joes pound plus bars. Once we saw it started to bloom, we used the tempering technique I read about here... added small bits of fresh chocolate to melted and keeping temp low. Didn't help... we still had a devil of a time.
After they were popped out of the molds, we pressed on some of that pretty edible paper -- they really looked nice (the ones that didn't bloom that is *g*)
them well between batches, though. Absolutely do a test run. We ended up putting about 2 tsp. MAX of chocolate in the bottom, lightly pressing in the cookie, then filling with rest of chocolate. Then pick up the mold and drop it a few times on the counter to get out the air bubbles.
The only trouble we really had was the chocolate bloomed - we used Trader Joes pound plus bars. Once we saw it started to bloom, we used the tempering technique I read about here... added small bits of fresh chocolate to melted and keeping temp low. Didn't help... we still had a devil of a time.
After they were popped out of the molds, we pressed on some of that pretty edible paper -- they really looked nice (the ones that didn't bloom that is *g*)
Done! Tried three ways to work with the white and choc
Thanks, Marilyn, for the heads up about the white and choc running together. I had three trays to work with, so I painted in the white choc wedding bells and put that tray in the freezer for five minutes before continuing. That worked pretty well but it was hard to get the tiny details painted.
I made the second tray with chocolate only. They look nice, if not as bridal. If I have to make lots, I don't think I'll bother with the white melt painted in at all.
I put a full layer of white choc in the third tray, pressed in the oreo, and topped them with the dark chocolate.
I found them hard to press out of the molds. Also, if I didn't put enough chocolate in before the oreo, the top and bottom chocolate didn't meet neatly.
Goes to show a trial run is necessary!
Thanks, Marilyn, for the heads up about the white and choc running together. I had three trays to work with, so I painted in the white choc wedding bells and put that tray in the freezer for five minutes before continuing. That worked pretty well but it was hard to get the tiny details painted.
I made the second tray with chocolate only. They look nice, if not as bridal. If I have to make lots, I don't think I'll bother with the white melt painted in at all.
I put a full layer of white choc in the third tray, pressed in the oreo, and topped them with the dark chocolate.
I found them hard to press out of the molds. Also, if I didn't put enough chocolate in before the oreo, the top and bottom chocolate didn't meet neatly.
Goes to show a trial run is necessary!
after popping out of their molds, we zapped it for a couple seconds with a hairdryer,
then lightly press the transfer sheet on (we had cut the transfer sheet into easy-to-work-with 2" squares. Once set, you just peel the sheet off. If you go halfway down this website, you can see it pressed onto candy. Quite easy and any cake shop should have a good variety of papers - about $3.00 for a huge sheet.
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx
then lightly press the transfer sheet on (we had cut the transfer sheet into easy-to-work-with 2" squares. Once set, you just peel the sheet off. If you go halfway down this website, you can see it pressed onto candy. Quite easy and any cake shop should have a good variety of papers - about $3.00 for a huge sheet.
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/whatshot/transfersheets.aspx
Fancy Flours has one of the best selections I've seen for transfer papers >>
http://www.fancyflours.com/site/xdpy/sf/Chocolate%20Transfer%20Sheets/Chocolate%20Transfer%20Sheets/index.html
http://www.fancyflours.com/site/xdpy/sf/Chocolate%20Transfer%20Sheets/Chocolate%20Transfer%20Sheets/index.html
Yes, they were flat - we knew ahead of time that we wanted to use the transfer papers.
The way the paper is meant to be used (altho it worked quite well the way we did it, with the hairdryer and lying a square of paper on each cookie), is that you are supposed to spread a thin layer of melted chocolate on the transfer paper, then wrap it around a cake or something. Once it's dry, you just peel the transfer off and you have this pretty design embedded on the chocolate "wrap".
The way the paper is meant to be used (altho it worked quite well the way we did it, with the hairdryer and lying a square of paper on each cookie), is that you are supposed to spread a thin layer of melted chocolate on the transfer paper, then wrap it around a cake or something. Once it's dry, you just peel the transfer off and you have this pretty design embedded on the chocolate "wrap".