ohall

thanks for the reply. I redid them and let them sit at room temperature until they mostly set up them put them in the fridge for 5-10 minutes and they came out perfectly as far as the color change I guess I wil find out tonight. but they where shiny and the left over chocolate from the sealing was still shiny this morning. I will take pics this evening so you an see what a my first forray into mold was like thanks again everyone!!!!!

yes always in the freezer i will use the fridge from now on if that will work better

Run your finger over the dried out bits - is it greasy or is it crystalline? ← crystalline

ok I am at a loss I had perfectly shiny truffles last night and now they have the dried out chocolate look is it the tempering that is causing both problems?

Welcome Ohall, glad to have you here in chocolate land. The chocolate may have been out of temper this batch. I would wash them out of the molds, give the mold a good wash with hot water, dry and polish it, and start again. Make sure you test the temper of your chocolate before you use it next batch. I never put molds in the freezer, just the fridge for 10 minutes or so after pouring the shell and again after backing off. ← thanks for the help. I will get the truffles out and use the scraps for some bailey's truffle chocolate ice cream and try it again. what do you suggest polishing the mold with cotton balls of some sort of micro fiber cloth?

hello, I am new to posting here but have been reading for a while. I have searched around for the anser to this question as I can't be the first to have this problem. I am using the geodesic dome mold from prince to make some truffles and have been making them with no problem for the last few days but this last batch only 15 came out of the mold. the rest are stuck to the mod or seem to break in half if they do release. I have left them in the freezer over night and they are still not releasing from the mold. what do I do just scrtach those or is tere some way to get them out intact? oh they are el ray 58% inteh shell and a baileys flavored milk chocolate center. thanks for an help you can give!!!