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Thanks everyone! I will try adding more filling to the chocolates and work on not getting such a large rim on the bottom of the molds. This seems to happen whether or not the chocolate is over-crystallized. I've done tests using chocolate of different viscosities to see if anything helps. Like Kerry said, the cracking happens almost immediately after capping, so it's not an issue of ganache settling. I crystallize the ganache overnight. I'm thinking that I am pulling too much chocolate out of the molds while scraping. I will try scraping towards me and using a less-flexible scraper. Does anyone have any other tips or techniques to back-off molds?

The chocolate that I use is El Rey 61%. After decorating and casting with chocolate, I fill with ganache and let crystallize overnight. Depending on how much chocolate I need, I either use a mol d art melter or a JKV molding machine. I heat the edges slightly with a heat gun, then ladle on the chocolate and use a palet knife to cap the molds. Then five minutes later, the cracks show. The ganache or caramel does not leak out of this crack, but this still can't be good for structure or shelf life. I am having trouble posting a picture, so I can email it if that would help. My email is michelle@pizzellesconfections.com. Thanks!!

Hi everyone! I have been having some trouble with capping molded chocolates. This is one of the only frustrating things that I deal with in our chocolate business. It looks as if the cap is not adhereing to the rest of the molded chocolate and it develops a small crack where they come together. I have tried everything that I can think of...heating before capping, not heating, using different utensils, using the chocolate at different viscosities, and so on. This happens with almost all of our molds no matter what the shape. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and how I can fix it? I end up having to cap them twice, which makes things very time consuming. Thanks!! Michelle Pizzelle's Confections I am still trying to figure out how to upload a photo.