How to color mannitol?

[Bojana]

Hi all,

I have seen a really cool demo on creating sugar coated foie gras bonbons. Frozen balls were dusted with icing sugar and then quickly dipped in boiling manitol (aka the frying sugar). I have managed to recreate it at home but what bugs me is that i cannot color my bonbons. The demo ones had a lovely pink color. Uncolored ones look grey and unapetizing.

I have tried adding Wiltons gell color to manitol but it gets fried and the color is lost. Maybe try using powdered color? Or coloring the icing sugar?

Anyone knows?

[Chris Hennes]

I dont' know for sure, but definitely my first inclination would be to try coloring the icing sugar.

[gap]

When I've coloured isomalt, I've used powdered colours - not sure if that helps with manitol or not

[adey73]

got a link for this boiling manitol?

[Bojana]

Thanks.

I did not make photos of the proces, but to describe it, when i added the pink color, it was pinke for few seconds, then turned red and eventually brown.

[teonzo]

You need to use heat resistant colors, like the powder ones used for macarons.

Teo

[Lisa Shock]

  On 10/23/2012 at 11:08 AM, teonzo said:

You need to use heat resistant colors, like the powder ones used for macarons.

Teo

Yeah, those Wilton gel colors are for room temperature icing, not cooking sugar.