Warming a mold with small amount of colored cocoa butter

[cc.canuck]

I couldn't think of a better way to word that! 

 

I'm experimenting with adding a very small amount of cocoa butter decoration onto bars I'm making and am not sure whether I should heat the moulds up with a hair dryer as I would for completely bare moulds or just abandoning this step. I would avoid blowing directly onto where the cocoa butter is as much as possible. Thoughts?

[Kerry Beal]

I am not a fan of heating molds anyway - but opinions differ on this.  I vote 'don't heat'.

 

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Jim D.]

39 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

I am not a fan of heating molds anyway - but opinions differ on this.  I vote 'don't heat'.

 

 

I agree.  Unless your work space is unusually cold, I see no reason to do it, and there is the danger of getting them too warm.

[keychris]

I'm another "don't bother to heat your moulds" vote.

[cc.canuck]

Thanks all! My hairdryer can go back to being completely useless again then.

[cc.canuck]

I haven't been heating my bar moulds and they have been releasing relatively fine. I tend to always have release marks but think I need to just accept that they will always happen for me

[Rajala]

I've made some experiments with heating the moulds and I don't really notice any difference. Maybe it could be an issue if you're working space is really cold? Like 18° or so? Not sure. But I don't get more glossy chocolates by heating the mould before moulding.