Spray a mixture of alcohol and food color directly onto chocolate, or directly into the mold?

[CheekyChoc]

Hi Everyone! 

 

I'm rather new to chocolate ... I came across this company (link below) which states that you can mix these colours with alcohol and apply with an airbrush directly to chocolate?

 

Does anyone have experience doing this? and experience with liquid colours? would anyone advise giving it a try?

 

https://www.chocolateworld.be/winkel/transferts-additieven/kleuren/COL1202AF

 

I have not found much research on many people doing this. Reason being, I am from South Africa. There is not much readily available pre-made Vegan cocoa butter colours available here. I've tried making my own cocoa butter colours but the quality of the colours arent that great, and I dont have a stone mill to do further refining. Just thinking of finding an alternative less expensive ways to make my own colours. I recently placed an order for Roxy and Rich colours which came from the UK .. cost me a small fortune!

 

Welcome any suggestions! 

 

Have a great day!

 

Thanks, 

[Kerry Beal]

If you do that - they will just ball up on the surface of the chocolate and look kinda terrible. 

 

Do you have access to PCB powders to mix with cocoa butter?

 

 

[TdeV]

Hello @CheekyChoc. Welcome to eG. Great folks here. 😀

[CheekyChoc]

@kerrybeal, is PCB a brand of powders?

 

I have tried these Barco powder colours but not all of them seem 100% fat soluble (

https://barcobake.com/product-category/dusting-and-colouring-powder/). Some colours are great, but some don't even dissolve. The yellow was orange .... I dipped my hand under running water and the water turned yellow. I've come across the Colour Mill brand which is also vegan, just ordered myself a few to test, I'm hoping this is the answer!

 

https://bakersboutique.co.za/product/colour-mill-colouring-dusk/

[CheekyChoc]

@TdeV, thanks, looking forward to learning from all of you!

[Kerry Beal]

13 minutes ago, CheekyChoc said:

@kerrybeal, is PCB a brand of powders?

 

I have tried these Barco powder colours but not all of them seem 100% fat soluble (

https://barcobake.com/product-category/dusting-and-colouring-powder/). Some colours are great, but some don't even dissolve. The yellow was orange .... I dipped my hand under running water and the water turned yellow. I've come across the Colour Mill brand which is also vegan, just ordered myself a few to test, I'm hoping this is the answer!

 

https://bakersboutique.co.za/product/colour-mill-colouring-dusk/

Yes PCB is a big European company with tons  of products 

[pastrygirl]

On 6/24/2021 at 12:57 AM, CheekyChoc said:

https://www.chocolateworld.be/winkel/transferts-additieven/kleuren/COL1202AF

 

That one does say it can applied directly to the mold, use a dry fluffy paint brush to push a little powder into each cavity and it will cling to the mold on its own.  You won't get an intense color but you'll get a sheen of sparkle.

[Kerry Beal]

4 hours ago, pastrygirl said:

 

That one does say it can applied directly to the mold, use a dry fluffy paint brush to push a little powder into each cavity and it will cling to the mold on its own.  You won't get an intense color but you'll get a sheen of sparkle.

Yeah - those look like interference powders - they all look pretty much the same colour in the jar but can be fluffed in a mold or with a plushy makeup brush actually on the pieces. 

[Jonathan]

You can get reasonably string colour with straight lustre powder but it won’t be as strong as cocoa butter, for example:

 

[CheekyChoc]

@Kerry Beal I actually tried a mixture of alcohol and lustre dust painted into the mold. Looks pretty, and works better with the alcohol… 

 

thanks for the comments! 😊

[CheekyChoc]

@Jonathan , thanks for the pictures, these look so pretty!