chocolate glaze/dip need recipe

[Tiggeroo]

On foodtv they showed a company that makes these giant fortune cookies. They then dip the tops in choclate and roll them in sprinkles. I found a recipe for giant fortune cookes and I want to try to make these. But I'm not sure what to use for the choclate dip. Since it's alot of choclate I want it to taste good. But I don't want it to be soft or melt and get gooey. Sort of like a hard glaze I think. Any tips?

 

[bananiem]

I've used this for covering strawberries. I don't know if youcould do it with a better quality chocolate but it might be worth a try.

Melt some chocolate chips and 1 tsp. to 1 tbsp. (depending on how many chips) solid Crisco shortening. Dip item and lay on waxed paper to harden.

 

[Limmer]

I have used the same recipe using white Lindt chocolate. It worked very nicely. The crisco gives it a nice sheen.

 

[dzneelvr]

Tiggeroo: I'm going to give you a super simple recipe: Bakers Dipping Chocolate.
It comes in 7oz tubs that are microwaveable and presto--instant real dark chocolate perfect for dipping.I'm going to do pretzels, but I'm sure fortune cookies would work as well. Each tub was $1.89 at walmart yesterday, so it's very economical.

 

[Tiggeroo]

Thanks alot. I wanted something shiny and kind of thin, but able to dip sprinkles into it. I"ve always been leary of trying the ones with the crisco in them because I thought it would make it taste bad, waxy.
I''m also thinking of trying the giant apples dipped in caramel, chocolate, candies, etc.

 

[FantasticDisFamily]

Wow! I've tried the tub stuff. Whenever I've done a dipped cookie or something I've done the thinned ganache routine. This sounds much simpler! Thanks for the tip.

Deb