Was there a better way to do this????

[DisneySarah80]

I just made chocolate covered Oreos and Nutter Butters for teachers gifts. I put the chocolate on a double boiler (a bowl ontop of a pot with boiling water) and dipped the cookies in the chocolate. At first, I was using chop sticks, but I kept dropping the darn cookies, so then I was just using my fingers.
My fingers are in so much pain now, its almost impossible for me to even type!!! And its funny, you stick your finger in that molten hot chocolate, and it doesn't hurt... at first... So you keep going.... And then the pain comes!!!!! And it doesn't go away when you take your finger out of the chocolate, because guess what - The chocolate is still on your finger!!!! And your making these cookies for other people, so its not like you can just lick it off

So anyway, is there a better way of doing this??

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Tongs, for starters.

 

[cornflake]

Yes!

You shouldn't be using chocolate near that hot to coat things (it won't gloss and it'll leave a thinner coating). It should be like, lightly warm. Lower than your body temperature. You just pop it back onto the double boiler for a sec if it gets a little stiffer, then take it back off. But usually it'll be fine for a good while.

Also - use a fork. Drop whatever in, turn with a fork and then lift out with the fork (holding the fork underneath as a tiny spatula) so that the excess chocolate drips through the tines before you put it down to cool.

 

[dngnb8]

My wife makes the same cookies. My wife uses a carving fork. The tynes work well for this process

The tynes are small and thin so they dont interfere with the coating of the cookie

 

[DisneySarah80]

Yes!

You shouldn't be using chocolate near that hot to coat things (it won't gloss and it'll leave a thinner coating). It should be like, lightly warm. Lower than your body temperature. You just pop it back onto the double boiler for a sec if it gets a little stiffer, then take it back off. But usually it'll be fine for a good while.

Also - use a fork. Drop whatever in, turn with a fork and then lift out with the fork (holding the fork underneath as a tiny spatula) so that the excess chocolate drips through the tines before you put it down to cool.

Yeah, after a while, I got the bright idea to turn the burner off (though I didn't take it off the double boiler) - I had to wash my hands, and do something else for a second... by the time I got back, the chocolate had cooled down to an almost manageable temp... lol I didn't like it because it also thickened up.... but at least if I had done that, I would still have the use of my finger tips!

 

[happygirl]

Tongs, for starters.

 

[scrapquitler]

I just made chocolate covered Oreos and Nutter Butters for teachers gifts. I put the chocolate on a double boiler (a bowl ontop of a pot with boiling water) and dipped the cookies in the chocolate. At first, I was using chop sticks, but I kept dropping the darn cookies, so then I was just using my fingers.
My fingers are in so much pain now, its almost impossible for me to even type!!! And its funny, you stick your finger in that molten hot chocolate, and it doesn't hurt... at first... So you keep going.... And then the pain comes!!!!! And it doesn't go away when you take your finger out of the chocolate, because guess what - The chocolate is still on your finger!!!! And your making these cookies for other people, so its not like you can just lick it off

So anyway, is there a better way of doing this??

Toothpicks, perhaps?

 

[Janepod]

My better way: buy the chocolate covered Oreos at the grocery store.

 

[lizabu]

I use a fork to dip truffles, fruit, anything. If you have a 2 pronged fork it's even better.

 

[HannaBelle]

For those of you that use a 2 tine fork, do you drop the cookie/cakeball/candy into the chocolate and then lift it out on the tines?

How do you get it on to the parchment paper looking smooth and clean?

I want to make cake balls for DD13's 14th b-day party this Sunday, but I don't want to make cake pops on sticks.

I wish I had one of these.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rg5we26cRA

They are only $269. Maybe Santa will bring me one next year if I make him some yummy cake balls this year!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

We had a bunch recently and the mess just wasn't working for me.

So I took an oreo dipped one side (or you can spoon on) and then sandwiched another oreo to it (and then they separated them) and then put them on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeated this about 100 times...

Then I spooned chocolate over the cookies. It meant the back side wasn't as covered as the front--but it made the process go that much quicker. I did about 100 in an hour this way.

My chocolate was melted in the microwave and "dipping" was off heat.