Imitation Milk Chocolate Drops 500gr Sweetbay

Imitation milk chocolate in drops with a really rich and full flavor.

Imitation chocolate melting in a bain-marie.
Use a pot and a container (stainless steel or glass bowl) that can withstand high temperatures. Place the container on the spout of the pot. Put 4-5 cm. of water on the base of the pot.
You must make sure that the bowl fits well in the pot and make sure that its base does not touch the hot water. Boil the water over medium temperature until it starts to boil gently.
Pour 2/3 of the chocolate into the bowl. Turn off the heat and stir with a whisk. Once the first portion has melted, add the remaining chocolate. Stir again until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
The big secret to keeping the chocolate shiny after melting is to melt it gradually in 2 portions to equalize its temperature and keep it shiny. This stabilizes the cocoa butter crystals and the melted chocolate is smooth and shiny.

Melting imitation chocolate in the microwave.
It is a faster method, but you must have the appropriate microwave container. That is, a bowl that will not develop a very high temperature in the oven. Firstly, because you will not be able to hold it and stir it and secondly, to protect the chocolate from very high temperatures. Put the chocolate in the bowl and melt it for 1 minute at 70% of the power of your oven. Remove from the microwave and stir well to dissolve and melt the chocolate. Repeat, this time for 10-15 seconds and stir well to dissolve any chocolate pieces.

Differences between chocolate and imitation chocolate:

• Real chocolate is made from cocoa butter and cocoa mass but may also contain other ingredients, such as sugar, milk, lecithin, etc.
• Imitation chocolate is made from cocoa powder (which replaces cocoa mass) and vegetable fats, such as palm kernel oil and coconut oil (instead of cocoa butter). However, it is a more processed product, mainly in terms of fats, in order for them to approach the organoleptic characteristics of cocoa butter (with the main thing being to melt in the mouth, without sticking to the palate).

Ingredients: Sugar, fractionated and fully hydrogenated vegetable fats: palm kernel oil, whey powder, low-fat cocoa powder, whole milk powder, emulsifiers E492, E322 sunflower lecithin, aroma.

*During the period May - September due to high temperatures, the product may deteriorate in the packaging during transport.