We got a mold! I have been wanting to try a mold for some time now, but just have not put the time into it. Finally I sat down to research and order a heavy duty mold. I'll admit, this was last fall though. The mold came, we admired it, and that was it for a while. Making chocolate truffles takes a lot of time and space, which we didn't have much of, so the mold got put on hold.
After looking at the mold for a few months I decided it was time that I test it out once and for all. I watched a few youtube videos on how to use aa mold and then went about making my ganache and melting/tempering the chocolate. Then let me tell you, it got messy! I had to fill the mold first with melted chocolate, then tip it over to let the chocolate drip out leaving a nice hollow chocolate coated mold to be filled. I do not work with a large chocolate pot or any special melting devices, so pouring chocolate into the mold and letting it drip out was a messy affair. I had chocolate everywhere!! At that point I almost threw in the towel to never use a mold again.
Despite the mess, I stuck with the molding process. Mostly out of curiosity. I wanted to see how the truffles would turn out. Next, I piped the ganache into the mold. That was the easy part. Then came another mess. To top of the molds I had to pour more chocolate onto the top of the mold to seal off the truffle. Once again, chocolate was everywhere! I've never made such a huge mess! I scraped off the excess chocolate, stepped back, and was actually pretty impressed with my handiwork.
I gave the truffles about an hour to harden and set...although, I'm sure they are supposed to set for much longer. Finally I couldn't take the suspense anymore. I took the mold of truffles and like youtube showed me, I smacked it face down on the counter. About half of the molded truffles came out and I was ecstatic with joy! It worked!! Despite the horrible mess, I had successfully molded truffles.
I'm sure with practice I could have this method down in no time. Then I could be turning out truffles by the hundreds with no problem...if I needed a hundred truffles. Andy is not a fan though. He likes the hand dipped truffles, both for the look and for the personal attention. It is also nice to be able to garnish the top of each chocolate. You can't do that as easily with a mold. So we'll see how often the mold gets used It was fun to try and is a quick and easy way to make many at once. I may have to invest in a larger chocolate melting pot though.
After looking at the mold for a few months I decided it was time that I test it out once and for all. I watched a few youtube videos on how to use aa mold and then went about making my ganache and melting/tempering the chocolate. Then let me tell you, it got messy! I had to fill the mold first with melted chocolate, then tip it over to let the chocolate drip out leaving a nice hollow chocolate coated mold to be filled. I do not work with a large chocolate pot or any special melting devices, so pouring chocolate into the mold and letting it drip out was a messy affair. I had chocolate everywhere!! At that point I almost threw in the towel to never use a mold again.
Despite the mess, I stuck with the molding process. Mostly out of curiosity. I wanted to see how the truffles would turn out. Next, I piped the ganache into the mold. That was the easy part. Then came another mess. To top of the molds I had to pour more chocolate onto the top of the mold to seal off the truffle. Once again, chocolate was everywhere! I've never made such a huge mess! I scraped off the excess chocolate, stepped back, and was actually pretty impressed with my handiwork.
I gave the truffles about an hour to harden and set...although, I'm sure they are supposed to set for much longer. Finally I couldn't take the suspense anymore. I took the mold of truffles and like youtube showed me, I smacked it face down on the counter. About half of the molded truffles came out and I was ecstatic with joy! It worked!! Despite the horrible mess, I had successfully molded truffles.
I'm sure with practice I could have this method down in no time. Then I could be turning out truffles by the hundreds with no problem...if I needed a hundred truffles. Andy is not a fan though. He likes the hand dipped truffles, both for the look and for the personal attention. It is also nice to be able to garnish the top of each chocolate. You can't do that as easily with a mold. So we'll see how often the mold gets used It was fun to try and is a quick and easy way to make many at once. I may have to invest in a larger chocolate melting pot though.
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