To temper chocolate, you need a double boiler, a cooking thermometer, and a rubber spatula. The process of tempering involves heating and cooling chocolate to specific temperatures. Tempering ...

There are few things in cooking that give me “the dreads” quite like tempering chocolate. It’s a time-intensive, persnickety process that is overwhelming to deal with — and for someone like me, who’s ...

It seems like pretty much everyone is a chocolate person around Valentine's Day—chocolate desserts, chocolate-dipped strawberries, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate everywhere you look—but there are ...

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Making a batch of chocolate-dipped strawberries? To achieve the inviting glossy sheen found on store-bought treats, you'll need to master the art of tempering your chocolate. Just bear one thing in ...

WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO TEMPER CHOCOLATE? Manufactured chocolate - the chocolate you buy as an ingredient for cooking - must be tempered before it is used in confectionery for dipped or molded ...