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Home > Guittard's Fine French Chocolate > Melting "Chocolate"

Guittard Dark "Chocolate": Melting Molds, Candy Making, Fountains 

Dark Chocolate flavor Melt 'N Mold from Guittard Chocolate Company is the highest quality ingredient and the best choice for a chocolate fountain because of its great melting ability and shiny quality. Made with palm kernel oil for a smooth finished look after cooling. Chocolate flavored coating.

All flavors are excellent and are good for melting because of their smooth and creamy texture for easy chocolate molding with no tempering required.
Guittard chocolates can be melted on the stove, in a fondue fountain, or in the microwave. Instructions are printed on each bag.

Guittard Chocolate is made in a peanut-free plant.

Shipped with free cold pack in hot weather to aid against, but not guarantee against, melting.

Also try: Guittard melting milk chocolate coating and Guittard melting white chocolate coating.

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Note: A natural process called "blooming" takes effect on the Guittard dark molding chocolate with change in temperature. Blooming looks like white streaks, but is a natural process of the sugar separating from the chocolate and it will remedy itself when melted and does NOT effect the flavor. Chocolate is shipped at customer's risk during hot weather. May melt some in shipping, but this does not effect the flavor. May be remelted over and over again.

Guittard Dark Molding Chocolate is stored in a climate controlled environment.

Tips for melting Guittard chocolate - Microwave chocolate at 30-second intervals using microwave safe bowls, stirring in-between to distribute the heat, in order to avoid scorching the chocolate. Keep chocolate at a constant temperature to produce a smooth professional look. You can purchase a griddle, or use your stove top and frying pan. Lay two towels on the pan or griddle before placing the chocolate filled plastic bowl.

Tips on molding with Guittard Chocolate see our chocolate molding tips page.

To see some of the ways we used Guittard Melting Chocolate for molding, click on the home page and look to see what we created!

Where on Earth did chocolate and the chocolate craze come from? Read all about the history of chocolate and where it comes from.

The Guittard Chocolate company has been around for many years and competes with the best of them! We chose Guittard chocolate because of it's fine quality, incredible taste and its work with Fair Trade.

A Note About Guittard Dark Molding Chocolate

By Cheryl Sandberg

Of course everyone knows about the big chocolate craze. How can you miss it? You've got to be from another planet to miss it. Chocolate covered everything you can think of!

Most of us think about milk chocolate when we picture chocolate chip cookies oozing out all over the place, or chocolate Easter bunnies, almond bark, and all kinds of candies.

Dark chocolate, a sometimes overlooked avenue of chocolate enjoyment, has its own unique qualities. It has a much richer, more chocolaty flavor and aroma.

Guittard dark molding chocolate is the most popular choice for chocolate fountains because of its unique ability to melt very smoothly. It's beautiful... that dark, elegant color flowing over the fountain just waiting for your guests to arrive and widen their eyes when they see what gift you have brought for them. 'Oooooh, a chocolate fountain.'

This dark chocolate is fantastic for the inside of a truffle, or ganache and is perfect for putting in your fondue pot. See recipes for fountains and fondue.

Guittard dark chocolate enhances the flavors of the strawberries and other wonderful endless number of things you can dip in the rich, shiny, melted dark flowing chocolate.

Dark chocolate also is wonderful for molding because of its darker quality.

Many people prefer dark chocolate because of its richer flavor, as well as its health benefits.

There are many chocolate connoisseurs who specifically seek out richer, darker, more pure Guittard Dark Chocolate.