The art of Gourmet Candy Making is all about using premium ingredients and a learning a few basic techniques.
Once mastered you will be able to make the most delicious and beautiful confections and candy treats imaginable.
People often think of candy making as difficult, hard to do and that working with REAL chocolate is close to impossible. Not so. Making wonderful candies is easy and super FUN. Making Gourmet candy using REAL chocolate is also incredibly gratifying!
With just a few principles you will have a NEW craft or art mastered and have a ball creating delicious fudges, truffles, toffees and chocolate holiday treats.
I consider working as a candy maker a true art because there is so much creativity involved. You start with the basics and expand from there. Shape, flavor combinations, texture and packaging are all up to you and your imagination.
Two very important principles to follow when starting out
- INGREDIENTS: Buy the BEST you can find and afford.
- TECHNIQUE: Give yourself time to master the art of tempering chocolate.
Once you are comfortable with tempering chocolate, there is NO going back to the “other” chocolate substitutes. Imagine being able to recreate those gorgeous, high priced gourmet candies from famous chocolate shops in your own kitchen!
It’s all a matter of ingredients and technique.
Many of the steps in candy making take a little time and attention. Unlike a pot of stew that you set and forget for several hours, you have to watch and stir the sugar mixture when making toffee, as an example.
Working with REAL chocolate requires a process called tempering. Again, a process that takes time but well worth every second.
The rewards both visually and taste wise cannot be attained using lesser candy compounds or compound coatings.
CANDY MAKING ADVISE FOR THE NEWBIE: Take a class or find a good instruction book, and or find an authority website online.
There’s lots of great information on making the “good stuff” The GourmetCandymaker.Com has just released the first of a comprehensive video series on gourmet candy making.
Have fun in your new craft adventure!
