Valentine Chocolate for Your Dear...

Ever wonder giving your darling a chocolate? C'mon, your darling and your dear can be your love one, not necessary your bf right?? I discover one article which is the easiest [for me] to understand.

Here it goes...

Heart-shaped Chocolate Picture - Valentine's Day ChocolatePhoto (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka

Ingredients:
1 lb. sweet chocolate (for cooking)

Preparation:
1. Chop chocolate finely.

2. Place 2/3 of chopped chocolate in a dried bowl. Heat water to about 130 degrees F [54 degree Celsius] in a medium pot.

3. Place the chocolate bowl on the warm water. Melt chopped chocolate, stirring gently. Keep stirring the chocolate until the temperature of the chocolate becomes 122 degrees F [50 degree Celsius].

4. Remove the chocolate bowl from warm water. Add the remaining chopped chocolate in the melted chocolate, stirring gently. Cool the temperature of the chocolate to 90 degrees F [32 degree Celsius].

5. Place waxed paper in a flat pan. Place heart-shaped molds or other molds on the pan. Pour chocolate into the molds and cool them. Remove chocolates from the molds.

*Makes 4 large chocolates

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