How to Make Blue Chocolate
White chocolate melting wafers, white candy melts, or white confectionery coating melted in the microwave with food-grade blue spirulina powder for a naturally vibrant blue coating. Use it to dip pretzel rods, drizzle cookies, fill candy molds, or add a natural blue to your other favorite treats.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white chocolate melting wafers, white candy melts, or white confectionery coating Ghirardelli white melting wafers is what I recommend
- .25 to 2 tsp food-grade blue spirulina powder start at 1/4 tsp, add up to 2 tsp for deeper blue, to taste
Instructions
- Place white chocolate melting wafers (like Ghirardelli), white candy melts, or white confectionery coating aka "almond bark" in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl. Bowl and spatula must be completely dry.
- Microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds. Stir gently.
- Continue microwaving in 15-second bursts at 50% power, stirring between each, until about 75% melted.
- Stop microwaving. Stir until residual heat melts the rest.
- Add 1 tsp food-grade blue spirulina powder. Stir until evenly mixed with no streaks. For a deeper Frozen-blue shade, add 1/4 tsp at a time up to 2 tsp total. Different brands vary in strength, so stop when you like the color. Past 2 tsp, the coating may start to taste bitter or vegetal.
- Use right away: Dip treats like pretzel rods, OREOs, Rice Krispie Treats, and potato chips, add to candy molds or scoop into pastry bags and pipe immediately or it will harden. As it cools, it will harden; repeat steps 1 - 3 to warm up the chocolate.
- Pro TIp: When finishing up, don't leave utensils like pastry brushes or spoons in the bowl of chocolate coating as it cools or they will harden in the coating.
Notes
White chocolate chips can be used instead of melting wafers, but add 1 tsp coconut oil or vegetable shortening per cup of chips for a smoother dipping consistency.
Blue spirulina powder clumps in storage. Sift through a fine mesh strainer for an even color.
If chocolate firms up before you finish, reheat in 15-second bursts at 50% power.
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