So begins the Candy holidays

[Habanero Smoker]

Looks great.

If you lay a sheet of plastic wrap over the scale before weighing you will save a little time on clean up. I also use plastic wrap to cover the scales when I am weighing different types of meat, especially chicken.

[Drac]

My scale (not pictured) is a small digital so it fits nicely in a 1 gallon ziplock :D

BTW I do clean up completely between batches :-[ 

Jim

[Caneyscud]

Cleanup!  I think that would be defined as: When you see Caney with his head in the chocolate bowl licking for all he's worth. 

[La Quinta]

Habs...me too...is it the same with chocolate tho?

[Drac]

Got a couple molded last night.  Tooks a few pics.  Will do somemore tonight and hopefully get sometime to post them.  Getting into the cycle and need to get them done before next week if I can since I am heading on vacation to my in-laws house for Thanksgiving and the week after so that not only puts a damper in the making but the family will expect me to bring some home with us.

Did up some sample ones of the habenero ones with the hotter formula since there were complaints last year of needing more heat.  I turned it up a little.  Pass the samples around work and got feed back ranging from "COUGH, COUGH... Good flavor" (in a horse, strained voice) to "Mmmm... Damn thats good."  It is a step up in heat without loss of flavor.  100% a hit.

Jim

[Drac]

Here is what the molds finish up like.

A filled mold, habanero in this case -



A batch ready to go -



The setup -



Cover with chocolate and scrapped -



First mold didn't come out right but here is one that did -



Pop them out and clean them up -

[Drac]

Got a box of transfers -



Here's the way they can turn out (when they work) -



Here is what the milk chocolate molded ones turned out like.  They oval one will get a coating of milk chocolate and Oreo crumbs to mark it as the mudslide -



Jim

[SnellySmokesEm]

Great Job Drac.  That looks like it takes a lot of time, but I am sure its well worth it!

[Quarlow]

Love the spicy chocolates. Here is the one I buy around here. Sorry for the crappy pic but you can see it.

This is a great post. You sure keep busy don't ya.

[SiFumar]

You truly do some amazing work!

[deb415611]

awesome Drac

[ghost9mm]

WOW !!! it has got to smell really good around your house...it all looks just so good...

[La Quinta]

Wow...looks like a lot of doo dads Drac...

[Sailor]

I don't think shipping from Texas to Florida is too much.  Be glad to help take some of them off your hands if you so desire  ;D

I am really impressed with your candy making skills.  Nice job!

[Drac]

Well, should be finishing up enough tonight to get some boxes out this tomoorow or Thursday.  Ran short on time due to the vacation and military.  Sorry I couldn't continue with the step-by-step but with running short on time I had to just move quickly.

Got 2 more candies and a batch of fudge to finish tonight and maybe get a box packed up or two.

Will try to get a couple pics of the finished products before sending them out.

Jim