"qahtan" > wrote in message
. ..
> I know many years ago, when I was first working chocolate, some recipes
did
> put a small percentage of paraffin wax into the melting chocolate, it's
> suppose to firm up the chocolate I believe, I didn't like the idea so
never
> used it.
> Chocolate is tricky stuff to work with I find....... qahtan

Yes. I think that if you don't want to use a shortening designed for
chocolate, it would be better to use compound coating. Wax would be my
choice of last resort.