MGot326225 wrote:

> What do I need to get or to do to make the chocolate coating for candies like
> nougat, etc? I'm searching for a nice shiny, crunchy chocolate coating to dip
> the homemade candies in, the kind that will set up or get hard.
>
> Would melting semisweet chocolate chips do just fine? Are the chips already
> tempered? I've read something about tempered chocolate is necessary if you
> want the chocolate to remain shiny. I know nothing about it so please advise.
>
> Thank you very much and wish you all a wonderful holiday season.
>
>


Semisweet chocolate chips are about the worst thing you can use; they
are designed to hold their shape when they melt -- for cookies. They
*might* work if you add some paraffin wax (yuck!), shortening (also
yucky), or cocoa butter when you melt them.

Bob