"MGot326225" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
>

Don't use chocolate chips. They have additives to keep their shape. Just get
some good quality (Valrhona, Callebaut, Scharffen-Berger, Schokinaag, etc)
chocolate. You have two choices at that point. Either melt is just enough to
make is liquid without losing temper or temper it yourself. It's really not
as hard as it seems and a quick google search will show hundreds of posts
with instructions for tempering.

kimberly