Glad you liked the candy picture, Cyndi. My thought on looking at it
was that the photo looked better than the candy tasted. Haha! But a
lot of it has been a learn-as-I-go experience, so I expect to have to
play around to find out what works best. You might note in the picture
that I finally broke down and bought some cheap plastic candy molds.
They are good for centers that are too soft to hold a shape during a
dipping process. The outer shell can be poured and hollowed and the
center simply plopped into place and sealed over.

Probably the best candy wasn't pictured. A 2-cup batch of semisweet
dipping chocolate seized on me while I was melting it, probably
because of water contamination. I was going to just pitch it but had
second thoughts so I added a little shortening, some cream, sugar,
vanilla, and mixed in some walnut chunks. I poured it out on a plate
and sprinkled the top with toffee. The family and folks at work loved
it.

Michael