In article >,
"Emily Quesenberry" > wrote:

> I had always been told that adding a vegetable shortening or something along
> those lines added the 'sheen' or shiny effect to the chocolate when it
> melted, for example when many people do the coconut and peanut butter balls
> in my neck of the woods around Christmas, you can always tell who added the
> shortening and who didn't. It just seems to make the chocolate a little bit
> 'smoother'

It also lowers the melting point.

Miche

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