Bunny McElwee wrote:
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> I'd love to be able to use couture chocolate, but alas, money doesn't
> go that far and I like to make a large variety of things.

If you are buying in bulk, you can get good couverture--not "couture,"
that's clothing--for about $4.75 per pound. (More than melts go for, but not
necessarily prohibitive.)

Your bigger problem would be tempering, and even bigger would be keeping it
in temper while you dip. You are probably wise to stick with candy melts,
since your audience is satisfied with them, unless you want to get into that
whole thing.