What are the uses of compound chocolate?

It is used as a lower-cost alternative to true chocolate, as it uses less-expensive hard vegetable fats such as coconut oil or palm kernel oil in place of the more expensive cocoa butter. It may also be known as “compound coating” or “chocolatey coating” when used as a coating for candy.

Can we eat compound chocolate?

Is it safe to use or eat this chocolate? It’s still safe – it just has ‘bloom’ from cooling under less than ideal conditions. Remelt and it should be fine.

What is white compound chocolate used for?

Uses. White compound chocolate is also referred to as coating chocolate, compound chocolate coating, decorator’s chocolate, confectioner’s chocolate or confectionary coating. White compound chocolate is easily molded for candies, but also used for baking, dipping and white chocolate fountains.

Can I use compound chocolate for baking?

Compound chocolate serves a purpose and it is cheaper, but don’t use it to bake brownies or cookies.

Is compound chocolate real chocolate?

What is compound chocolate? Just like ‘real’ chocolate, compound chocolate’s main ingredient comes from the cacao bean. However, the crucial difference is the level of cocoa butter. Compound chocolate uses vegetable fats, such as coconut oil, soy, or palm kernel oil, in place of cocoa butter.

What’s the difference between compound chocolate and normal chocolate?

Does compound chocolate melt?

Compound chocolate also melts at a much higher temperature than real chocolate. Real chocolate melts at body temperature so it dissolves on the tongue when you bite into it. Compound chocolate has to be chewed.

What is dark compound chocolate used for?

This dark compound can not just be used for preparing desserts but can even be used for garnishing, topping, preparing truffle and more. Being a bar of cooking chocolate, this is the right ingredient for preparing the chocolate desserts where you need to heat, melt and cook the ingredients for a while.

Is cooking chocolate compound chocolate?

As it is usually used in baking, cooking chocolate is sold untempered. Compound chocolate replaces cocoa butter with palm or vegetable oil, making them cheaper but inferior in flavour and texture.

Why is compound chocolate cheap?

In a chocolate compound, the chocolate liquor is replaced with cocoa powder, and cocoa butter with vegetable oil. While such substitution does make the chocolate affordable, as compared to couverture chocolate, compound is not ‘real chocolate’.