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Step 3Shape the Candy
This should be pretty self explanatory how to do this - squeeze the melted candy onto the parchment. The order you do it in matter, though. The brand I used stayed where I put it - it didn't run at all. It also didn't matter how much one color cooled before I used another color next to it.
Lace edges - do these first. Squeeze out a little dot, touch it to the parchment (I started in the middle top of the heart), lift a bit, squeeze another drop, touch down in the next circle. Keep going all the way around. It doesn't need to look perfect, but try to keep it even.
Polka dots/polka heart, center heart of 'target' shapes - do these second. For polka dots it's like the lace edge - just squeeze out more candy and put it in the center of the circle. For hearts do two dots - the two top parts of the heart - then use your toothpick to drag the candy out to the edge of the hear shape.
Lines - do these next. Don't touch the tip of the bottle down - keep it cleaned off with a paper towel. Start squeezing a bit, let the candy touch down to start the line, then slowly squeeze and drag to the end of the line - hovering above the parchment. When you get to the end stop squeezing and the line will stop.
Open areas - fill in the rest of the shape loosely with the candy, then use the toothpick to drag it to the edges and completely fill in the shape.
I found I was able to keep melted candy of all four colors going all of the time - I would keep the four bottles filled, and when I wasn't using a color I would keep it inside the microwave. The occasional 30 at 50% kept them flowing well, and the microwave stayed warmer than the ambient kitchen temperature. After enough re-heats the candy starts to get stiffer but you can always mix in some fresh if this happens.
Lace edges - do these first. Squeeze out a little dot, touch it to the parchment (I started in the middle top of the heart), lift a bit, squeeze another drop, touch down in the next circle. Keep going all the way around. It doesn't need to look perfect, but try to keep it even.
Polka dots/polka heart, center heart of 'target' shapes - do these second. For polka dots it's like the lace edge - just squeeze out more candy and put it in the center of the circle. For hearts do two dots - the two top parts of the heart - then use your toothpick to drag the candy out to the edge of the hear shape.
Lines - do these next. Don't touch the tip of the bottle down - keep it cleaned off with a paper towel. Start squeezing a bit, let the candy touch down to start the line, then slowly squeeze and drag to the end of the line - hovering above the parchment. When you get to the end stop squeezing and the line will stop.
Open areas - fill in the rest of the shape loosely with the candy, then use the toothpick to drag it to the edges and completely fill in the shape.
I found I was able to keep melted candy of all four colors going all of the time - I would keep the four bottles filled, and when I wasn't using a color I would keep it inside the microwave. The occasional 30 at 50% kept them flowing well, and the microwave stayed warmer than the ambient kitchen temperature. After enough re-heats the candy starts to get stiffer but you can always mix in some fresh if this happens.
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May 23, 2010. 7:26 AMmathews98
says:
could you use some eyedroppers instead of squeeze bottles?
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Aug 15, 2010. 9:16 PM
technoplastique (author)
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technoplastique (author)
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It might work, but eyedroppers depend on more on gravity whereas squeeze bottles use force. The candy might be too dense to come out of the eyedroppers easily. It has a fairly high viscosity.
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