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Best chocolate for home-made Chocolate Kimberleys?

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  • 02-02-2015 11:18am
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    Ciaran_B
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    I love Chocolate Kimberleys but they are a little pricey to keep in the house all the time. I have been experimenting with coating regular Kimberleys with melted chocolate to make my own but I can't get the chocolate right. I've tried melted Cadbury Dairy Milk and melted Galaxy bars, and they are both delicious, but the taste isn't right. Anyone know the best chocolate to use?

    Thanks.


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    blinding
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    I have no idea but I like the way you are thinking !


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    huskerdu
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    Dairy milk does not melt very well. It splits too easily.

    I find the Finbarra brand in Lidl always melts well and tastes great.


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    Tree
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    you might want to try a mix of chocolates. Half and half cooking chocolate and a good quality dark chocolate might be what you're after. The chocolate on them isn't very milky or very fancy, but somewhere in between


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    rubadub
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    I check ingredient lists to try and figure out stuff. Jacobs single out the chocolate list on its own

    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250540945
    Ingredients

    Wheat Flour, Milk Chocolate (30%) [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Liquor, Skimmed Milk Powder, Milk Fat, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Flavouring], Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Water, Vegetable Oil, Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate), Gelling Agent (Gelatine), Ground Ginger, Salt, Natural Lemon Oil
    So the bits in the backets are what is in the chocolate and you might find bars with similar ones in that order (they list in order of greatest first). I know dairy milk has palm oil and shea butter/fat in it now. Galaxy has palm fat too, these are usually frowned upon and seen as cheap filler. I would be trying lidl or aldi bars, cheaper to us and seemingly more expensive to produce than the branded muck.


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