It’s that time of year where sweet treats reign supreme. You may be baking a special holiday treat to give as a gift, to share with loved ones, or to sell to customers. Candy melts are made with compound coatings, which means they are made with vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter making them easy to work with. Lucky for you, that means no tempering is required. No matter who you are baking for, you’re going to need high quality chocolate melts (also known as candy melts) that elevate your sweet treats so we’ve put together a quick guide for you!
Macarons (pronounced mac-ah-ron) are a delicate, sandwich style pastry that make perfect gifts & party favors. Most people associate Macarons with France, but they actually originate from Italy. Macarons have a long history, dating back to the early 1500’s. These delectable treats have been enjoyed for centuries!
Merckens Chocolate Melts were first introduced in 1921 in Buffalo, New York when a German immigrant named August Mercken purchased a chocolate company & renamed it after his family. Since then, Merckens has become a household name & a pantry staple for home bakers & chocolate makers alike.
Everyone loves to snack on a beautifully colored treat! To achieve these colorful creations, you’ll need to stock up on food coloring. Not just any food coloring will do. Water based food coloring could ruin your treats instantly so you’ll want to be sure to use oil-based food coloring to create classic & custom treat colors.
Candy colors are available in an array of brands, colors & shades. Add oil based candy colors to your candy melts or buttercream frosting to decorate your treats to match custom color palettes for your customers. School colors? Team colors? Holiday colors? Favorite Colors? No problem!
Couverture chocolate is a specialty form of chocolate that is commonly used by professional bakers, confectioners & chocolate manufacturers. Unlike commonly used melting chocolates, this premium product has a high percentage of cocoa butter. Due to the fluidity of the extra cocoa butter content, couverture chocolate is the ideal choice for artisan chocolate making.
You don’t need to go to the pumpkin patch to get your fix, with this easy to follow recipe, you can make your favorite caramel apples right at home! To get started on this classic fall treat, you will need some Peter’s Caramel Loaf & a batch of fresh apples. But we aren’t stopping there. We did promise gourmet apples after all. That’s why we’ll be adding an extra layer of chocolate flavor to sweeten the deal.
The holidays are quickly approaching, which means it’s the busiest time of the year here at Stover & Company.
While we always ask that you allow for 1-3 business days of order processing time, we’re usually able to exceed that expectation during our slower seasons. However, during our busiest time of the year, our warehouse staff may need the full 3 business day timeframe to process your order with care.
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of the baking aisle trying to remember which type of canned milk that family recipe called for?
Evaporated milk & sweetened condensed milkare both types of thick, concentrated milk in which about 60% of the water has been removed. The difference between the two may be small, but it will certainly have a big impact on the taste of your finished dish.
