Pour chocolate icing over cakes or eat cookies with chocolate icing?
You can melt chocolate not only in a water bath, but also in the microwave.
This is much faster.
Refine your favorite cake with chocolate icing, cover Christmas cookies with chocolate icing or dip fruit in melted chocolate at Christmas or New Year's with a chocolate fondue?
There are different occasions when to melt chocolate and also different methods of melting chocolate.
A popular example is the water bath.
However, you need to plan some time for that.
Do you already know the kitchen tip to melt chocolate in the microwave?
This is much faster than in a water bath.
A guide on how to melt chocolate in the microwave is below.
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You can melt chocolate for baking in the microwave much faster than in a water bath.
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What does it take to melt chocolate in the microwave?
Chocolate to melt
microwave
Microwave safe bowl/bowl
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Instructions: How to melt chocolate in the microwave
Chop up the chocolate to be melted and place in a microwave-safe bowl or bowl.
Place the bowl of chopped chocolate in the microwave to melt, then close the microwave door.
Turn the microwave on to 600 watts and let the chocolate melt for about a minute.
Remove the bowl of melted chocolate from the microwave and allow to cool.
As you stir the chocolate, determine whether the chocolate has melted completely or whether there are still small pieces of chocolate inside.
If necessary, the bowl must then be placed in the microwave for another 30 to 60 seconds.
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Before using the microwave again, however, you should make sure that you let the melted chocolate cool down properly and stir it well.
Otherwise the chocolate could burn in the microwave.
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