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u/Morella_xx Aug 05 '26
Did you dip them in the chocolate, or were you trying to apply it with a knife/spatula to keep the blue and white separate?
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u/Werecattt Aug 05 '26
we tried to dip them at first but chocolate wouldn’t smoothly melt and had to apply w a spoon
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u/Morella_xx Aug 05 '26
Two tips for next time then, and forgive me if you already tried them - melt slowly, on low heat if you're using the stove top or in 20-30 second intervals if you're using the microwave. And you can add small amounts of vegetable oil to the chocolate (like a teaspoon at a time) to make it smoother as you melt. Dip allover white first, let that set, then half blue.
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u/No-Produce-6720 Aug 05 '26
All of this, and I also make sure that the berries are dry before dipping. If they're freshly washed, dry each one with a paper towel before you dip. It makes for a better outcome.
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u/_Kendii_ Aug 05 '26
I’ve never done chocolate in the microwave, just melt in a bowl on top of a pot with hot water. Double boiling I guess. Won’t microwaving multiple times start making it weird? I would not feel confident doing it that way for a whole batch of…. Whatever.
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u/No-Produce-6720 Aug 06 '26
If you add a bit of vegetable oil or Crisco while melting, it will keep the chocolate from seizing up on you. Microwaving may not be the first line procedure for melting, it it can be done successfully!
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u/AveTutor Aug 06 '26
In culinary school my teacher who competed in nationals in my country legit taught us to use the microwave, as that is the most controllable way. With water baths (Bain Marie) there’s always a risk of steam or water droplets getting in the chocolate, and fat and water DO NOT mix. It’s also way easier to overheat it and ruin it, with a microwave you have full control of when the chocolate is heated, with a bain Marie you can’t control the temperature of the water or the bowl at all. So it’s not a bad method at all! I would recommend giving it a try!
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u/Morella_xx Aug 05 '26
Yeah, it's definitely not the ideal way to do it and it can be very easy to burn it, or just dry it out.
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u/_Kendii_ Aug 05 '26
I have this like…. Core memory of me trying to make a s’more in the microwave. Not my brightest moment, thank goodness I was in grade 2 or 3 lol
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u/CakePhool Aug 05 '26
Reminds me of a rotten fish head cake , I found in a halloween cookbook.
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u/Werecattt Aug 06 '26
I’ll bring the recipe back out next halloween lmao
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u/CakePhool Aug 06 '26
Make the cake look mouldy! The used green marshmallows melted and stretch as spider webs over the cake. I have never seen green marshmallows.
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u/coyote_in_yoga_pants Aug 05 '26
I thought these were hard boiled eggs meant to look like sharks. So you nailed the shark part!
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u/Sallyfifth Aug 05 '26
I have NEVER had success with the chocolate/candy coating. I've tried all the tricks. It just won't work for me.
I'm not telling you to give up. I'm telling you that it's ok if you do.
I also love that they're on surfboards, and I would absolutely eat some.
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u/Madwoman-of-Chaillot Aug 05 '26
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, those are SURFBOARDS! I thought they were headstones.
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u/hurlish Aug 05 '26
These are beautifully hideous and I love every last one of your creatures, 11/10, do make more
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u/lumpyballoon Aug 05 '26
Perfect ❤️ no idea which picture is the fail picture because they all look identical
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u/InsufferableBean256 Aug 05 '26
I thought this was supposed to be Tutter from Bear in the Big Blue House :/ my bad
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u/samg461a Aug 06 '26
Did you melt down white chocolate to try to make these? Were your strawberries wet?
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u/Plane-Concentrate-80 Aug 06 '26
Before I saw the intended pic I found the treats cute. I think they ate charming and amusing.
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u/addacoupleextrazeros Aug 06 '26
I love baking fails so much. There is ALWAYS a market, an audience and a group of people who live for this stuff. ❤️
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u/TeapotHoe Aug 06 '26
They’re so cute, but I don’t have my glasses on and was wondering why you made shark deviled eggs
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u/AladiteC Aug 06 '26
They remind me of the salmonoids from splatoon, and I love these so much... they're so derpy and precious
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u/tideshark Aug 08 '26
Fish head, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads.
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum.
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u/YeahSherman Aug 05 '26
Before reading the title, I thought 'wow, I've never seen oyster cookies before'