ok so im making reindeer bark tomorrow which is a dessert/ food. basically im gonna melt some white chocolate chips (nestle toll house premier white brand) and then sprinkle in some crushed up peppermint candies and then put it in the fridge to harden. I don't have a double boiler so can I just boil some water in a pot place a glass bowl over top with the chocolate inside? will it start to cool off too fast and turn all half melted gross? should I add some butter or will this make my reindeer bark gross. how exactly should I go about this
Boil some water in a smaller pan. than put another pan on top with the chips inside. Keep stirring. U can also melt them on low heat keep stirring is the key...
There's also the version my grandma used. Take a heating pad, put your conductive heat-proof (metal or pyrex are best) container on top, add chocolate (and butter if you like) and stir. If you use a double boiler or the bowl-on-pan method you run the risk of water getting into the chocolate, and a single drop will make the chocolate seize. And that's just yucky.
Toll House White Chocolate Chips
My wife used to be in the chocolate business. Half her double boilers were just pots that happened to fit one in the other. Glass doesn't conduct heat as well as metal, but once the chocolate has gotten to about 98° it'll stay melted. Nestles is high-sugar-content molding candy [cheap stuff] so the melt range is quite broad. Just stir it until it runs like water, then take it off the pot - you should have plenty of time to stir in the peppermint. (It'll probably stay liquid longer than you want.) No butter - you're just giving yourself a lot of extra work.
Your idea is actually pretty good. Another option is to microwave. Be sure to check it every 15 seconds and stir. It doesn't have to be melted completely. Take it out of the microwave and stir until completely melted.
