How to Melt Chocolate in a Double Boiler

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Improvise a double boiler, if you don't already have one, with a saucepan and bowl. Then follow these tips from Nestlé Toll House and become a masterful baker.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Bowls
Double Boilers
Saucepans
chocolates

Step1

Fill bottom of double boiler with water and place on low heat.

Step2

Place chocolate chips or coarsely chopped chocolate in the top of double boiler over hot (not boiling) water and allow it to melt. Do not cover.

Step3

When most of the chocolate is shiny, stir until smooth.

Step4

Remove top of boiler from heat.

Tips & Warnings

Chocolate has a very low melting point. It must not be subjected to excessive heat, such as baking temperatures in an oven. Always melt over very low heat - do not boil the water.
Moisture is the enemy of melting chocolate - it can cause the mixture to stiffen. Don't let any water get into the chocolate (that's why you shouldn't cover the double boiler; condensation will drip in).

Comments

ahnah74 said

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on 2/28/2008 if you want to add color to melted white chocolate you have to find food coloring that doesn't contain water in it. you would have to go to specialty store or order it online.

Suriliel said

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on 10/26/2007 If you wanted to add color to melted white chocolate, how would you do that? If any moisture is bad, would food coloring cause it to solidify?

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