From ancient times, people tried to sweeten life. But some products that were considered delicious and sweet by our ancestors, now seem to us not at all like that. The industry for the production of sweets is developing, from year to year it is becoming more sophisticated, pleasing customers with the finest author's confectionery.
Confectionery - masterpieces of art
Any confectionery should be tasty and beautiful. Special achievements in this were achieved in the manufacture of cakes. Creating real masterpieces, confectioners managed to achieve the perfect combination of taste characteristics and aesthetic beauty. The designer cakes are so beautiful that the hand does not rise to violate this harmony.
It is interesting to watch how chocolate-coated donuts are made. Gentle color waves glide to the surface, fill the dough, causing only a desire to enjoy sweets.
Natural chocolate is very popular. Sweets are made from it, it is added to cakes and other pastries.
All of these confectionery products consist of dozens of ingredients that are not particularly tasty in themselves. One of them is chocolate drops, used in baking or candy production.
What are chocolate drops used for?
When buying cookies or muffins with a splash of chocolate, people often wonder about how these specks got into baking and did not dissolve. And everything is very simple - these are the very chocolate drops.
They can be completely different both in color and composition, and in heat resistance.
The most common are those made from natural chocolate. Such drops are used to decorate confectionery. They give a chocolate smell and taste. It's nice when in the midst of the most delicate whipped cream comes across such a chocolate droplet.
Naturally, this is not the only situation in which it is advisable to use drops. Chocolate balls are indispensable helpers of the confectioner in the process of glaze preparation. Droplets and small plates easily melt and turn into a homogeneous mass, which can be used as a decorative ingredient.
Heat-resistant drops are exactly those that are used for baking. Due to their composition, they do not blur into shapeless puddles under the influence of high temperatures, but retain their shape.
These convenient small droplets are used not only in large industries. Evaluated the benefits of their use and ordinary housewives. Drops are easy to store, and the right amount for baking or for making glaze is easy to calculate. You no longer need to stand at the stove, waiting for the glaze mass to reach the desired state. And the need to melt chocolate bars also disappeared.
What do drops are made of?
The standard composition of a quality product should be:
- sugar;
- cocoa oil;
- lecithin;
- vanillin;
- milk.
This is not always the composition. Depending on the type, chocolate drops can contain cocoa and cocoa butter substitutes.
It is important to understand that heat-resistant drops are made specifically for baking. They contain ingredients that allow them to melt at high temperatures. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat them before processing.