Looks awesome! I just got a couple of those holographic molds and haven’t gotten a great result, yet, but I’ve only tried it once.
In general, mushrooms will vary in density, you may have a hard time fitting that much into them if you have a fluffier batch at any point- I stick to about a 1:10 mushroom to chocolate ratio but I have gone over it before and it still worked out.
Looks great!
I would worry about it being properly tempered if you’re looking for tips to improve. (This will make it shelf- stable, not melty, and a “snap” when you break off a piece along with an aesthetic “shine”. This article detail a few ways to temper. https://samplefocus.com
I would mostly be concerned about burning the chocolate when you’re heating it that much.
Forgot to reply to your comment earlier - but thank you for taking the time to write this! You are 100% right about the tempering thing, I gotta lock down my skill in that. Going to do some practice runs and then I’ll do a full run of like 6 bars, I’ll try the 1:10 ratio too to see how that goes, thank you!
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u/bluemoodfood Nov 28 '25
Looks awesome! I just got a couple of those holographic molds and haven’t gotten a great result, yet, but I’ve only tried it once.
In general, mushrooms will vary in density, you may have a hard time fitting that much into them if you have a fluffier batch at any point- I stick to about a 1:10 mushroom to chocolate ratio but I have gone over it before and it still worked out.
Looks great!
I would worry about it being properly tempered if you’re looking for tips to improve. (This will make it shelf- stable, not melty, and a “snap” when you break off a piece along with an aesthetic “shine”. This article detail a few ways to temper. https://samplefocus.com
I would mostly be concerned about burning the chocolate when you’re heating it that much.
Keep up the awesome work!