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Guide

Color candy coating with confidence

Practical guides for coloring almond bark and candy melts, and planning batches you can repeat. Every color pictured is a prediction from the same model the planner uses.

Basics

How to color almond bark

Which dyes to use, how many drops per ounce, thinning, and getting the same color twice.Read the guide
Deep colors

Red, black and navy candy coating

Why red turns pink and black turns gray in white coating, and the coating to start from instead.Read the guide
Pastels

Pastels that stay true

Almond bark is cream, not white. What that does to baby blue, blush and lilac, and how to correct it.Read the guide
Troubleshooting

Seized or thick coating

Water, heat and heavy color: how to tell which one thickened your bowl, and what can be saved.Read the guide
Planning

How much coating per treat

Ounces per cake pop, pretzel rod, Oreo and strawberry, and the extra every dipping bowl needs.Read the guide
Color matching

Match a color from a swatch

From an invitation or a brand color to a bowl of coating: reading the color, test dips and daylight.Read the guide
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