Wilton Candy mold - help

GatorWedsNole

Hi All - 

My mom was put in charge of candy favors for a shower, but since she's never done it before, I'm helping her with it.

I have 2 molds of 6 shapes each.  I need about 40/50 of these by Friday evening.  How long does it take for these to set?

I read somewhere that I should put them in the fridge and somewhere else that says "don't refrigerate"... which do I do?

I was thinking about doing a batch tonight, a batch tomorrow morning, a batch tomorrow night, etc.

Please help! Thx!

CWMC

the mold I have takes about 15 minutes for the chocolate to set. It may depend on the size of the molds too.

jj_sbride

Here is a great tip list for using candy molds.

In regards to the refrigeration step, if you are using candy melts you can freeze or refrigerate them.
If you are using a fine quality chocolate, refrigeration will discolor the chocolate.

 

HOLLYMAR87

Depends on what kind of candy you are making. If it is chocolate it doesn't take long at all, but other kind of candies may take longer. Some recipes will say how long it takes. maybe compare some of the recipes and see...

And if it is chocolate, then I would say put it in the fridge to speed it up. I have done fudge and regular chocolate in molds and they all turn out fine when I put them in the fridge.

cg-pm52111

I've done these before for a shower as well.  Honestly, I just put them in the freezer to set.  It doesn't take too long (5-8 min).  And if you get a rotation going, by the time you get one ready to go in the freezer, the first one you put in will be ready to come out.  Once you pop them out of the mold, put them on a plate and put them back in the fridge overnight to make sure they are set all the way through (just to be safe).