RE: Help? What is Confectioners' Coating

If I'm not mistaken, it is sugar. Powdered sugar comes in white and I've seen it in chocolate also and is very often used in baking.

It should be available in any supermarket in the baking/sugar/flour aisle.

uhmmm....i've heard of it, i just have no good memory right now of what it is && where u can buy it. sorry i know im not much of a help...hope someone else can help you.

go to the aisle that has baking products as mixs and choc chips...discs of choc. for melting in bag...usually small discs

confectioners sugar??? is powdered sugar find it in the sugar isle

You can find it in the baking aisle. It is a coating that you melt to make chocolate covered strawberries and such. I used it last Christmas to make chocolate dipped pretzels.

These are the big chunks of what looks like chocolate and white chocolate that is melted in a double boiler on the stove or melted in stages in the microwave and then whatever you are coating is either dipped and placed aside to dry on a baking pan or wax paper or poured over a quantity of items into a collection pan so it can be reheated and used again to pour over more items. Most have instructions on how to use on the apckage but if not, go to the internet and read about a recipe requiring the coating to see their suggestions.

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Ok, now I understand from what Donna said. They are also called candy 'melts' and you can find a variety of them in baking and most often craft stores such as Michaels or AC Moore. They come in a variety of flavors also.

what donna's talking about Ive only heard of as bakers choco/vanilla. Confectioner's sugar is normally powdered sugar. If you share one of the recipes it might help to determine which of the two are correct.
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Confectioner's coating is what Katie/Donna said - big discs or chunks of colored chocolate. They melt in the microwave or stove, then harden back firm when cooled. Great for dipping and drying fruit or cookies or chunks of pound cake, or for forming new shapes in molds.

Confectioner's sugar is powdered sugar.

Two very different products, too bad the name is so close!

Ok. Thanks This is a recipe taken directly from Better Homes and Garden New Cook book © Copyright 1989 for Peanut Butter Balls page 99
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
8 ounces chocolate-flavored confectioners' coating

Stir together peanut butter and margarine. Gradually add sugar, stirring till combined. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on waxed paper. Let stand till dry(about 20 minutes.) Melt confectioners' coating. Cool slightly. Dip balls into melted coating; let excess drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand till coating is dry. Makes about 30 pieces.

So the melts/bricks are what you need and fyi I a teaspoon of peanut butter while its melting for a softer coating.
Good Luck Casey hope it turns out.

Thank you very much for the tip and luck Stacy.

Sounds yummy!

yeah, it's confectioner's sugar, probably mixed with something to make a thin glaze - like what's on donuts. Don't know why they wouldn't tell you that in the book.

We always use the vanilla "bark" for pretzels and then while still wet, put crushed spearmint ar peppermint candy on them before letting them set on waxed paper. You get the combination of salt, sweet and mint.

Around here it's known as almond bark. Good luck with the recipe.

the white donut cover are covered it, powdered sugar. probably in baking isle or where the sugar is in the store.

It sounds like cocoa powder mixed with powdered sugar that you roll the balls in. or it could be a ganache which is melted chocolate stirred into cream. That is what I would use to roll the pb balls in. It would probably taste like Reeses.

yep they are all right,, poweder suger,, if you cant find it chocolate flavor then make your own part powder suger and part cocoa

I thought confectioner's coating was called fondant, I could be wrong.

That's what I love about the place. I learn something new every day. I never heard of confectioner's coating until now. Sounds like a yummy recipe.

confectioner's coating (kÉ™n′fek·shÉ™n·É™rz ′kÅd·iÅ‹)
(food engineering) A chocolate substitute for coating candy or filling biscuits that is made with a fat other than cocoa butter

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I would have never figured that one out. I would have thought powdered sugar. I think the blocks of stuff that I cover pretzels with is called Almond Bark. Your recipe sounds like Buck eyes to me. We make them at Chritmas time and dip them in chocolate Almond Bark.

When we make peanut butter balls we just get a bag of chocolate chips and melt them. Now I am hungry for PB balls. LOL

Interesting. Now I wish I had some dipped strawberries. whine.

Interesting, I didn't know this either!

Yeah, I learned something new! I thought confectioner's coating was the outer garment worn by candy makers. Thanks for saving me from the embarrassing moment which that misinformation would have caused!

Well you have the answer. Have a Great day.

I had no clue

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A few years ago, domino sugar company came out with chocolate confectionary sugar as well as lemon flavored. It came in the one pound box just like regular XXX sugar. It was not a big seller in our area so it it not available now but it may be available in other areas. It is with the other sugars.

Casey,
Confectioners coating is available, pre-packaged, in most grocery stores in the baking aisle as Almond Bark almost always available in vanilla and, in some stores, in chocolate. Some stores also have prepackaged bags of chips (actually the disks that Jules mentioned) in both chocolate and vanilla and, yes, this is the same product you will find labeled as 'candy melts'.
If you'd like a better quality coating, however (both for flavor and consistency) look for a store in your area that sells candy supplies (one that offers food products and not a general craft store). You can find high grade chocolate and vanilla 'chips' (they are slightly smaller than a nickel) and can order them in whatever quanity you need 1/2 pound, 5 pounds, even ten or twenty! The only problem I've ever encountered in doing it this way is that I always wind up spending so much more time browsing (I also like to get bulk spices this way) and money (the aforementioned spices as well as countless other candy and baking supplies and foodstuffs). If you can't find one in your area, there is a terrific one in my part of the world, Nuts'N'Stuff, that has a website and they will ship to you. You can contact them at: info@nutsnstuff.com for more information.

I have no idea.

thanks for posting!

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