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The key mistake is melting chocolate in the microwave at full power. This doesn’t allow for a gradual melting process. If you melt chocolate in the microwave, Torres says the best method is to choose ...

I'm having trouble getting butterscotch chips to melt. I tried it on the stove with a homemade double boiler and I tried the microwave. They just dried out. I have the same trouble when I try to melt ...

I tried to melt some chocolate the other day using chocolate chips, and what a disaster! What did I do wrong? I don't want to try it again until I figure out what happened. You didn't really do ...