The Science of Tempered Chocolate
Science expert Dan Souza explains the science behind tempered chocolate.
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Aren't there some instances when you would want soft untempered chocolate?
I want Dan to have his own channel, so I can subscribe to it. I can't subscribe to this channel. The rest of the hosts are… not my cup of tea (I'm trying to be nice here). But Dan is great. Dan needs his own channel. Please and thank you.
I'm not really sure I like the 'short format' videos (is this some kind of fad of YouTube wanting to imitate Tiktok? Is YouTube artificially making content creators to post shorts by boosting them in the algorythm). There could be said so much more about the chemistry of chocolate rather than just destroying a few chairs. Eh, what? Destruction videos are popular too? 😥
I hated to see those chairs break 🙁
Instructions unclear. My chocolate chair is melting.
This is why I had floppy peppermint bark.
"Chocolate Secrets" on Ann Reardon's How to Cook That channel is much more informative; she explains the science involved and demonstrates several tempering methods.
chairs n' chocolate
Wow. The intro. Dans humor is fantastic.
I love this guy!
Cool illustration. 👍
Was this meant to be a bad joke or are you simply using up the budget by year end?
Never once heard "ninety degrees" mentioned. If you temper chocolate then you know that number.
In 90 seconds you could have taught viewers how to temper and what kinds of chocolate need tempering.
If your main focus is no longer education then you might as well join up with Food Network.
this could have been a TT and I'm so glad it wasn't actually shot on vertical!
Simply DELIGHTFUL!!!
can someone get Dan a sneaker budget?
"I've got a great idea for a really illustrative way to explain the science of tempted chocolate! But I'm going to need some disposable chairs…"
what a waste of time…
This needs more Sohla.
All I want for Christmas is a phone wallpaper of Dan sitting on a hilariously tiny chair.
those poor chairs
Give a big hand to the prop master! 🙂
I watched his old video last night before bed! I'm getting ready to dip ATK salted carmels today. NEEDED this! Thanks, guy!!! ❤️
were all three of the chocolates at the same temperature?
🤔
Fabulous Chocolate mini tutorial
What's wrong with your mouth?
Poor illustration
Temper ! Temper !!!!!
You just wanted too be goofy..
Season Greetings from California 🎄🤶🎅
This is gimmicky
This is a fun illustration!! Dan and ATK provide more detail and fun videos on "how to temper chocolate" at https://youtu.be/p5_kheJtQO4 and https://youtu.be/WV_FT9ACA4U?t=398 . Lan Lam with ATK also has a nice video out regarding tempering chocolate at home: https://youtu.be/kEAUa_Ubzu0?t=411
This video was disappointing. No temperatures or tempering method shown.
yeah but you didn't explain how to make it
This really wasn't helpful