Process for preparing chocolate coating and confectionary products containing same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsKurt Busse, Edward Kuehl, Michaël Peter Gray, William French
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Abstract
A chocolate coating having a marbled appearance, a confectionary product provided with a chocolate coating having a marbled appearance, and methods for preparing the same. The chocolate coating may be water or chocolate based.
Claims11
A process for preparing a confectionery or ice cream product with a chocolate coating having the appearance of either stripes or spots which comprises:
- applying a first chocolate coating to the confectionery or ice cream product by enrobing, spraying, or dipping to form the first chocolate coating thereon;
- passing the confectionery or ice cream product between the opposing faces of a pair of spinning discs from which are randomly projected streams of a second chocolate coating by centrifugal force directly onto the first chocolate coating;
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- solidifying the second, raised chocolate coating stream on the first chocolate coating to provide stripes or spots thereon, wherein the second chocolate stream is adhered directly to the first chocolate coating.
A process for preparing a confectionery or ice cream product with a chocolate coating having the appearance of either stripes or spots which comprises:
- applying a first chocolate coating to the confectionery or ice cream product by enrobing, spraying, or dipping to form the first chocolate coating thereon;
- passing the confectionery or ice cream product vertically past a spinning hollow vessel provided with at least one lateral aperture from which are randomly projected one or more streams of a second chocolate coating by centrifugal force directly onto the first chocolate coating;
- and
- solidifying the second, raised chocolate coating stream on the first chocolate coating to provide stripes or spots thereon, wherein the second chocolate stream is adhered directly to the first chocolate coating.
A process for preparing a chocolate coated confectionary or ice cream product comprising:
- applying a first chocolate coating to the confectionary or ice cream product by enrobing, spraying, or dipping to form the first chocolate coating thereon;
- passing the confectionary or ice cream product past a chocolate dispensing device from which is randomly projected a stream of a second chocolate coating by centrifugal force directly onto the first chocolate coating;
- and
- solidifying the second raised chocolate coating stream on the first chocolate coating, wherein the second chocolate coating is adhered directly to the first chocolate coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.