Apparatus and method for producing chocolate cores

An apparatus for producing cores of a fat-containing confectionery mass, comprising:

• a cooling apparatus that receives the fat-containing confectionery mass in a heated liquid state in an upper region of the cooling apparatus, the cooling apparatus including a cooling roller being arranged horizontally and having an internal cooling mechanism that cools an outer surface of the cooling roller configured to apply a partial cooling effect on the fat-containing confectionary mass distributed on the outer surface of the cooling roller;
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• a separate molding apparatus positioned beneath the cooling apparatus that receives the partially-cooled liquid fat-containing confectionery mass as the partially-cooled liquid fat-containing confectionary mass drops from the cooling roller under the force of gravity, the molding apparatus being designed and arranged to be cooled to solidify and to mold the cores, the molding apparatus including two molding rollers including a multitude of impressions, the molding rollers being designed and arranged to be driven in opposite directions, and the impressions being designed and arranged to hold the partially-cooled fat-containing confectionery mass flowing into the impressions to form the cores.