Grainrain polycarbonate chocolate mold polycarbonate chocolate bar mould (19377)

GORGEOUS! Made of high quality polycarbonate, thick material. I can bang it on the counter and it doesn’t break. There is one scratch/imperfection on the side but it doesn’t impact the mold. As long as your chocolate is tempered they come out beautifully and easily! The chocolates are a perfect bite size as well. So far I’ve made vanilla, chocolate, and raspberry ganache fillings. They look almost too pretty to eat!

I have yet to use these candy molds but the look sturdy and quite perfect! I can’t wait to put them to good use!

High quality

The mold worked well and I like the shape and outcome

very difficult to get the chocolate out of these molds. I cannot recommend it.

I worried that this would be too shallow to make the viral Dubai chocolate. It actually works just fine for me. If you want a thicker bar, Amazon has the silicone version but it’s too flimsy for me to work with as a beginner, however, getting the bars off was a beeeze. For this product, prior to working with the bars, coat the mold with coconut oil. After building the bars, pop it in the freezer for about 10 minutes. Place upside down on a board/countertop/parchment paper, tap around the edges a few times and hit the edge with a slight force on the counter. The bars should eventually pop off the mold. If the chocolate is stuck on the mold, it’s not the mold’s “fault” but rather it’s the process or technique (such as tempering). When I didn’t temper the chocolate right, some of it stuck to the mold. When I forgot to oil the mold, but put it in the freezer, the entire thing got stuck. I hope that my review will help those who are looking for the right molds to make their Dubai chocolate. It took a few tries for me to figure out how to get it right (got too expensive!!). I hope this will save money for those on a hunt for a good Dubai chocolate mold. And this is it!

This review is for the Grainrain line of polycarbonate chocolate molds. They are an inexpensive consumer brand of chocolate molds made in China and sold through Amazon in the US. I recently purchased and have used several of these chocolate molds. Some of them were delivered with just a UPS shipping label stuck on the product box, which I found annoying since I store products such as these in their boxes. One of the molds delivered was not the product I ordered – it had a large Amazon return label stuck on the product box and the contents of the box were from a different brand that had been used, was scratched, and hadn’t been cleaned from someone else’s apparently unsuccessful attempt at chocolate making. Fortunately Amazon’s return service allowed me to readily return via UPS for a full refund. I prefer polycarbonate chocolate molds over the silicone molds that you will also see for sale. I find they give a better finish to the released chocolates. For those of you perhaps trying chocolate making for the first time, be aware all polycarbonate chocolate molds are rigid and require the use of properly tempered chocolate. As tempered chocolate solidifies (crystallizes), it contracts slightly allowing the chilled finished chocolates to release from the mold with no more than a gentle tap. If you do not know how to temper chocolate, you will have a frustrating time as your chocolates will refuse to come out of the mold – if that is the case, then you would be better off with the flexible silicone molds. Regarding the Grainrain chocolate molds, be aware that the chocolate cavities are generally not very large and produce bite-size chocolates. They do not have the size and depth that you may be used to with commercial chocolates (for example, See’s Candy). They are, however, inexpensive relative to professional grade chocolate molds and produce a fine product for personal use or gift-giving (as long as you know how to temper chocolate), particularly if you want to use a collection of different molds with different fillings that could get expensive going with professional molds.

I'm a beginner, but it works well for me as long as you temper correctly. Very happy.

Hasta el momento todo excelente, buen material y llego perfecto

慣れるまでちコツが要りましたが、要領をつかめたら売ってるチョコみたいに上手く出来たので嬉しい(^o^)です。 コスパに優れてます。

Excellent get Presentation

Conforme a la description et fonctionne très bien pour du chocolat bien tempéré

Perfect for making chocolate bars