I bought a chocolate fountain and it says to add oil to the chocolate is there any alternatives to oil? cream?

Would cream or milk work? I dont think I would like oily chocolate! If someone has had it with oil, does it taste bad?I bought a chocolate fountain and it says to add oil to the chocolate is there any alternatives to oil? cream?
You cannot taste the oil, it is necessary to keep the chocolate melted and smooth. Cream or milk would tend to clog up the machine.I bought a chocolate fountain and it says to add oil to the chocolate is there any alternatives to oil? cream?
Sorry there is NO alternative. The amount of oil will allow the chocolate to remain fluid, maintain it's temper and flavor and is so minuscule that no one will notice. The texture nor the flavor will be affected, if you follow the instructions.. And it must be oil! Fats (i.e. cocoa butter, lard, shortening, as well as paraffin wax) will only clump as they cool and create havoc when the machine backs up, or is ready for cleaning. When the guests enjoy their trip to the fountain and have the chocolate on their plate.. it will harden as it is supposed to and still maintain it's silky temper.
You can use some parrafin (wax). The idea for the oil or parrafin is to make the chocolate more silky. It definitely melts better w/ a little oil.
where did you buy a chocolae fountain?
Cream or milk is pretty much never an alternative to oil. They are different textures and different products completely. To substitute cream for oil is like trying to substitute apples for spaghetti.





You should try just going by the manufacturer's recommendations. The oil, I would imagine, allows it to keep running through in the fountain, and cream or milk may keep it too thick, and ruin the fountain. They made the product, so at least give them the benefit of the doubt that they know how it works.





Unless the chocolate in the chocolate fountain is not intended to be consumed (just there for looks), I doubt they'd suggest using anything that would make it taste bad.





For the fun of it, I looked at the Ingredients for a bag of mint Hershey's Miniatures (in regular chocolate, special dark, and white chocolate varieties), and a lot of the ingredients they use to turn chocolate from its original source to a tasty product are not things I would think of. For the mint ones, peppermint oil is used (which makes me think it wouldn't be out of reach that they would include regular oil for regular chocolate), soy products are used, resinous glaze is used, and carnauba wax is used. All stuff I would not immediately assume would go into making chocolate bars.
TRUST ME.





You're going to need the oil in there, if you don't you'll suffer the consequences badly. Just add it.