Well, I don’t have any sous vide gadgets & have no plans of getting any. As with most accurate cooking projects, I’ll leave that to folks who are better at following instructions 
The sous vide isn’t essential. It just allows to hold the chocolate at 90F while you fumble around setting up your molds or whatever.
Assuming you were already competent, you could probably fill everything in just a few minutes and wouldn’t HAVE to worry about holding the temp stable.
Still, should I ever get the itch to actually make something that requires tempering, I am DEFINITELY not adverse to using whatever technical assistance I can.
But, y’know, maybe I really DON’T need an endless supply of choc bars sitting around the house.
← “fat ass”
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Nice in theory, but in reality once chocolate is pre-crystallized, aka ‘in temper’, it will continue to crystallize and thicken even at ‘working temp’. It will crystallize much more slowly than at cooler temps, but don’t expect to leave it at 90F for more than half an hour and come back to perfectly fluid chocolate. You’ll have to warm it up to melt some of the crystals to regain fluidity. Or try 93-95F as a longer term holding temp, if you really want to sous vide your chocolate.
A heating pad or a gas oven with pilot light on can also keep chocolate warm, and I do use a hairdryer frequently.
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Costco now carries a Dubai chocolate dup. If I see it next trip I will buy some.
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I bought a small package of Dubai style truffles at home goods recently. It scratched the itch.
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Costco? Finally. A method I am willing to execute to try these things.
I mean, I like a good chocolate bar, but $75 is not tenable.
Exactly. I’m curious but not enough to pay a lot or have to order online. If I see it as Costco, easy.
I have tempered chocolate via sous vide with the chopped chocolate in a sealed bag and it seemed simpler than that!
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Here’s a recipe:
Oh bravo!!!
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I may finally ‘get’ the hype. A local bakery/patisserie that takes online orders for pickup or delivery (!!!) offers a Dubai truffle we shared last night as our dessert treat.
Perfect crisp from the kadaif, lots of pistachio flavor, and not too sweet. We may have to order a few more of these 
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I finally tried Dubai chocolate. I liked the filling, but the whole chocolate, being milk chocolate, was far too sweet for me. $20 for a bar. A no-repeat for me, until it’s available in dark chocolate.
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Thankfully, the newly opened patisserie makes their Dubai truffles with dark chocolate 
And it’s not as ruinous at $4.50 / truffle.
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One thing I forgot to comment on was that I didn’t like the grainy texture of the filling of the one I had. Are they all like that? It reminded me of the texture of sugar crystals, something I really dislike.
That’s the kadaif.
I wouldd not describe the texture as sugar crystals, though there is a crispy, not crunchy texture.
Like you, too sweet for my taste with the milk chocolate.
Dark chocolate versions are def better. But I have a hard time saying ‘no’ to most things pistachio.
The fancy cake chain, Lady M, has Dubai Chocolate as the new seasonal specialty cake. It was alright, interesting texture, but not what we’d order there again.
Anyone in NYC, Shake Shack is offering a Dubai Chocolate shake at a few locations. I hope I can give it a try, but not sure I’ll be able to, so I hope someone else can report back! We’ve been really enjoying our box of Dubai chocolates from Costco- they are quite sweet, so one piece is enough for me (rare that I’d say that with chocolate!) but I do love the creamy/crunchy combo.
