Because the morsels are made with stabilizers and because microwaves heat from the center out, morsels hold their shape until they are stirred. Since they don't look melted, we keep zapping them in the microwave or raising the heat on the stove.
To melt either chocolate or butterscotch morsels in the microwave, use 50 percent power for 30 seconds at a time, stirring well each time. Repeat until the morsels are mostly melted. Let stand a minute and stir again to completely melt. If there is any space at all around the top section of your homemade double boiler, it will allow tiny droplets of moisture from escaping steam to hit the chocolate.
You can fix it by adding a little fat, such as a few drops of vegetable oil or about a half teaspoon of shortening, to smooth it back out. A bit of fat also will help butterscotch melt more smoothly on the stove. Be patient and use low to medium-low heat, stirring frequently. Share story. By Kathleen Purvis. Crush the candy first so it melts faster and more evenly. Add the candy to a saucepan with a thick bottom; the thick bottom helps prevent burning. In the absence of a thick-bottomed pan, add the crushed candy to a double boiler with water in the bottom part of the boiler.
Turn the burner to "low" and monitor the pan carefully. Boil the water on medium-low to medium heat if you use a double boiler. Stir the candy frequently at the first sign of melting -- the candy will begin to shift in the pan slightly as it melts. Remove the pan from the heat immediately after all bits of candy are melted, within about 5 minutes. Use immediately because the candy will cool and harden quickly. Hard candy melted in this way can be poured into molds to make lollipops, into metal cookie cutters to make candy shapes, or poured in a baking sheet lined with wax paper to make a sheet of candy.
Preheat the oven to to degrees Fahrenheit depending on the presence of cookie dough in your process. A temperature of F is actually best for melting the candies by themselves without scorching, but when you melt candy inside a cookie cutout, the recipe might require a F setting. Line a baking sheet with wax paper or aluminum foil. Cut the paper or foil large enough to extend up the sides of the pan to keep the melted candy mess contained.
Crush the candy on a hard work surface. Fill in the cutout of a cookie on the baking sheet, making a slight mound above the top of the cookie dough. For example, roll out sugar cookie dough and cut out a large star shape. Cut out a smaller star shape from the large star, filling in the small star with crushed candy for a glass-like effect.
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