Oasis SupplyMerckens Chocolate (10 pounds, Milk Chocolate)

I recently decided to jump on the bandwagon and give cake balls a whirl for a July 4th Party I was having. I had never even seen, much less heard of candy melts prior to this undertaking. Of course, where do I go first when looking for something? Amazon.com! Now...I live in Texas and it's H-O-T right now, so I was concerned about product "meltage" during shipping. I drove myself on over to Michael's and purchased a plethora of Wilton Candy Melts. Well, I couldn't help myself...based on the positive reviews of the Mercken's Candy coatings, I decided to go ahead and order some White (5 lbs)5 LBS. Merckens White Coatings and Blue (1 lb.) 1LB. Merckens Blue Coatings Candy Coating. To my surprise, both arrived without melting...shocker! A few days later, I ordered Yellow Mercken's (1 lb.) 1LB. Merckens Yellow Coatings and Paramount crystals Paramont Crystals, 1 lb. , along with a couple other items. This shipment came and the candy melts had, well, melted! The Paramount Crystals were also a melted mess, but I figured since it was going to be liquified anyway...no harm no foul (or is it "fowl'?). I wasn't surprised by this...have you ever BEEN to Texas in late June? As my late Grandmother would say "It's as hot as Corn Liquor!" (not that she knew how hot that was, since she NEVER drank alcohol in her 94 years!) So, I will not remove a single star from my rating based on this product melting...after all, it is INTENDED to melt! ***take note those of you who remove stars based on issues irrelevant to the item itself, you know who you are, you're the people who rate a PRODUCT based things that don't speak to the product...such as shipping speed, poor customer service or other acts of God which have nothing to do with the actual worthiness of the product itself. Rant over.Okay...now that I got the "back-story" out of the way...the actual review! I set about making chocolate cake balls to make a r/w/b flag and some cheesecake balls, which were oh-so-yummy, but a big, fat, time-consuming pain, to put on a stick, coated and decorated with sprinkles. I also was going to be dipping pretzel rods and Oreos...a regular "dip-fest" as it were. Being one to experiment until I find the best/easiest method...I melted some white almond bark (I'd used almond bark in the past for white and choc dipped pretzels with good success), Wilton's Candy Melts, Ghirardelli White Chocolate (the bars for baking $$$$$), and finally the Mercken's Candy Melts. Of the 4, the Mercken's was the "winner" as far as ease of dipping, smooth consistency and taste. I hesitate to put taste in there, because it's so subjective and besides, they all tasted good to me. But, I do realize taste is an important consideration for most people. Really, the Ghirardelli had the best taste, but the cost and the difficulty in it "setting up" as nicely gave the edge to Mercken's for this project. The Mercken's did edge out the Wilton candy melts as far as MY taste buds go. Your mileage may vary. The Almond Bark was the least expensive, slightly more difficult to work with for this project, not real white, very yummy. Mercken's is available in many colors, is readily available (in Dallas), is less $ than Mercken's and certainly the Ghirardelli, but not quite a smooth and a tad more difficult to work with.Since this review is for the yellow coating, I wanted to mention you might consider purchasing a large quantity of the white candy coating, since it can be purchased in 5 lb. bags, and just use Candy Food Coloring Wilton Primary Candy Color Set to tint it to a shade you like. Regular food coloring does not work...it must be specifically for candy.If you're particular, like I am, and the extra cost doesn't bother you, go with the Mercken's . If this is a project with and for the kiddos, the Wilton melts will be hunky dory. It's not that Mercken's are head and shoulders above Wilton's candy melts, just moderately so. Wilton's are certainly more widely available, cost less and come in more colors.Bottom line (for me) is that Mercken's was easiest to work with and that was/is the biggest factor in my preference. With the sprinkles and candy coating...all the desserts I was serving were so uber-RICH and sugary, I rightly figured the cake-pops and such wouldn't get eaten as much as they would be looked at for their decorating value and cuteness factor. My soiree hosted no kids...just a a house full of (thirsty) adults who were more focused on the offerings of adult beverages and jello shots than they were the desserts.***Note, I have pretty much the exact same review for the 1 lb. white, 1 lb. blue and 1 lb. yellow Mercken's Coatings, thanks to "Cut and Paste", to spare myself the trouble of re-writing the same review. Therefore, there is need to read my reviews for those items.

I love making molded chocolate candy but finding a good quality melting chocolate can be difficult. I used to have to settle for the brand sold at Hobby Lobby or Michael's. This not only tastes significantly better but it melts easier.Great for cake pops and pretzels too.

Love this product. Easy to work with and tastes great.

Great quality chocolate. Great taste. Very smooth & easy to work with. Didn't have to worry about bubbles or anything. We even remelted some when we messed up the 1st set of molds (our 1st time) & it was nice & smooth. Didn't need a special melter or double boiler either. Put 1/2 a bag (came in two 5lb bags) in a metal mixing bowl & set it in a pan (Bowl can't just float or you will risk getting water in the chocolate & ruining it. Bowl must be secure with lip at the top of the pan) of water on medium & stirred until melted. Then we just had to put the bowl back in the hot water for each set of molds. We made 45 Eiffel Tower suckers 9 at a time + 60 2" tall ET cupcake toppers 12 at a time. It's also best to set in the fridge & not the freezer as the chocolate gets too brittle in the freezer.

Lets not lie here. I bought the bag to make chocolate covered strawberries, the strawberries saw no chocolate, but my tummy sure loved it! Smooth creamy chocolaty taste and great for melting. Not the exact flavor i'm accustomed to with milk chocolate merckens which is why the 4 stars, but a solid tasty option!

Made candy as Christmas gifts and everyone loved it. Easy to melt in the microwave.

These tastes really good. I am making a all chocolate cake with a sleeping bear on top with branches, etc all around it, making the sides look like a tree. The little boy I am making the cake for will love it.

I have used these chocolates for several years- they are a product I feel that I can depend onI appreciate that they can be ordered from here and delivered directly to my home, and still at a good price