Heat the cocoa butter colouring in the microwave or in a warm water bath. Please note that the water should not be much warmer than 40 ºC, otherwise the cocoa butter will crack. If you heat the colouring in the microwave, you need to melt it on a low wattage and in several short intervals. It is best to keep it in a warm water bath so that it remains liquid and you don't have to keep reheating it.
Now pour some of the liquid white paint onto a small spoon and then run the brush over the edge of the spoon in a quick movement. This will create small sprinkles in the chocolate moulds. Of course, you can also make these sprinkles with the other colours or use a different technique, but with this one the dots will be quite fine. It is best to place baking paper or plenty of kitchen roll under the mould so that you don't have too much to clean.
Wait approx. 5-10 minutes until the paint has dried and then brush the mould completely with the next colour of your choice. Turn the mould over from time to time so that you can see that you have done a really clean job and that the chocolate mould is completely filled with paint. To be on the safe side, you can also leave this paint to dry for 10 minutes and then brush another layer of paint over it if you really want to make sure that no couverture shows through later. Run a metal horn over the painted moulds to scrape off the excess paint and clean the edges.
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