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Chocolate Tempering Temperature Reference

Look up Valrhona’s three-stage reference table: melt, cool and rewarm. Check the instructions for your particular chocolate and tempering method before heating.

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Reference working range
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Chocolate tempering reference curves

Look up Valrhona’s three-stage reference table: melt, cool and rewarm. Check the instructions for your particular chocolate and tempering method before heating.

Reference ranges in °C; °F = °C × 1.8 + 32

Source: Valrhona: Tempering chocolate — table

Read the result with its conditions

A three-stage cooling curve and a direct seeding method are different procedures; do not mix their steps. Measure the actual chocolate with a thermometer and test a small smear before molding or coating. Tempering controls cocoa-butter crystallization. It does not heat milk, roast cocoa beans or determine a filling’s storage life.

Updated: September 2026

Example Scenarios

Select Valrhona dark chocolate.

→ Work at 31–32°C (87.8–89.6°F) after the matching melting and cooling steps.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Treating a reference as a thermometer

Measure actual chocolate and follow its product-specific method; test a sample before molding.

FAQ

The source table gives melting, cooling and working intervals. Your chocolate’s own instructions take precedence over these reference ranges.

No. This is the three-stage table. A seeding procedure may bring melted chocolate directly to working temperature; follow one complete method.

No. Stir, measure the chocolate and test a small sample for setting and surface quality before using the batch.

About Chocolate Tempering Temperature Reference

A reference lookup with Celsius-to-Fahrenheit conversion.