Patent ID: 9339048
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A23G

Claim Text:
1. A method of making an edible chocolate confectionery, the steps comprising: heating chocolate to a tempered state and a flavored filling such that both are in a liquefied phase; depositing the tempered heated chocolate into a single mold cavity by extruding the heated chocolate through multiple jackets of a multi-nozzle jacketed tube assembly; extruding the heated flavored filling through multiple tubes of the multi-nozzle jacketed tube assembly, wherein two or more orbs of flavored filling are formed and are surrounded by the extruded heated tempered chocolate; depositing the chocolate covered orbs of flavored filling into the single mold together with the tempered heated chocolate; and cooling the combination of chocolate and flavored filling until the chocolate is in a solid phase, wherein: the heated tempered chocolate enters the single mold cavity through the multi-nozzle jacketed tube assembly prior to the heated flavored filling, subsequent to the start of the heated tempered chocolate entering the single mold cavity, liquefied or semi-liquefied flavored filling is extruded through the multi-nozzle jacketed tube assembly whereby the heated flavored filling is surrounded by the heated tempered chocolate, flow of the liquefied flavored filling is terminated prior to the termination of the chocolate flow such that the two or more orbs of flavored filling are formed within the heated tempered chocolate, and the heated tempered chocolate continues to flow into the single mold cavity until the single mold cavity is completely filled.