Apparatus for dispensing a heated confectionery mass, the apparatus comprising - a machine frame, - a conveyor belt, - guiding devices and driving devices for the conveyor belt mounted to the machine frame, - a dispensing device mounted to the machine frame, which dispenses the confectionery mass in direction towards the conveyor belt, - temperature and mass flow adjusting devices for the confectionery mass dispensed by the dispensing device, - an electronic controller configured to control the driving, the temperature and the mass flow adjusting devices in accordance with the specifications of a confectionery production program, - a first product forming device mounted to the machine frame, which is configured and arranged to act on the confectionery mass dispensed by the dispensing device, and - a first mechanical setting device mounted to the machine frame and having a first setting element which can be rotated manually relative to the machine frame about a first axis of rotation and which is configured to set a first spatial arrangement of the first product forming device relative to the guiding devices, characterized in - that a first position sensor mounted to the machine frame is connected to the controller and is arranged and configured to detect a first position, which is a first rotational position of the first setting element relative to the machine frame or the resulting first spatial arrangement of the first product forming device, - that the controller is configured to compare the first position with a first position specification from the confectionery production program, - that a first indicator, which is arranged in the first setting element and/or adjacent to the first setting element on the machine frame, is connected to the controller, and - that the controller and the first indicator are configured to indicate whether the first position corresponds to or deviates from the first position specification. - a machine frame, - a conveyor belt, - guiding devices and driving devices for the conveyor belt mounted to the machine frame, - a dispensing device mounted to the machine frame, which dispenses the confectionery mass in direction towards the conveyor belt, - temperature and mass flow adjusting devices for the confectionery mass dispensed by the dispensing device, - an electronic controller configured to control the driving, the temperature and the mass flow adjusting devices in accordance with the specifications of a confectionery production program, - a first product forming device mounted to the machine frame, which is configured and arranged to act on the confectionery mass dispensed by the dispensing device, and - a first mechanical setting device mounted to the machine frame and having a first setting element which can be rotated manually relative to the machine frame about a first axis of rotation and which is configured to set a first spatial arrangement of the first product forming device relative to the guiding devices, characterized in - that a first position sensor mounted to the machine frame is connected to the controller and is arranged and configured to detect a first position, which is a first rotational position of the first setting element relative to the machine frame or the resulting first spatial arrangement of the first product forming device, - that the controller is configured to compare the first position with a first position specification from the confectionery production program, - that a first indicator, which is arranged in the first setting element and/or adjacent to the first setting element on the machine frame, is connected to the controller, and - that the controller and the first indicator are configured to indicate whether the first position corresponds to or deviates from the first position specification.