I used milk chocolate as opposed to dark for this chocolate-dipped candy because milk is more traditional. My recommendation is to use chocolate melting wafers such as the u003ca href=u0022https://amzn.to/3H5Crzou0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopener nofollowu0022u003eu003cstrongu003eGhirardelli Chocolate Melting Wafersu003c/strongu003eu003c/au003e. They are round discs that are a cinch to melt and are intended for dipping projects.