White chocolate failure

[gourmet wife]

I was melting some white chocolate on the weekend and it end up being a big mess. I must of gotten some water in it as it seized up. Now I had 2 cups of chocolate. Can it be saved? What can I use it for? I've tried melting it again but nada..................would it work if I added more liquid???

[harryharry]

More liquid should "unseize" the chocolate -

Is it possible that it overheated? I'm not sure of the properties of white chocolate, but certainly it's easy to over heat/burn dark/milk choc.

[maplesugar]

ditto, white chocolate seems to go from melted to chalky and dried out in a blink...quicker than dark or milk chocolate even.

[gourmet wife]

it is possible the heat was on too high. I was surprised it happened so quickly. I've never had a problem with regular chocolate. I'll try adding more liquid to it, I hate having to throw out two cups of chocolate.

[chowser]

I've been able to "unseize" chocolate by adding butter (or vegetable oil) and slowly heating it and stirring. It hasn't always worked but I have been able to salvage some.