bocastephen

I'm hoping there is an experienced chocolatier in Omniland who can help me salvage some damaged chocolate. I bought two very large (i.e., Costco) bags of double-dipped chocolate Macademia nuts which I stupidly included in a box of items I sent to myself via Priority Mail. Needless to say, the chocolates in both bags melted en route and turned into a solid mass.

My goal is to redo the chocolate into individual servings, and my thinking is to melt the mass in a saucepan, and when liquid, scoop out some of the chopped nuts and chocolate into little waxed paper cups and let it re-harden into individual serving sizes again.

I know there is a process called 'tempering', but since this is already processed chocolate that I just want to melt and separate, I am curious if I need to follow a special procedure re: temperature, double-boiler or cooking time to avoid burning or spoiling it altogether.