Homemade chocolate made from cocoa butter

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make homemade chocolate from cocoa butter? You only need three ingredients for this. Directly, cocoa butter itself, cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Cocoa butter should have a characteristic cocoa fruit smell and a slightly creamy color. It will not melt at room temperature like butter. Cocoa powder must be sifted through a sieve.

2. STEP 2

   

   Choose natural cocoa powder, without additives, with a fat content of at least 15%, which tastes like dark chocolate. It is high-quality cocoa that gives such a rich chocolate taste. Regular cocoa from the store will not work here, as it most often contains sugar and is low-fat. Instead of cocoa powder, you can take grated cocoa in caplets or lumps (the pieces will need to be crushed first so that they melt faster)

3. STEP 3

   

   The container for making chocolate must be dry, otherwise the chocolate may curdle. Melt cocoa butter and cocoa powder in a small bowl. All this must be done in a water bath. Do not cook chocolate over fire under any circumstances - it does not tolerate overheating. Cocoa butter begins to melt at 38 degrees.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then add powdered sugar. Instead of powdered sugar, for sweetening, you can use the same amount of honey (it should be liquid and flowing), sugar syrup or cane sugar. You can experiment a little with the amount of sweetness. At the same time, its taste will change each time. After adding powdered sugar, the chocolate must be boiled in a water bath for a long time. This takes about 30 minutes. The chocolate must be stirred slowly.

5. STEP 5

   

   Long cooking is necessary for the powdered sugar to completely melt. The finished chocolate is quite liquid. At this stage, you can add various ingredients to it, such as raisins, nuts, sesame seeds, candied fruits, cinnamon, dried fruits, etc.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour the finished chocolate into prepared molds and put it in the refrigerator to harden. The ideal option would be silicone molds. There is no need to lubricate them with anything. Cooled chocolate can be removed from them very easily.

7. STEP 7

   

   Homemade chocolate made from cocoa butter is ready! Remove it from the molds and help yourself.

8. STEP 8

   

   I made chocolate in small molds. In this form, it can be used to decorate desserts and baked goods! Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Corason

15.10.2023

4.9

Is it really possible to make chocolate yourself?! I really wanted to try it and I chose this recipe. I liked homemade chocolate made from cocoa butter for its ease of preparation and only 3 ingredients. Thanks for the detailed description of the cooking process. I melted the cocoa butter and cocoa powder following all the instructions. Added powdered sugar and cooked for half an hour. Everything is extremely simple) I cooked it without additives. I don’t have a special mold for chocolate, so I poured the mixture into a plastic lid from a mold for quail eggs. I put it in the refrigerator and voila! I took out a chocolate bar very easily. The result was excellent dark chocolate, bitter and super chocolatey in taste, absolutely not inferior to store bought. The whole family enjoyed homemade chocolate with a cup of tea. Now I want to learn how to make milk chocolate as well. Thanks to the author!