How to melt chocolate in the microwave

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 15 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   First of all, you need to choose good chocolate for melting, since not every chocolate is suitable for this process. Look at the composition. Dark and milk chocolate must have a cocoa content of at least 60%; white and other types of chocolate must contain cocoa butter and no vegetable fats. Porous chocolate and chocolate with different fillings are not suitable for melting.

2. STEP 2

   

   Also, the chocolate should be at room temperature. To melt chocolate, it is better to use ceramic dishes; they should be dry and should not be covered with anything. So, to melt chocolate in the microwave - break it into small pieces, place them in a ceramic cup, put them in the microwave, select the "defrost" mode, this is the mode that provides soft, even heating - what you need for chocolate, set the time to 20 seconds.

3. STEP 3

   

   Remove the cup, stir and microwave again. Repeat these steps until the chocolate is completely melted. On average, it takes 1.5 - 2 minutes to melt 100 grams of chocolate. The melting time of chocolate depends on the amount of cocoa it contains; the more cocoa, the longer it takes to melt. I have dark chocolate, it took a minute and a half to melt. White chocolate is the most delicate in this regard; it must be melted carefully.

4. STEP 4

   

   Check the condition and stir every 10 seconds. You can use pure melted chocolate, or you can make glaze - just add butter to still hot chocolate (50 grams of butter per 100 grams of chocolate), stir until smooth and cover cakes, muffins, muffins, Easter cakes, homemade sweets, or make chocolate-covered fruits .

Comments on the recipe

Lesya

23.11.2023

5

If you don't have a microwave, you can melt the chocolate in the microwave.

Natalia M

23.11.2023

4.7

I needed some frosting for my cake. I decided to use milk chocolate for this. I found a recipe on the site that tells how to melt chocolate in the microwave. I took 50 g of the most important and only ingredient. I first melted the chocolate for 20 seconds at a power of 750 W. Then three more times for 10 seconds. The chocolate turned out homogeneous, without lumps, smooth and shiny. I put it in a cooking bag and decorated my cake.