Homemade chocolate - 8 step-by-step recipes

Great homemade chocolate is easy to make yourself! You can easily choose any of the proposed 8 recipes for making chocolate at home with a photo step by step. Here you will find a recipe for every taste and you can please yourself and your loved ones with a delicate delicacy without harmful additives.

A simple and delicious homemade cocoa chocolate recipe

Cooking time - 2 hours

Servings Per Container - 5

The simplest, but insanely delicious recipe for making homemade chocolate is chocolate made from plain cocoa and butter. With a little effort, you can get great chocolate, bitter and healthy. Such chocolate can be safely given to children and enjoy themselves!

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  Combine cocoa, milk and granulated sugar in a convenient bowl. Be sure to leave a couple of tablespoons of milk, which you will combine with flour at another stage of cooking. Place the bowl over low heat so that all ingredients are evenly heated and mixed.
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  When you achieve the homogeneity of the mixture, the sugar is completely melted and the chocolate begins to thicken slightly, put butter in the container with the treat. At this point, you need to regularly stir the mixture.
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  Put flour in the remaining milk and stir vigorously until the mixture is completely homogeneous, and then pour the mixture into a bowl of chocolate. Stir the food vigorously to avoid clumping. Cook the chocolate for a few minutes until it reaches an acceptable consistency.
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  Prepare the dishes for the chocolate: take a plate or mold. A plate is perfect for making a bar - all you need to do is pour the chocolate onto the film in the plate and wrap it.
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  Instead, you can pour the chocolate into silicone molds for easy access to the treats. Place the container with the chocolate mixture in the freezer or refrigerator. If you want a softer chocolate, then put it in the refrigerator.
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  After about two hours, you can already enjoy the finished dessert! The chocolate will harden quickly enough and you can take it apart or take it out of the mold.

Bon Appetit!

How to make hot chocolate at home?

A fragrant, viscous drink that warms and gives coziness - this is, of course, hot chocolate. You can make this wonderful drink yourself at home. Stock up on a good mood, the right ingredients and get started!

Ingredients:

• Milk - 1 tbsp.
• Dark chocolate - 40 gr.

• Milk chocolate - 20 gr.
• Cream - 35 ml.
• Salt - a pinch
• Cinnamon - a pinch

Process cooking:

1. Take a convenient bowl or cezve and put the crumbled chocolate - milk and bitter - in it. Heat the chocolate mixture over low heat until the chocolate begins to melt but not burn.
2. Gradually pour cold milk into a container with melted chocolate in a thin stream, stirring gently. Then add the chilled cream and stir the mixture again until smooth.
3. Bring the hot chocolate to a simmer over low heat, then add a pinch of salt and cinnamon. You can add other spices as you like.Boil the chocolate for a couple of minutes, then turn off the heat and stir the finished drink.
4. Pour the drink into a cup, then garnish with a sprig of mint or marshmallow marshmallows. Depending on your mood, you can add vanillin or nuts to the composition.

Culinary success!

A simple and delicious white chocolate recipe

White chocolate is a special, great treat. It is usually believed that only ordinary cocoa chocolate can be made at home, but this is by no means the case! If you want to make delicate white chocolate at home, just read our recipe carefully.

Ingredients:

• Cocoa butter - 100 gr.
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Powdered sugar - 100 gr.
• Powdered milk - 10 gr.
• Salt - a pinch

Cooking process:

1. First, you need to prepare all the ingredients for the chocolate. To make the dessert really tasty and of high quality, use only fresh high-quality ingredients.
2. Melt the cocoa butter in a water bath in a small bowl. While the butter is melting, the icing sugar must be thoroughly mixed with milk powder.
3. In the already melted butter, start sifting powdered milk and powdered sugar, thoroughly stirring the dessert with a whisk, in order to avoid lumps and heterogeneity of the composition. Don't forget to add a pinch of salt.
4. Last but not least, add vanilla extract or vanillin as a last resort to the ingredient mix. Stir the smooth chocolate mass well and boil for a couple of minutes, and then prepare the molds.
5. Gently pour the finished white chocolate while still hot into curly molds, for example, in the form of hearts. It will be a great treat gift for your spouse or for a child. Shake the molds gently, then the bubbles will be evenly distributed, and excess air will come out from the total mass.
6. Put the molds in the refrigerator for about two hours, during which time the chocolate should completely solidify and then it can be removed. The easiest way to get a treat is from silicone molds.

Step-by-step recipe for making dark chocolate

Bitter chocolate is a natural dark chocolate with a characteristic flavor. It is a mixture of strong cocoa aroma and tart bitterness. This chocolate is beneficial in small portions, uplifting and improving concentration. Now you can prepare this delicacy yourself, following our recipe.

Ingredients:

• Cocoa bar - 250 gr.
• Cocoa butter - 150 gr.
• Honey - 8 tablespoons
• Vanilla (in a pod) - 2 pinches
• Ground cinnamon - 2 pinches
• Grated nutmeg - 2 pinches
• Nuts to taste - 2 grains

Cooking process:

1. For making chocolate at home, stock up on silicone candy molds and the highest quality products. Cocoa butter must be heated in a water bath so that it melts well and becomes liquid.
2. Add the grated cocoa bar to the hot butter that has already melted and start stirring the ingredients so that they are evenly mixed.
3. When the mass becomes homogeneous, pour in the right amount of liquid honey and add spices: vanillin, cinnamon, nutmeg. Stir the chocolate with a whisk and simmer until completely smooth.
4. Put a little mixture of nuts in silicone molds - this can be hazelnuts, peanuts, cashews or almonds. Make sure that each mold contains the same number of nuts.
5. Pour hot bitter chocolate very gently into molds with nuts, then shake each mold, releasing air bubbles.
6. For the dish to be fully cooked, place the chocolate molds in the refrigerator for two to three hours to freeze the candy. After this time, take out the delicacy from the molds, and serve them to the table, or pack beautifully as a gift.

Bon Appetit!

Delicious milk chocolate at home

Milk chocolate is especially loved by children because it is very delicate. Such chocolate, if it is of good quality, has a milky flavor and simply melts in your mouth.It is quite easy to prepare it if you follow the cooking technology exactly. Try it!

Ingredients:

• Cocoa powder - 6 tablespoons
• Butter - 60 gr.
• Sugar - 200 gr.
• Wheat flour - 1.5 tsp
• Milk - 5 tablespoons
• Vanilla sugar - a couple of pinches

Cooking process:

1. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine granulated sugar and cocoa powder. After thoroughly mixing the mixture, pour in literally a couple of tablespoons of milk and mix everything with a whisk. The mixture should be relatively homogeneous.
2. Pour all the remaining milk into the resulting gruel and mix again. Place the saucepan in a water bath and cook the chocolate, stirring it constantly. Make sure that the sugar is completely dissolved and the chocolate is smooth and completely uniform in consistency.
3. Add a pinch of vanillin to the container with chocolate, stir and boil the mixture for another two or three minutes. Then add the butter and continue to cook the chocolate, stirring it with a whisk until the butter is completely dissolved.
4. For chocolate, prepare a mold or molds, it is best if they are made of silicone. Pour more hot chocolate into a mold and place it in a cold-freezer or refrigerator.
5. The chocolate will be completely ready in just a couple of hours, then you will need to take it out of the refrigerator, take it out of the mold and pack it beautifully, or start eating right away. You can store ready-made chocolate in the refrigerator or in the room, having previously packed it.

How to make Belgian chocolate at home?

This chocolate has already won the hearts of many, many people. Of course, very few people will be able to make real Belgian chocolate, but you can make a delicacy that is in no way inferior to real chocolate in its taste. Be sure to try this recipe and you will love it!

Ingredients:

• Powdered sugar - 8 tablespoons
• Condensed milk - 4 tablespoons
• Cocoa butter - 12 tablespoons
• Grated cocoa - 10 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. To get started, arm yourself with a saucepan or handy bowl in which you will cook your chocolate. Put cocoa butter in this container, and then place it in a water bath.
2. When the cocoa butter melts, it's time to add the cocoa liquor to the bowl. Add the ingredient to the butter little by little and stir the mixture thoroughly. Pour in the icing sugar and mix the chocolate in a bowl thoroughly.
3. At this stage, you can add some spices to the chocolate - for example, vanillin or a pinch of cinnamon. For piquancy, you can even add a drop of chili pepper - then the chocolate will be a surprise. Stir the mixture and add condensed milk.
4. Boil the chocolate in a water bath after adding all the ingredients for about three minutes, and then send the treat to cool and take shape. To do this, pour the chocolate into molds and send it to the refrigerator for literally two hours.

Sugar-Free Diet Chocolate Recipe

Those who follow the figure or for some reason do not eat sugar, also want to feast on various snacks. Diet bars from health food or sports nutrition stores are unreasonably expensive, but there is a great solution instead. Diet chocolate is something you can easily make yourself and you won't regret your decision!

Ingredients:

• Infant milk mixture - 200 gr.
• Dry cocoa - 3 tablespoons
• Sweetener - 30 gr.
• Skim milk - 150 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Dissolve milk powder in a saucepan with skimmed chilled milk. Using a whisk, mix the ingredients thoroughly until more or less homogeneous and place the container on the stove.
2. Heat the ingredients mixture over very low heat, stirring vigorously. When the mixture warms up well, gradually sift the cocoa powder into it and continue to intensively knead it all with a whisk.
3. The last step is to add the sweetener and cook the chocolate until the sweetener is dissolved in the chocolate mixture.
4. Pour the finished chocolate, while it is still hot, into molds or pour into one silicone mold. It must be put in the refrigerator or freezer for a couple of hours, until the chocolate is completely solidified. After this time, you can start eating dessert.

A simple and delicious recipe for chocolate with honey

Chocolate made with honey has a very special taste and aroma. Replacing sugar with honey is also a great idea for those who try to eat healthy food without harmful additives and excess sugar. Try it!

Ingredients:

• Grated cocoa - 200 gr.
• Cocoa butter - 40 gr.
• Dried fruits to taste
• Liquid honey - 80 gr.

Cooking process:

1. First, grind and place the cocoa butter in a bowl. You can also add coconut oil to it for flavor. Put the container with oil on low heat and melt.
2. Then add honey to the hot mixture and stir until the consistency of the ingredients becomes more or less uniform. Add cocoa liquor to this mixture and use a whisk to stir the cooking chocolate until the mixture becomes smooth and smooth.
3. Simmer the chocolate over very low heat, stirring constantly, for about three minutes. After this time, the finished mixture can be distributed into the molds.
4. Put finely chopped dried fruits - dried apricots, prunes and raisins in chocolate molds. Then pour an equal amount of the mixture into each mold and shake them lightly. This will release the remaining air, and the chocolate will be evenly distributed among the dried fruits.
5. Place the chocolate molds in the refrigerator or freezer for a couple of hours, until the dessert solidifies. When the chocolate has cooled, you can serve it.

Bon Appetit!