Homemade Chocolate Recipe

Everyone loves chocolate, but nothing beats the taste of a rich homemade chocolate recipe that you've made yourself and poured in to chocolate molds....


You'd be surprised at how easy it can be to make your own homemade chocolate and once you've tried it, you'll wonder what you ever saw in the store-bought varieties.


The first homemade chocolate recipe is to make 'block' chocolate, like you'd buy packaged from the store. We've also included some variations you might enjoy and some great chocolate candy bars using chocolate molds... You can find candy molds in most confectionary stores and craft stores.

Block Homemade Chocolate Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 oz (125g) vegetable shortening (Copha or solidified coconut oil work fine)
• 4 1/2 oz (125g) confectioner's sugar (pure icing sugar)
• 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons powdered milk
• Pinch of salt

Method

1. Line a square cake pan with grease proof paper.



2. In a small saucepan, melt the vegetable shortening over a low heat. Sift the icing sugar, cocoa powder, powdered milk and salt into a bowl. Pour the melted shortening into the sugar mixture and mix until it becomes smooth and thick.



3. Pour chocolate mixture into the prepared cake pan and flatten out the top using a spatula or the back of a spoon. Use a skewer or the blunt side of a knife to press indent marks into the chocolate while it's still soft. This will help you to break your chocolate into nice squares once it's hardened and set.

 

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• Homemade chocolate (or 12 oz chocolate chips)

Method

1. Use the homemade chocolate recipe above to create your chocolate. If you don't want to make your own chocolate from scratch, then you can melt chocolate chips in a double boiler, but the taste won't be quite the same.



2. Line a muffin tray with paper candy cups and cover the bottom of each cup with chocolate. Spread some more chocolate up the sides of each cup with a small paint brush. Leave these aside to set while you make the peanut butter filling.



3. In a small bowl, mix together the peanut butter, salt and powdered sugar. Keep stirring the mixture until it becomes firm.



4. Spoon some of the peanut butter mix into each cup and chill until it hardens. You may need to melt the chocolate again at this point so you can pour the remaining chocolate over the top of the peanut butter to form a lid.

Homemade Chocolate Candy Bars

If you can find candy bar molds in confectionary stores and craft stores, then making your own homemade candy bars will quickly become a favorite in your home. The recipe below is for chocolate caramel candy bars.

Ingredients

• 10 oz (280g) chocolate
• 1/4 cup chopped cashews
• 1/2 cup soft caramel candies from the store
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 tablespoon water

Method

1. Clean and dry your plastic mold thoroughly before you begin.



2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and then pour melted chocolate into the molds. Be sure the chocolate coats the bottom and sides of each cavity. Pour out the excess chocolate and clean the top of the mold. Leave chocolate in the fridge to set.



3. Unwrap the caramel candies and place them in a microwave-safe bowl with water and cream. Microwave them on high for 1 minute. Stir well, then microwave again for 30 seconds. Stir again. If caramels aren't melted completely, you can give them another quick blast in the microwave. You want the caramel to be smooth and liquid.



4. Spoon the caramel mixture into the hardened chocolate molds. Don't fill them to the top. You only want to fill each bar about 2/3 full with caramel. Sprinkle chopped cashews over the top of the caramel to almost the top of the mold. Remember, you still need to add a layer of chocolate, so don't fill the mold completely.



5. You might need to re-melt the remaining chocolate at this stage. Pour over the molds to form a lid. Scrape the top of the molds flat with a spatula or a knife and then return to the fridge until they're set completely.



6. Once the chocolate has hardened properly, remove your candy bars from the molds and store in air tight containers.

We hope you enjoyed our homemade chocolate recipe. We'd love to hear what you thought and see the results, Please feel free to share your deserts and homemade cake recipes here.