Homemade chocolate using cocoa powder

Most of us can't get cocoa beans where they live, or it's just too expensive. With this simple Instructable I will show you how to make delicious chocolate at home using only the basic ingredients which everybody has at home or can get at local supermarket for small amount of money.

For your convenience i wrote down all the measurements in metric and American system, if I conver metric to american wrong let me know.

Step 1: Ingredients

Ingredients you will need for this Instructable are:

Milk - 150ml (2/3 of a cup)
Cocoa powder - 220g (2 cups)
Butter - 160g (3/4 of a cup)
Water - 230ml (1 cup)
Flour - 30g (1/4 of a cup)
Sugar -120g (1/2 of a cup) - if possible use powdered sugar

Comments

[sbassa]

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Chocolate-With-Cocoa-Powder
try this recipe, it is the same but with no water
it will not be runny like so many people that have posted here

[enty1]

Do you need to use a double boiler?

[rrjackson]

does it matter if I use evaporated milk?

[ShabanaN]

I tried this recipe.It tastes good but it is not becoming hard.Thanks in advance.Please help.

[chupathingy495]

i dont have a food processor/blender, and i dont want to make much of a mess, so I am doing this step by hand.

be warned, this will tire you out VERY FAST if the butter is not soft and/or in small pieces!

[luisaparente]

Melt the butter beforehand., Then blend with the cocoa powder. It is easier.

Cocoa butter get it harder.

[Feliciam_t]

Oh thank you for commenting this! i am making this right now and my blender broke last week when my friend put glass in it! Thank you! :)

[Sache_Chris]

My batch came out a bit runny so i added a little more flour..is that okay? After i did it became a bit more thicker and not so runny, right now it is in the fridge getting ready. Thank-you for your recipe also I learned i can use the same recipe to make cake, or icing.

[for_the_win]

OMG! I AM SOOO TRYING THIS!!!
I will let u know how it went :D

[nelfiejoy]

can i add sumthing to it like vegetables,im doing a project on shcool. please reply thanks

[acarr8]

Wow, I wish I'd read the comments BEFORE wasting the ingredients on this.

Yeah, my mistake. *sigh*

Anyone want some runny, chocolate-flavored slop?

[harkejuice]

I think I am going to try to get the chocolate hot enough to temper it... I will maybe use small batches and a candy thermometer so I can get the hang of it. Great instructable!

[Aserathiae]

Your cocoa powder looks rather pale, do you know if it contains any fillers/anti-caking agents? Where I live (NZ) cocoa powder is a very dark brown, just wondering if there is a difference in quality....

[harkejuice]

Dutch-process cocoa powder is processed with alkalai so its less bitter and more pH neutral.

All-natural cocoa powder is pure cocoa solids and is darker but is straight up inedible by itself. It is quite acidic, around 4 on the pH scale.

All-natural would be a bit harsh here. As would Hershey's Special-dark.

most of this from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_process_chocolate

[sockless]

I think it's more a trick of the light than a colour difference.
My cocoa is only slightly darker than that anyway, and I also live in NZ, maybe it's the brand, because the expensive cocoa I have is a lot darker as well.

[Aserathiae]

ah well, i'm sticking with Pams.

[god squad 101]

every time i try blending it it just clumps up into a giant butter/cocoa lump!!! am i doing something wrong?!?!?!

[harkejuice]

You maybe want to chop the butter up finer before you blend it, pulse on low then give it the spurs once it doesn't jump around so much.

[LisaJanet]

I am excited to try this. Was wondering if I could substitute the butter and milk for thick cream. I have a jersey cow and making the butter is always hard work. 1 liter of cream makes 500g buttermilk and 500g butter. I am going to give it a try! Will let you know.

[LipMae]

Ohhh I made it as soon as I found this! Hey try adding 1tsp of vanilla b4 you freeze it! Its sooooo goood thank you!

[maricolley]

Oh. My. Gosh. THANK YOU!!!!! I have been baking for over 16 yrs and cant tell you how many trips to the store for that bag of forgotten/extra chocolate chips i have made, not to mention the gas money!

*Note* i have looked into cutting out the middle man before, and tried finding a recipe to make it myself. Didnt think it was such a terrible think to ask for, but all say cocoa butter is key. CVS sells sticks of it for just .99 cents in the lotion isle! DONT MISTAKE IT FOR LOTION WITH COCOA BUTTER! EEEW! I make home made lotion from scratch since all the rest contribute to alzhiemers disease, and can say that cheap stick is legit

What i cant say is that ive tried this recipe yet, but i have high hopes, and am positive it will be great! Thank you for this recipe! Im going out to CVS shortly, and am going to experiment with dark and regular cocoa powder.

Who knows, maybe you could make your own homemade chocolates with organic/natural ingredients or something? Its a growing trend, and you could show the crappy hollow chocolate easter bunny it both tastes like wax, yet looks like a turd in foil!

Thanks!

[foxworrior]

wouldn't it be better making it with cocoa butter instead of normal butter.

[musichealsthesoul2011]

Hiya! I have a question.. one of your coments said that it was in between chocolate ice cream and chocolate. does this mean it has to be refrigerated at all times orrrr no?

[hellodolly365]

Hi, really hope to get a response! :p any way, just tried making this recipe and the chocolate didnt set up, how come? what could've gone wrong? any advice would be greatly appreciated

thanks!

p.s. aside from it coming out all sloppy it was incredibly smooth and tasty!

[ebethkriegler]

I have followed the instructions for your homemade cocoa chocolates.
It tasted devine, but the problem is when I took it from the freezer it melted.
so it was actually chocolate ice-cream. Why did it melt and not stay in chocolate form? I would like to know thx

[bladenomics]

Yes, I just made this and had two issues. When mixing the butter and cocoa, the quantity of butter given in the instructable was not sufficient to make into a paste with 2cups of cocoa. I think I doubled the water quantity (2cups) to get the desired paste format so, it was obvious to turn out like a chocolate ice cubes rather. Was hoping if next time I tried with more milk and less water it would be more like chocolate but even the picture here and reviews seem to say , it is more like ice cream.

Would Skipping the water. and using more cream/milk/butter instead help ?

[gdonoghue]

what kind of flour are you talking about?
Self-Raising, or Plain?

Because I'm from london :)

[AussieAnglerGal]

my guess would be perhaps plain, as it does not seem to need to raise

[gdonoghue]

Thanx so much!

It really helps :)

[AussieAnglerGal]

no worrries, i am defiantly going to make make this sometime! i've always wanted to make homemade chocolate!

[AussieAnglerGal]

Practically drooling on the keyboard

[bcaudill]

If you are allergic to peanuts you would want to make your own chocolate. Good luck finding chocolate chips not made in a factory that has processed peanuts also!

[katyis8]

can't you melt the butter?

[wazzup105]

Why would you wanna make chocolate yourself ?

and how "pure" (percentage wise) would this chocolate rate ?

[katebetak]

maybe because you would want to put your own touch to it, like marshmallows or nuts or something or maybe you just like to bake. :)

[dodo91]

Also, instead of having a fixed taste, you can change it up... add less or more cocoa for taste, unlike store bought. Also, it is cheaper. Chocolate from a store is priced higher than it costs to make it. So if you make it, you get it cheaper.

[wynrol]

"Why would you wanna make chocolate yourself ?"
Why are you looking at Instructables, if you cannot fathom out why people would want to make chocolate themselves, or for that matter, make anything?
ITS FUN

[katebetak]

Exactly!!!

[alance]

i agree!!!

[profiteer]

It would have a very low percentage, because those percentages are based off of how much actual chocolate in the bars. Since actual chocolate is made with cocoa butter and not butter, the butter used would make the percentage go down. However, that's not really the point of this instructable.

[LordShigi]

For fun, you can buy chocolate, of course, but it is not fun.

I can't tell you the percentage becouse I dont know how "pure" was the cocoa powder, I did not find the information on the package.

[wolfkeeper]

It should be pure cocoa powder unless they've listed other ingredients.

Looks like your chocolate is at least 30%

[bdoubell]

I have read everything I can lay my hands on about making chocolate. You can leave out the flour by using milk-powder instead of fresh. That way you do not need a thickening agent. Instead of butter you can use palm-fat like holsum. It is closer to the cocoa butter they usually use. use one measure cocoa, 1 measure milk powder and 1 measure palm-fat with a half measure icing sugar. Heat the fat in a microwave but do not let it get runny. Though your recipe is definitely going onto my list of possible methods.

[bowow0807]

would this work for cocoa beans? where i live you can get a kilogram of dried fermented cocoa beans for about less than 4$! reply soon because i can also get 500g of gourmet organic vanilla beans for less then 65$! and delivery is less than 10 days! so i will be wanting to experiment with chocolates and with vanilla

[LordShigi]

Well, not really, but im sure you can find an instructable for cocoa beans.

[Roxy 143]

I Just Love Chocolates

[splazem]

Would this be more similar to milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Great job either way!

[MyLilEmo]

how much chocolate would this make?

[Knexman15]

looks sooooo tempting

[venecha]

This is a great instructable! I've often stared at that container of cocoa powder and thought there should be a way to re-chocolate-ify it. *grin* I love dark chocolate. (And milk chocolate...and well, pretty much any variety). Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to try it.

[jamesorlov]

Thank you very much for recipe! Mine chocolate has a truffeles taste )

[LordShigi]

They look awsome! Great job!

[supersoftdrink]

Cool instructable!

So how does the taste, texture, and melting behavior compare to solid chocolate? i would think the flour, butter, and water would make a chocolate that behaved differently.

Do you chop yours and make chocolate chip cookies, or eat it plain?

[LordShigi]

Well, it does not have the same texture and it melts a bit quicker. You cant really get that right with these ingredients. It's kinda in the middle of chocolate ice cream and chocolate. I haven't tried making cookies, maybe i will try some day.

[saransaleen]

mmmmmm......good recipe.. i'm gonna add sweet whipped ceam and peanut butter all over it!!!!!!

[cap n crunch]

Great 'ible easy to follow but i suggest cutting back on the cocoa its extremely dark thx for sharing

[fozzy13]

Cool!! I've been thinking about how I would do this for a while. You totally beat me to it, but good job nonetheless. Thanks for sharing : )

[scoochmaroo]

Ha! You've reverse-engineered chocolate! First they take out the cocoa butter to make cocoa powder, then you put it back in. Well done!