Many housewives believe that making chocolate at home is absolutely impossible, because the traditional recipe for its preparation includes ingredients that you can’t buy in a regular grocery store. We are talking about adding cocoa butter, which is not sold in stores, but only ordered by the factory directly from the manufacturer.
However, by turning on fantasy, you can figure out how to make chocolate at home, make it as similar as possible to a purchased one. Do not despair if your option looks more like hot chocolate, that is, ordinary melted cocoa powder, since only a true professional can achieve the effect of complete identity. However, even the option of a hot dessert will be very tasty and useful for the body. The most important thing is desire, desire, and knowledge of how to make chocolate deliciously and quickly.
Today we will consider several options for making homemade goodies. Let's start with the easiest way to make chocolate at home.
Take the following ingredients: 100 grams of cocoa powder, one teaspoon of sugar, 50 grams of butter and two tablespoons of milk. The ingredients, as you can see, are very simple and easily available in every store. The recipe is also simple.
On a small fire, heat the milk and pour sugar and cocoa into it. Stir everything until completely dissolved, but do not let the milk boil. Separately, in a water bath, melt the butter, too, to a homogeneous mass.
We mix the ingredients and now bring them to a boil. As soon as the resulting mass begins to boil, turn off the gas.
The resulting hot mass is poured into prepared forms and put in the refrigerator until completely solidified. Everything is ready, now you know about the first way to make chocolate.
Now let's talk about a more complicated cooking recipe. If in the first option you can get regular milk chocolate, then our second recipe will contain vanilla. Take four tablespoons of cocoa powder, a glass of sugar, a bag of vanillin, half a glass of milk, 200 grams of milk powder, 125 grams of butter and, if you want, raisins or dried fruits. The last ingredient is not necessary to add, but with it you can get even more delicious chocolate. Now let's talk about how to make chocolate using these ingredients.
Process of creation
The initial stages of preparation are identical: in milk we dissolve sugar and vanilla, add melted butter. To the resulting mass add cocoa and milk powder and continue stirring. Bring to a boil, and after 15 minutes it is already possible to remove from the heat. Pour into molds and leave to freeze in the refrigerator.
Conclusion
Having examined two ways of making chocolate, it becomes clear that it is very easy and quick to cook a delicious dessert at home that can please all family members. The creation process itself takes about 20 minutes, and after several hours of solidification you get a delicious and fragrant chocolate, similar to the one sold in every store.