DIY: How to make chocolate at the comfort of your home

Making chocolate at home can be a fun and rewarding activity. With just a few ingredients and basic equipment, you can create smooth and creamy chocolate confections. Here’s a simple recipe to get you started:

Ingredients: You’ll need cocoa butter, cocoa powder, milk powder, and confectioners’ sugar.

Equipment: A saucepan, a nonstick surface or candy mold, a spatula, and a refrigerator.

Here’s a basic recipe for homemade chocolate:

Melt ½ cup (110 g) of coconut oil in a saucepan over low heat.

Add ½ cup (65 g) of cocoa powder and 2 tablespoons (42 g) of honey to the saucepan, and mix everything together for 2 minutes.

Turn the heat off and mix in ½ teaspoon (2 g) of vanilla extract.

Add a pinch of cinnamon, cardamom, or salt if you’d like to give your chocolate some spice.

Stir everything together for 1 more minute. To set the chocolate, you can pour it into muffin-tin liners or silicone molds and store it in the refrigerator until it turns solid.

Once fully set, you can break the chocolate into pieces or remove it from the mold.