You might not be aware that you can make chocolate from scratch at home. Did you also know that it takes five minutes?
All that is required to make chocolate is cocoa, cocoa butter, sweetener, and flavourings like salt and vanilla that heighten the chocolate’s robust flavour. You only need that to create truly unique dark chocolate. This chocolate is dark and rich, with a high cocoa content and a low sweetener content. Because of the high cocoa to sweetener ratio, you can taste the bitter, roasted cocoa’s complex, pleasantly burnt flavour.
THIS CHOCOLATE IS FOR EVERYONE
Both raw cacao powder and raw cocoa powder have a number of health advantages, including being rich in antioxidants, magnesium, and potassium. Unfortunately, unwanted ingredients are present in commercial milk, dark, and white chocolate products.
Dark chocolate truffles and candy bars sold in stores are unhealthy because they contain far more ingredients than are necessary. Even high-quality chocolate products can be made in facilities that also handle cashews, pecans, and other tree nuts, as well as gluten, dairy, and other allergens, making them dangerous for people who must avoid nut, dairy, or gluten consumption.
You already have the best and safest sugar-free dark chocolate in your own kitchen.
Few Notes and Tricks
- Chocolate base: Cacao butter, a creamy saturated fat that is solid at room temperature, serves as the foundation for this recipe. Coconut oil can be used in its place if cacao butter is unavailable.
- Alternate sweetener: Liquid stevia works best for this recipe’s sweetening. You can substitute monk fruit sweetener or powdered stevia if you don’t have any liquid stevia on hand.
- Sugar substitute: You can use coconut sugar or maple sugar if you don’t have dietary restrictions that forbid added sugar, but I strongly advise that you pulse it in an espresso machine, coffee grinder, or food processor to make sure that it is as fine as possible before adding it to the recipe.
- Heating advice: Make sure you heat your cocoa butter slowly by using a double boiler or short bursts of microwave power while stirring in between. Cool it down slowly as well. Always use low heat and make temperature changes gradually to avoid the chocolate mixture seizing. So, rather than trying to refrigerate or freeze warm chocolate in an effort to chill more quickly, let it come to room temperature to solidify before storing in the refrigerator. Additionally, this aids in avoiding bloom, a white dusty layer that can appear on the surface of chocolate after condensation forms.
HOMEMADE DARK CHOCOLATE RECIPE
Making sugar-free chocolate at home is a great way to enjoy a guilt-free treat. Here’s a simple recipe for you:
INGREDIENTS
- a half-cup of excellent unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup of cacao butter, or 4 tablespoons (coconut oil works too).
- 15-20 drops of liquid stevia (or more, to taste) or any other sugar substitute of your choice (adjust to taste)
- 1/8 teaspoon optional vanilla extract
- Salt, a pinch
INSTRUCTIONS
- Melt the cacao butter gently in a microwave-safe bowl or small saucepan. The same procedures apply if you’re using coconut oil.
- Combine the cocoa powder and a dash of salt in a different bowl. Make sure to thoroughly combine to avoid lumps.
- Stirring constantly, slowly add the cooled and melted cacao butter to the dry ingredients. Keep stirring until the mixture is evenly distributed and smooth.
- Add stevia or another sugar substitute of your choice.
- Add vanilla extract for flavour, if desired. Mix thoroughly.
- Put the mixture on a parchment-lined baking sheet or into silicone moulds. Make the top smooth with a spatula.
- Refrigerate the moulds or baking sheet for at least one to two hours, or until the chocolate has hardened.
- After the chocolate is set, carefully remove it from the moulds or, if you used a sheet, cut it into pieces.
- To prevent melting, keep your sugar-free chocolate in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Note: You can alter this recipe by sprinkling sea salt, nuts, or seeds on top before the chocolate hardens.
Just keep in mind that homemade sugar-free chocolate may have a slightly different texture from commercially produced chocolate, but it is still a tasty and healthier option. Enjoy your homemade chocolate made without sugar!
Read more:
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