Sunday, April 1, 2012

How To Make Chocolate

How To Make Chocolate



People right across the globe love chocolate, because of its naturally smooth, silky texture and its deliciously distinct sweet and rich flavour. The quality of chocolate largely depends on the method used to make it. Ready-made chocolate can be bought in retail supermarkets across the globe, and there are many types available, from rich, dark chocolate to milky white chocolate. Quality also ranges widely; therefore, the price varies from brand to brand.
Chocolate is made essentially from cocoa beans, and can be made into different forms, such as chocolate cookies (learn how to make chocolate cookies) or biscuits, chocolate milk (learnhow to make chocolate milk), hot chocolate, chocolate candy, chocolate brownies, chocolate chips, chocolate bars, chocolate mousse, and the list goes on.

The good news is; store-bought chocolate is very easy to work with when attempting to make homemade chocolate, and can be easily melted using an ordinary household microwave oven, or by putting it into a glass or ceramic bowl and heating over a pot of boiling water. If using the boiling water method, never let your bowl touch the boiling water, only use the steam to heat the bowl.


How to make chocolate at home


You can easily make chocolate at home with chocolate molds. Buy some cooking chocolate which you can get at most local shops or supermarkets. Melt your chocolate to a pouring consistency, and simply pour into a mold of your choice. You can buy many different shaped molds at supermarkets catering supply stores, or make them yourself. If you make molds by yourself be sure to use non-toxic materials. Popular molds used to make chocolate are Easter egg or Easter bunny shaped molds. You can even place a sucker-stick into a chocolate mold in order to make chocolate lollypops. 

Beautiful chocolate sweets made from molds

How to make chocolate molds


Chocolate molds can be made using a number of safe and hygienic materials, such as aluminium foil, or certain plastics. Copper should not be used, because when in contact with the air, releases a poisonous residue called verdigris, which can be harmful. Making food molds is best done with a flexible substance such as silicone rubber.  Here is one method for making molds.

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