Homemade Chocolate

By

gogalyboo

Ingredients
4 1/2 oz (125g) vegetable shortening (Copha or solidified coconut oil work fine)
4 1/2 oz (125g) confectioner's sugar (pure icing sugar)
6 tablespoons cocoa powder
4 tablespoons powdered milk
Pinch of salt

Method
1. Line a square cake pan with grease proof paper.

2. In a small saucepan, melt the vegetable shortening over a low heat. Sift the icing sugar, cocoa powder, powdered milk and salt into a bowl. Pour the melted shortening into the sugar mixture and mix until it becomes smooth and thick.

3. Pour chocolate mixture into the prepared cake pan and flatten out the top using a spatula or the back of a spoon. Use a skewer or the blunt side of a knife to press indent marks into the chocolate while it's still soft. This will help you to break your chocolate into nice squares once it's hardened and set.
found here

http://www.savvyhomemade.com/homemade-chocolate-recipe.html

By Rasperry Tea (Guest Post)

Hi!I was doing research on homemade chocolate and I found this thread. I'm from Malaysia so, according to the net, copha's only available in Australia. I was wondering, is the copha that's used in the recipe compulsory, and if so, what's the substitute for it?

Everything I truly need and want are only sold in Australia T_T *sigh* Thanks in advance!

<b> Editor's Note:</b> Copha is a brand name for a vegetable shortening made of solidified coconut oil. It will stay solid at room temperature. Try substituting coconut butter. Vegetable shortening is poor, flavorless substitute.

By Glenda (Guest Post)

Mix together
1/2 c.cocoa powder
dash of salt
1 1/2 c.powdered milk
2 T.malted milk powder

By Adele (Guest Post)

thanks i really needed a chocolate recipe for school. many thanks adele thanks again and again forever

By Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition! (Guest Post)

From the actual block chocolate recipes I've seen so far, I've got the feeling that American chocolate isn't very...pleasant. I think block chocolate needs cocoa butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and you can add vanilla or cinnamon to it as well for a different flavour. I don't know the exact proportions, but butter of some sort is definitely required, or the chocolate won't have that creamy, thick texture.

Editor's Note: Baking chocolate is not sweetened and is used as a base for confections. We do have tasty chocolate here but baking chocolate isn't good without additions.

By

elliecat

I think there was a mix up of people thinking I wanted a hot choclate drink recipe, when what I really wanted was the block chocolate recipe posted by Luvabye. I'm not sure what would be an alternative to copha. We get two grades of icing sugar here (Australia) pure icing sugar, and soft icing sugar, which is the pure icing sugar, mixed with I think.. cornflour. In the States I think it's called 'confectioners sugar'.
Ellie.

By

txthrifty

by Luvyabye

TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE:
125g copha
125g pure icing sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons full cream powdered milk
pinch salt

Does anyone know of an alternative to copha? We have a child that is allergic to coconut as well as corn, soy, rice? Since I'm fairly new to the kitchen what is pure icing sugar and where do I find it?

Thanks.

By (Guest Post)

how did the question of wanting to know how to make ''Homemade Chocolate'' turn into how to make ''Hot coco drink ? But thank you to luvyabye for the recipe ...

By

elliecat

Thank you everyone, especially Luvyabye.. that's the one that I was looking for!
Ellie

By

Luvyabye

Hi Ellie!! I got this recipe off of a site called Discuss Cooking. I hope it's the one you're looking for.

TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE:
125g copha
125g pure icing sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons full cream powdered milk
pinch salt

Sift icing sugar, cocoa, powdered milk and salt into a basin. Melt copha over gentle heat, add to dry ingredients. Mix until smooth and thick. Pour into square cake tin to set, then cut into squares. Mixture may be doubled, and dried fruit, nuts, coconut or rice bubbles can be added for variety.

This was posted on the other site by Daisy http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f10/chocolate-1167.html#post4541

By Grandma Margie (Guest Post)

Possibly you are looking for what we call "fudge". Some recipes use cocoa to make it, others use chocolate chips. Most on-line cookbooks have some version of it. I'd almost bet that if you check Thriftyfun's archives under recipes.....and then perhaps candy..... you'll find a recipe right here! If you can't find one I'll dig mine out for you. Best Wishes!

By

elliecat

Thank you for your responses so far, but No.. I don't mean a drink, hot chocolate mix, I mean it's block chocolate. After you mix it and smooth it into a square tin, or whatever you are using, you put it into the refrigerator and sets solidly into a block of 'chocolate'.
Elliecat.