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Easy Homemade Chocolate Recipe | How To Make Chocolate At Home With Cocoa Powder

Rich and delicious homemade chocolates made with cocoa powder, milk powder, butter and powdered sugar without coconut oil or oven. An easy kid-friendly treat!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Chocolates, Dessert
Cuisine: Indian, International
Keyword: chocolate recipe, chocolate recipe using cocoa powder, easy chocolate recipe, Homemade chocolate recipe, homemade chocolates, how to make chocolate, how to make chocolate at home, how to make chocolate at home using cocoa powder
Servings: 12 pieces
Author: Chitra

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ tbsp Milk powder (approx. 20 g / 0.7 oz) Nestle Everyday or dry milk powder
  • 1 ½ tbsp Cocoa powder (approx. 10 g / 0.35 oz) unsweetened, Kwality or Hershey’s
  • 4 tbsp Icing sugar or powdered sugar (approx. 30 g / 1 oz)
  • ½ tsp Vanilla extract or essence
  • 3 tbsp Butter (approx. 42 g / 1.5 oz) soft, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp Chopped nuts and raisins optional
  • 1 - 2 tbsp Boiled milk at room temperature optional, use only if needed to loosen mixture

Instructions

  • In a bowl, mix milk powder and cocoa powder. Set aside.
    Mixing milk powder and cocoa powder in a bowl for homemade chocolate
  • Boil 5 cups of water in a wide bowl or kadai. Allow it to roll boil well. Switch off the flame. Take a bowl that fits in the kadai. Add 3 tbsp soft butter to it. Keep the bowl inside the hot water kadai. Mix the butter and melt it completely.
    Melting soft butter in a bowl placed inside hot water kadai
  • Keep the bowl inside the hot water throughout the procedure. Add icing sugar or powdered sugar to the melted butter. Mix well. It will resemble a creamy paste.
    Adding powdered sugar to melted butter and mixing into a creamy paste
  • Add milk powder and cocoa powder mixture to this and mix well. It will become a thick paste by absorbing all the butter. Lastly add vanilla essence, mix well. (If you feel the mixture is too thick, add 1 to 2 tbsp milk to loosen it).
    Mixing cocoa milk powder mixture and vanilla into melted butter sugar base
  • Take a chocolate mould (either plastic or silicone mould) and fill the chocolate mix. Pat it well to level the chocolate. Excess butter may ooze out, do not worry. Just fill the mould and freeze it for one hour. Remove the mould and rest it for 5 minutes. Remove the chocolate and enjoy!
    Filling chocolate mixture into chocolate moulds before freezing

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Notes

  • Butter should be soft at room temperature. Keep it outside for few hours if it is hard or soften the butter in microwave for a minute.
  • For variations, you can add finely chopped nuts or raisins to the chocolate batter.
  • Water should be very hot so that butter can melt easily.
  • Remember to keep the bowl inside the hot water throughout the cooking procedure. It helps the chocolate to set well.
  • For making milk chocolate or white chocolate, just replace cocoa powder with milk powder.
  • Light cocoa powder gives a milder taste. If you use dark colored cocoa powder, chocolate tastes like dark chocolate with mild bitterness.
  • You can try to add equal amount of milk powder and cocoa powder (i.e. 2 tbsp each) for more chocolaty taste.