Step 2: How to make homemade milk chocolate with cocoa powder
Place a pot filled a third of the way with water on a burner. Set the heat to medium-high. Place a large pyrex or metal bowl on top of the pot. This is a basic double boiler.
Make sure the water is not touching the bottom of the bowl. The way this works is as the water heats the steam hits the bottom of the bowl warming it gently and evenly which melts the contents of the bowl.
Add the cocoa/cacao butter or coconut oil to the bowl and stir occasionally until melted.
Once the cocoa butter is melted, turn the heat down to medium-low. Make sure to sift the cocoa powder before putting it into the bowl of melted cocoa butter. This helps prevent any lumps. Then mix it in with your spatula.
After the cocoa powder is mixed in, turn the heat completely off. Then add in the milk powder and stir until completely incorporated.
Next, add the powdered sugar a third of it at a time until all incorporated. If you want it less sweet don’t add in as much, or if you want it completely sugar-free, leave it out altogether.
Once all the ingredients are combined and the heat is off, keep stirring for about 5 minutes.
Step 1: Gather the ingredients
In order to make homemade milk chocolate you need just 4 simple ingredients:
- Cocoa/Cacao Butter – Or you can use coconut oil as I did in that other chocolate recipe, but cocoa butter makes better tasting chocolate. It can be found online or at stores like Whole Foods.
- Whole Milk Powder – This is how we get homemade milk chocolate. DO NOT use actual milk the water in it, will ruin the chocolate. It is found online or at the supermarket.
- Cocoa powder – Use unsweetened cocoa powder, like the Hershey’s brand.
- Powdered sugar – Also known as icing sugar or confectioner’s sugar. This is the sweetener.
Tools
- Pot with water
- Large bowl (pyrex or metal)
- Spatula
- Chocolate bar mold or even an ice cube tray will work
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