Home made chocolates

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@allknowing (134974)
India
October 19, 2015 4:07am CST
What are the ingredients that you use while making chocolates at home. I have tried making them using cocoa but not cooking chocolates. Do you use cocoa butter. I combed the entire Net but could not find any
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
i've always though you just melt the chocolate then form it to what you want.. then done you can add peanuts and other stuff too
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@allknowing (134974)
• India
19 Oct 15
The other stuff is more than peanuts. There is butter, sugar, and even rum plus the nuts. I do not like the idea of using chocolates to make chocolates.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
@allknowing oh, so you an add all those stuff too
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• Shenzhen, China
20 Oct 15
I don't know how to make the chocolates. Maybe I can find some methods online and then try to do it!
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
20 Nov 15
I have never tried to make chocolates at home as I have no idea.I know how to eat them!
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Nov 15
My niece sent me a recipe. I did not get that shine. And someone said I should use liquid paraffin.
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Nov 15
@silvermist I have yet to try that but seems sensible to me.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
20 Nov 15
@allknowing Really!To get that shine?
@LadyDuck (470492)
• Switzerland
19 Oct 15
You cannot make chocolate at home, the process of making chocolate is not easy. You will get nothing good mixing cocoa sugar and milk at home.
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Oct 15
I have been to a factory in Germany and know how complicated it is. But I have also tasted home made chocolates. They are not bad at all . I know the process. You have to use a double boiler and stuff but I cannot get all the ingredients here. There are other ingredients than just cocoa , sugar and milk.
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@LadyDuck (470492)
• Switzerland
20 Oct 15
@allknowing First of all, you should use "cocoa paste" not powdered cocoa, then you need cocoa butter and sugar. The three ingredients must be continuously stirred at a temperature of about 80 degrees Celsius. The more you continue this process the best the chocolate will be. If you do not have all those ingredients, to make home chocolate use a good dark chocolate and add the ingredients that you like.
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Oct 15
@LadyDuck Thanks. I have made chocolates at home but could not find cocoa butter which gives the chocolates a smooth finish. I know the process.
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@Tita417 (1228)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
19 Oct 15
So sorry I don't do chocolates but I love them. I just buy rather than cook it.
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• United Arab Emirates
19 Oct 15
Actually I HAVE NOT TRIED BEFORE TO MAKE CHOCOLATE AT HOME BUT I WILL GIVE IT A TRY .MAY BE I WILL SUCCEED A LITTLE BIT.
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Oct 15
Do you have the recipe?
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• United Arab Emirates
20 Oct 15
@allknowing No but I will try to search it on internet ,youtube or tv shows.But I am not 100 percent sure that definitely I will do it or not.
@Juliaacv (50960)
• Canada
19 Oct 15
I use the chocolate wafers to make my chocolate, its great for making almond bark or for little solid milk chocolate pieces, it also does well if you're looking to dip things, such as marshmallows in it.
@allknowing (134974)
• India
19 Oct 15
I have made dips with fresh figes grown in my garden which have a great taste. Chocolate dips could be great too but then again I would like to make that with cocoa and not any finished chocolate product.
@Juliaacv (50960)
• Canada
19 Oct 15
@allknowing I think that you will have your work cut out for you doing it completely from scratch, I've never found any recipe on this, which is how I decided to give the wafers a try. They really are not much different then using chocolate chips, which we all use when baking chocolate chip cookies. Good luck in your search.
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@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
19 Oct 15
Most homemade chocolates I know of involve using commercially produced cooking chocolate
@allknowing (134974)
• India
20 Oct 15
My niece has given me a recipe using cocoa powder. I have done it several times but just could not find cocoa butter. Also my chocolates did not have the shine. Someone on the Net suggested that I use liquid paraffin - the edible one.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
20 Oct 15
I never made chocolates at home. Wouldn't know.