Ingredients
- 1 cup Cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 4 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp or just a pinch Sea salt
If you are tired of store-bought chocolates that are full of preservatives, artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup, it’s time you made your own chocolate. This not only holds good for the regular milk chocolate; dark chocolate also contains quite a bit of sugar and fructose corn syrup.
The main difference between milk and dark chocolate is the concentration of chocolate.
High quality dark chocolate is at least 70% cocoa and goes up depending on how intense you want the flavor to go. But, rememberthat higher the cocoa percentage, bitter the taste. While preparing this dark chocolate recipe at home, just add some more honey if you find that the recipe gives out bitterness that is not to your liking.
Making homemade dark chocolate is quite easy and takes only a few ingredients to give you the rich and perfect dark chocolate.
Health benefits
Dark chocolate is the healthiest type of chocolate you can have since it is most cocoa. Other varieties of chocolate such as milk or white (which is not even chocolate by the way) are loaded with sugars, high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavorings. Cocoa contains antioxidants and is a mood enhancer. It can be easily incorporated in any diet if one is trying to lose weight.
Experiment
Who says your dark chocolate has to be plain and boring? You can add in different flavors such as orange zest, red chili flakes, or even ginger to give it a zing of flavor.
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How to make Homemade Dark Chocolate
Tip:If you want your dark chocolate to be of creamier consistency, you can substitute cocoa butter in place of coconut oil. If you want to make mint dark chocolate, simply replace vanilla with mint extract. Trivia
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