Healthy Homemade Chocolate (Bars and Chunks)
This easy recipe for homemade Homemade Chocolate Chunks makes delicious dark chocolate that melts in your mouth with only three ingredients! It's perfect to use as a Paleo-friendly or refined sugar-free alternative in any recipes calling for chocolate chips or chunks.
Servings 2 cups chocolate chunks
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cacao butter 163g or refined coconut oil (172g),cacao butter will result in a firmer chocolate that bakes better whereas coconut oil will be softer and melt more easily
- ¾ cup 64g cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup 111g maple syrup or honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- ⅛ teaspoon salt optional
Instructions
- First, melt the cacao butter or coconut oil. If using cacao butter, I recommend melting it in a double boiler over low heat. Coconut oil can be melted in a saucepan on low heat. You can also melt either in the microwave. Start by heating for about 30 seconds, stir, and heat in 15 second increments, stirring between each, until melted.
- Stir the cocoa powder, maple syrup or honey, and if using, vanilla extract and salt, into the melted cacao butter or coconut oil until completely smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a lined baking pan or sheet, or to make homemade chocolate bars, pour into a chocolate bar mold. You can add extras like nuts, dried fruit, or coconut either mixed into the chocolate or placed on top of the still-warm chocolate.
- Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. If you'll be using the chocolate for baking, chop it into chunks. Store in the refrigerator.
