Probably, like many of us - women "in an interesting position", I increasingly think about what I and my family eat, look at the composition of products, carefully choose the timing of the production of perishable products in stores, and just try to use as little as possible junk food.

Not so long ago, walking around the Internet in search of interesting recipes for healthy food, I stumbled upon a genius simple homemade chocolate recipe.

Of course, there may not be much harm from soy lecithin, cocoa butter substitute, emulsifiers, flavors, incomprehensible E-additives contained in store-bought chocolate bars ... but also of special benefit, probably, too)

But yesterday, for example, I saw in the composition of chocolate of the well-known trademark "rectified ethyl alcohol"! And this, it turns out, happens!

So, healthy homemade chocolate recipe, which any housewife can easily make, with only two main ingredients:

- unrefined cocoa butter food;

- cocoa mass(these are natural, grated cocoa beans, usually pressed into bars);

The remaining components of chocolate can vary greatly depending on the tastes and preferences of its potential eaters. These are 2 groups:

- sweetener(sugar syrup, honey, agave syrup, Jerusalem artichoke syrup, various sweeteners, boiled condensed milk);

- flavorings and spices(cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, dried fruits, frozen or fresh berries, citrus peel, various nuts, coconut pulp or shavings…);

Technology and proportions of making this most useful homemade chocolate:

Cocoa butter 50-80 grams

cocoa mass 100g

A piece of vanilla bean, a pinch of ground nutmeg or cinnamon to taste

Sweetener 50-80 grams (if we take honey, then this is about 4-5 teaspoons). As for the sweetness of the finished chocolate - everyone should try different options for the proportions of the sweetener in relation to the main ingredients for themselves. For example, if we have dried fruits in the filling, then the sweetener will most likely need less.

How to make homemade chocolate:

Bon appetit!

And finally, about the most important thing - nutritional value and great benefits of natural cocoa beans and cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is produced from cocoa beans, so I will talk about these products as one whole.

Substances contained in grated cocoa beans stimulate the production of a special substance in the brain - endorphin, called the "hormone of joy." That is why chocolate is so popular all over the world!

Grated cocoa beans contain about 300 biologically active substances, and this unique composition improves heart function. Theobromine of cocoa beans eliminates spasms of blood vessels and thereby reduces the risk of developing a hypertensive crisis - a serious medical problem of our time. The bioactive compounds of cocoa beans reduce the adhesion of platelets, preventing the formation of blood clots in blood vessels. Regular consumption of natural cocoa reduces mortality from cardiovascular diseases by 50%. Caffeine, which is very small in cocoa beans (0.2%), has a mild tonic effect, improving the functioning of the cardiovascular and nervous systems.

Due to the presence of polyphenols, cocoa lowers blood pressure.

Grated cocoa beans are very rich in natural antioxidants - procyanidins, which have a powerful anti-stress action. In terms of antioxidant content, grated cocoa beans are several times superior to all existing types of tea, oranges and apples!

Cocoa is good for colds because it is good suppresses the cough reflex.

Cocoa beans contain valuable vitamins and micronutrients: beta-carotene, PP, E, B, phosphorus, sodium, calcium, potassium, copper, magnesium, chlorine, sulfur, iron, manganese, molybdenum and fluorine - all these substances are essential for the full functioning of both an adult and a child's body . By content zinc cocoa beans are champions. Drinking just two cups of cocoa a week or eating a couple of bars of natural chocolate, you will completely provide your body with them for this period.

The use of cocoa increases physical performance and is excellent stimulates mental activity.

Candy production: main stages + what equipment you need to purchase + choice of raw materials + what you need to register an LLC or individual entrepreneur + renting premises for a factory + finding full-time employees + where to sell products + when candy business pay off.

Even in the midst of the financial crisis, the production of sweets is in demand.

This business idea is quite universal: you can even do it at home by purchasing only raw materials and a variety of candy molds. The only disadvantage of this format is that you cannot cook a lot of goods for sale on your own, without the help of special equipment.

In this article, we will tell you how to start your own sweet business in Russia by organizing a mini-factory if you expect to receive significant income from your activities.

Organizational issues for opening a “candy” business ...

First of all, you should think about legalizing your business, that is, visit the Tax Service.

If you are going to trade in small lots, then it is enough to pay taxes according to the simplified system. Registration will take approximately one week. Don't forget to pay the state fee of 800₽! As a result, you will receive documents on registration of individual entrepreneurs, an extract from the USRIP.

If you are ambitious and intend to provide the whole country with chocolates, then it is better to become a legal entity. Suppliers and retail chains are better in contact with LLC, more boldly enter into contracts.

Read more about the formation of LLC on the website of the Tax: https://www.nalog.ru/rn77/yul/interest/reg_yl

To obtain LLC status, you will need the following package of documents:

Up to this point, you must decide on the legal address. It can even become a private house or apartment, but it is still better to buy or rent non-residential premises.

After receiving the documents (certificate of registration, extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities), you must order a seal and open a bank account.

Any business that is related to food must be approved by authorities such as the SES and Rospotrebnadzor:

Rospotrebnadzor.

Specialists will check your candy production technology. If everything is in order, then the supervision will issue a quality certificate.

SES and fire inspection.

They check the premises and equipment for compliance with standards. The building where the production takes place and the equipment is located must have a fire-fighting system, an alarm system, ventilation, an evacuation plan, fire extinguishers, etc.

Be sure to make sure that your production workers have a medical book and pass a medical examination on time.

At this stage, you need to spend approximately 20,000 rubles. This amount includes equipping the premises with the necessary fire-fighting equipment, tax payments and other expenses when obtaining permits from government authorities.

Plant space rental

The plant will need a room of at least 60 m2, because the equipment is large and takes up a lot of space. In addition, employees need space for locker rooms and for lunch breaks.

If you plan to only produce chocolates and sell through intermediaries, then you can look for premises outside the city. If you want to produce and sell in the same building, then you have to look for a territory near which there is a large traffic of people.

Rental of premises for the production of sweets - from 80,000 rubles.

Common technology for the production of sweets

A novice businessman who decides to please people with the preparation of sweets must know what technology they are used to produce:

Stage 1.	Cooking confectionery mass. It consists of sugar, agar, water, molasses, milk, butter, food additives (dyes and flavors). Depending on what kind of candy you are making, the ratio of ingredients, mixing temperature of the composition, consistency, etc. will change.
Stage 2.	Here we start forming the candy. To do this, you need to pour the mass into sifted, and, most importantly, dried corn starch. It helps form the body of the candy and removes excess moisture from the surface. It is important to maintain the correct temperature when pouring. For each type of candy, it has its own: fudge - 70 ° C; jelly based on agar - 75 ° C; milk and fruit filling - 100 ° C; on pectin - 95 ° C; on caraginan – 80 °C; sweets with liqueur filling - 95 ° C.
Stage 3.	Glazing candy. This process is not so important, because you can do without it. But it is worth knowing that it is used not only to create special taste qualities. First of all, icing is used to keep sweets fresh longer and not harden. Chocolate usually acts as it, but when it is used, under the influence of time, a white coating may form on the candy. It is harmless, but slightly spoils the appearance of the product. If you use confectionery glaze, then plaque will not form, because it does not have fat subsidence.
Stage 4.	Candy production technology is completed at the drying stage. The formed sweets are sent to a special chilled chamber so that the icing or chocolate hardens and the body becomes structured.

The production of chocolates described above is a certain standard, but not strict rules. After all, you can make caramel and lollipops for sale, and then the recipe will be completely different.

It is necessary to store finished products at a temperature within + 5-18 ° C, air humidity in the room - 75%.

Necessary equipment for the production of sweets

In the table below, you will see a rough list of what kind of equipment for the production of chocolates from chocolate you may need. We offered for consideration a ready and completed line.

If you are an experienced entrepreneur and want to purchase equipment separately, you will need a cooker, a refrigeration unit, a chamber for drying and forming sweets. But it is worth noting that such a step is not always a guarantee of savings, but more often even vice versa.

1. Basic equipment.

Name	Qty	Price, rub.)
Total:		8 018 000 rubles
Complete line for the production of sweets, which includes: ball mill; tempering machine; container for kindling; conche machine; refrigeration unit; packing line.	1	8 000 000
Packing tape	5 rolls	18 000

2. Furniture for staff.

Name	Qty	Price, rub.)
Total:		81 100 rubles
Office table	3	6 000
Chairs	3	2 400
Laptop	3	60 000
Changing room for workers	1	8 000
Uniform for workshop employees (headdress and gown)	10	4 000
Telephone landline	2	700

Purchase of raw materials for the production of sweets

Each type of sweets is made according to its own recipe, so it is impossible to say what kind of raw materials you need.

Below we give only the most necessary ingredients for making sweets, which are used in most cases:

You can add peanuts, nougat, marmalade to sweets. Then you will have to purchase this raw material additionally, but in a small amount compared to the main ingredients.

The purchase of raw materials must be coordinated with the production technologist.

Search for employees for the production of chocolates

For a small workshop, at least 4 workers will be needed, who will work in shifts. It is good if people have experience in this field. If you have not found qualified personnel, then you will have to allocate an amount from the budget for short-term training courses for employees.

In addition, you will need an accountant on a permanent basis, a technologist who will monitor production, as well as a sales and advertising manager.

Sales of products

The best advertisement is the quality of your chocolates. If the product tastes good, people will quickly spread the word about it. But to launch word of mouth, you need to find points of contact with your first customers.

The main task of the founder or managers is to find partners who will sell the plant's products in stores. To do this, you need to personally meet with the owners of outlets, discuss all the terms of the transaction, etc.

You can sell chocolates without intermediaries. To do this, purchase counters, get permission from the SES, the fire inspectorate and Rospotrebnadzor. It is better to hire a salesperson, because if you also deal with sales yourself, there will be no time for administrative work.

But spending money on advertising is not worth it, unless you order the development of your factory logo and candy labels to specialists. It will cost about 5,000 rubles. It is also worth creating a website, but at the initial stages of promotion this is not necessary.

Handmade sweets as a business idea.

How to open your own production? Sweet business.

Candy production - let's talk about profitability ...

As you can see, opening even a small factory for the production of chocolates will cost a tidy sum - from 9,000,000 rubles.

Specifically, this amount includes:

Now let's talk about the cost of production. 1 without additives will cost the plant 500 rubles. This amount takes into account not only the payment for raw materials, but also other related items of expenditure (taxes, utilities, etc.)

And how much does a bar of chocolate cost 40-60 grams? Approximately 100 rubles. From a kilogram of chocolate we will get about 25 bars of sweets, i.e. more than 2000 rubles of income.

Candy production will pay off in 2-3 years with the right approach. If the business becomes successful, then you can receive a net income of 200-400,000 rubles per month.

Summing up, I want to focus on the pros and cons of candy production in Russia:

Advantages	Flaws
Business can be started at home. If there is demand, then you can open a small confectionery shop.	If you want to create a factory, even a small one, you will need a large initial investment.
There is always a demand.	High competition in the market with popular confectionery factories in the country.
There are many ready-made recipes, you can also come up with new technologies for the production of sweets.	You need to change the assortment often to surprise customers.
High business profitability.	Rospotrebnadzor and SES will be frequent guests at the production site.

Consider all the nuances and carefully study the market before starting a business.

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The competition in the field of chocolate production is so high that it is time for a novice entrepreneur to think about how to attract the attention of buyers. The originality and exclusivity of chocolates can be of great help in this matter. Yes, and for a natural product, without additives and impurities, consumers are willing to pay more. If you choose the right direction for business development, then it will soon become profitable and promising.

Chocolate home business: where to start?

The chocolate business, like any other, requires official registration with the tax office. If it is supposed to produce chocolate or chocolates, selling products through a network of outlets or your own store, then. Wholesale customers and suppliers prefer cooperation with legal entities.
However, the matter does not end with registration with the tax office.

The entrepreneur will need to visit:

1. In SES and fire inspection in order to obtain a conclusion on the compliance of the working premises with the standards provided for the declared activity. It must be equipped with engineering communications, ventilation, fire-fighting system. In the production of food products, it is better to entrust the solution of this issue to experienced lawyers.
2. In Rospotrebnadzor , where you should submit the recipe for manufactured goods and receive a certificate of their compliance with existing standards.

Note: To work with the product group, you need a medical book.

If you plan to open a store to sell your own products, then you should also obtain permission for it. In general, the costs of registering an enterprise and taxes will cost around 19,000 rubles.

How to organize the process of production of chocolates at home?

An important condition for the production of delicious chocolates is strict adherence to the technological process. The recipe for their manufacture is easy to find on the Internet, but let a specialist do it. Complex recipes, selected by chocolatier - for exquisite sweets. The standard technology for making chocolate at home does not require much effort and expense.

Required Ingredients:

• Flour - 1 teaspoon.
• Cocoa - 5 tbsp. spoons.
• Milk - 150 ml.
• Butter - 50 g.
• Sugar - 5-7 tbsp. spoons.
• Forms for pouring the finished product.

Milk, cocoa and sugar are mixed in a small saucepan or bowl, the resulting mixture is brought to a boil over low heat. Oil and flour are gradually added to it, with continuous stirring. When a homogeneous mass is obtained, the chocolate is ready. It remains only to pour the filling into it (chopped peanuts, walnuts, raisins, waffle crumbs) and pour into molds.

If, according to the technology, you need to put whole nuts in chocolate, then the mold is filled halfway, the filling is poured into it, which is poured with chocolate on top. After a few hours, the sweets harden and you can eat them.

With the correct organization of the production process, the following conditions must be observed:

1. Maintaining the temperature regime during storage of finished products within 15-180C. The split system and refrigerators do an excellent job with this.
2. Compliance with the terms of product implementation - no more than 2-6 months. So that chocolate does not lose its taste and presentation, it should be stored refrigerated.
3. Transportation of chocolate is carried out in specially equipped vehicles.
4. Use for business premises with an area of ​​at least 60 sq.m. It allocates 2 premises for a warehouse for storing raw materials and finished products, a place for a production workshop, and a sink.

Advice. It is very important to purchase good equipment when making chocolate yourself, since the taste of sweets depends on it.

True, in 99% of cases, small businesses do not produce their own chocolate, but buy a ready-made product, process it and produce delicious sweets.

Assortment of handmade chocolate products

To attract as many customers as possible, it is desirable to diversify the assortment of chocolates.

Current offers include:

• Gift Baskets.
• Chocolate figurines, postcards, portraits, sculptures.
• Truffles.
• Praline.
• Milk, black, white chocolate.
• Chocolate fountains.
• Diet chocolate and more.

Recently, one of the fashion trends among culinary specialists is a non-standard mixture of tastes and aromas. So, for example, the taste of chili peppers, olives, ginger and other spices is increasingly manifested in chocolate. Confectioners offer chocolate-covered bacon, sweets with dried tomatoes, candied fruit, thyme. Sweets filled with fragrant aromas of coffee, roasted sesame and grated nuts activate the senses. The original packaging further enhances the pleasure of the exquisite taste of sweets.

In this case, the size of one candy should not be too large. To enhance the taste, it must be completely in the mouth. For example, the most common weight of truffles, loved by many, does not exceed 3-7 g.

Where to sell homemade chocolate products: chocolate candy market

There will be no problems with the sale of manufactured products if you agree in advance with retail outlets, cafes and restaurants on the supply of chocolate. True, given the fact that homemade sweets have a short shelf life, it is better to produce them on order.

You can offer chocolate delicacies or organize holidays. If things go well, then opening your own store will only increase turnover.

How much will it cost a beginner to organize a chocolate business: an approximate business plan for the production of chocolates at home

We offer an approximate business plan for the production of chocolate at home with the opening of your own store.

Start-up costs

If an entrepreneur does not understand the intricacies of chocolate production, then a specialist will have to be sent to chocolatier courses, and these are additional expenses of 15,300 rubles.

Summing up, the calculation is given for the production of dark chocolate bars:

Continuing the section "Mom's business", we get acquainted with Alena Tokar, who decided to devote herself to a very "delicious" business - the production of sweets. Together with her husband, they created the LOL&POP confectionery, specializing in handmade sweets made exclusively from natural ingredients. Alena gladly agreed to answer our questions. She told how she manages to combine running her own business and raising three-year-old Ivanka. Let's find out the details!

UAUA. info: Alena, what a "delicious" business you have :) How did the idea of ​​its creation come about?

My husband and I had the idea of ​​creating our own business for a long time. But as often happens, you can't always catch your idea. We wrote down different ideas, but then we sifted them ourselves. And then I was looking on the Internet for something about my work and accidentally stumbled upon a video of Martha Stewart from the New York Papabubble store. And almost immediately I realized and felt that this is exactly the business that I understand how to develop, who will be my potential customers and what it can develop into in the future.

UAUA. info: What is your education? How did you decide to change your life so drastically?

I graduated from the Faculty of International Economics and Management, KNEU. V. Hetman. But it so happened that immediately after defending my master's degree, I went to work as a marketer in the editorial office of Argumenty i Fakty in Ukraine. After that, there were many other publications and positions in the media. I left my business as a co-publisher of a well-known glossy magazine. With the advent of my daughter, it seems to me that the concept of "dramatically change your life" is very relative. The most dramatic change is just the birth of a child. The coordinate system and the axis around which everything revolves changes completely.

UAUA. info: Alena, tell us more about how it all began? What does it take to start such a business? What are the costs?

It all starts with the desire to change something in your life. As soon as you are ready for this, the Universe immediately gives you an idea. And then it all depends on how hard you are willing to work. My husband and I have watched a lot of videos, read thousands of articles about caramel. For a very long time and hard we were looking for a person who would teach us how to make such sweets. We found him in Australia, but even that did not stop us, and we brought him here for a month. It required costs for training, equipment, ingredients, rent, and other operating expenses. I cannot say that this is a very large amount of money, but it is in the tens of thousands of euros.

UAUA. info: Where exactly does the candy production take place?

We rent a special room in which the production of sweets is located. We get a lot of emails asking people for recipes or recommendations. But many people think that such sweets can be made in their small kitchen. This is not entirely true. This can be done at home. But you, at least, should have a room of about 50 sq.m., which you are ready to completely re-equip for production. You should also be prepared that soon everything in your apartment will start to smell like caramel candies. We recently moved into a very spacious building and opened a small LOL&POP sweets shop.

UAUA. info: Howdoes delivery work? You deliver sweets in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Why Ukraine is understandable:) And Kazakhstan?

Delivery works as standard across Ukraine. If the regions - then this is one of the express carriers. As for Kazakhstan, we have our own representative there and he is engaged in delivery.

UAUA. info: How manyperson involved in the business?

Today our team consists of 6 people, including me and my husband. When we started, there were three of us.

UAUA. info: What estimated monthly income can be expected from such an enterprise?

It all depends on the period of the year, as our business is quite seasonal. Before the holidays, we have a lot of orders, and the income is in the thousands of euros. Summer is a calm period and does not pull at all for sweets. Accordingly, the income is lower.

UAUA. info: Alena, please tell us what kind of sweets are they, why are they becoming more and more popular now?

Our caramel sweets have several features:

1 . This is 100% handmade. We do not use machines at any stage of production.
2 . We use natural ingredients. We have been looking for "our" manufacturers for a long time. And found! This allows us to work with natural dyes, which is very important. Because for me, as a mother, it is important that my child eats.
3 . Inside the candy, we can make different inscriptions, pictures and almost any desire of the customer can be realized!

UAUA. info: And who most often orders such sweets? Where are they most in demand?

Candies are in the highest demand among large companies, event agencies, wedding planners and brides. We have been on the Ukrainian market for a little over a year, but we have already worked with such well-known campaigns as: Dell, Intel, Citroen, Scoda, Smart, Cisco, Arzinger, Asus, Hyundai, Huawei, L’oreal, Lufthansa and many others. We also agreed on mutually beneficial cooperation with the Bukovel resort, and now branded sweets with our co-promo are sold in all the souvenir shops of the resort.

UAUA. info: What is your daughter's favorite candy?

Like all children, she loves lollipops the most.

UAUA. info: The daughter must be proud of her mother. Does she come up with candy ideas? How do candy design ideas come about?

At 3 years old, she hardly knows what it means to be "proud of her mother." For her, the main thing is that her mother is there, smiling, fooling around and spending as much time as possible with her. She is still too young to come up with candy ideas, but I think it's all ahead. We have a very creative team and ideas sometimes come by themselves. And we implement them. Sometimes I dream about some candy designs.

UAUA. info: How much time does it take to support the business (at the initial stage and now)?

If someone thinks that your business is a paradise, and you work only one hour a day, then this is a myth. Perhaps this can be done, but I do not know how long the business will last. Your business is a daily job, and often irregular. There are days when I start working at 8 am and finish at 12 at best. But in your business there is a plus. Still, the main one in the distribution of time is yourself. And if I see that the weather is good, then I spend time with the child without remorse. And I don’t have to report to anyone and explain why this is so, and not in another way.

08.02.2016

Hi all! Vika Leping is with you, and today I will tell you how to make delicious chocolates at home, because February 14 is coming soon, and gifts for Valentine's Day, as we all know, are first of all chocolates. So handmade sweets and excessive efforts will definitely be appreciated by your chosen one.

What to give your loved one on February 14 (or your beloved, of course) is one of the most frequently asked questions on the eve of the holiday called Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day gifts are, in fact, classics - handmade chocolates, a Valentine's card and flowers. It’s not worth being smart about anything, waiting for expensive gifts too, because in Catholic countries, where this holiday came from, this is a sign of bad taste.

On this day, you can simply cook dinner for your loved one, open a bottle of your favorite wine, sit in a romantic setting, consuming an original gift for February 14 for dessert - the most delicious sweets in the world, made with love and from natural ingredients. Look at the composition of store-bought sweets, I'm sure you will count more than 20 incomprehensible names. I will use only 3 + filler at will. Only 3 ingredients! Can you imagine?

When I asked myself how to make chocolate at home, I realized that almost all chocolate recipes are a mixture of cocoa powder and butter, which is completely wrong, because real chocolate is not made from cake powder, but from real cocoa beans and butter cocoa, and these are its irreplaceable ingredients. Therefore, I turned to a vegan friend for advice, who helped me with the proportions 🙂 So, if you still don’t know what to give a girl or a guy on February 14, we start preparing gifts from sweets.

So, a step-by-step photo recipe for chocolates, or how to make sweets at home.

Ingredients

• - grated beans (raw cocoa) - 50-100 gr
• - 50 gr
• - maple syrup or other sweeteners - to taste
• - or milk (can be dry) coconut or regular - to taste and optional
• - dried fruits, seeds, berries - optional

Cooking method

How to make chocolate at home? Yes, very easy! All you need is quality ingredients and silicone candy molds. The given amount of ingredients is enough for about 20 pieces. Let's start cooking, although it's more like meditation 🙂 By the way, you probably already realized that you don't have to use a candy mold, you can make a chocolate bar 😉

We start making chocolate by preparing all the ingredients. In each candy, I will put cashew nuts or hazelnuts and some raisins. Only I love him in our family, so there will be few of them 🙂 We chop raw cocoa and cocoa butter into pieces, so they will melt faster.

We prepare a water bath. If you do not know how to make a water bath, then look at the photo below. We take a saucepan, pour a liter of water into it, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to a minimum, and put a large bowl or pan, or a saucepan on top, the main thing is that it be heat-resistant, otherwise it will burst like mine.

Now put the grated cocoa beans and cocoa butter in a bowl in a water bath, stir with a silicone spatula until completely dissolved and turn off the heat. Handmade chocolate is almost ready 🙂

Add any sweetener. 1 teaspoon, stir until dissolved, then taste. If needed, add more. You can also add regular or coconut cream/milk at this point if you wish, then you will make regular milk or vegan milk chocolate.

By the way, if you are preparing ordinary milk chocolate, then to enhance the creamy taste, you can also add butter or ghee, which also hardens well. [ ] And another important point! The more milk, the more cocoa butter should be in relation to the beans, otherwise homemade chocolates may not harden. Therefore, the number of beans I have varies from 50 to 100 grams.

Here is the hot chocolate recipe! However, the recipe for chocolate sweets has not yet come to an end. We take a silicone mold or pour hot chocolate into the recesses. I did it with a teaspoon, it's more convenient.

It is important to keep in mind that if you want to add filling to delicious chocolates, then you don’t need to top up to the very brim, otherwise the cocoa chocolate will then flow over the sides.

Lay out the fillers. You can drown nuts or dried fruits in chocolate, but I like it better when the filling is visible. Small but delicious gifts for lovers are almost ready!

And if you didn’t have enough molds, you can pour the remaining real chocolate into cupcake molds, for example. We put delicious chocolate sweets in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

Take it out of the fridge and carefully remove the natural chocolate from the molds. Now you know how to make chocolates at home! 🙂 Dots are visible on mine - this is honey. Such delicious gifts for Valentine's Day can be put in a beautiful box with a bow, or you can serve it on a silver platter 😉

And here are the super fast results!

Short recipe: chocolates at home, or how to make chocolate at home

1. In a water bath, melt the cocoa butter and grated cocoa beans, mix and turn off the heat.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of honey or other sweetener, mix until completely dissolved, try, add more if necessary.
3. If desired, add a little regular or coconut milk / cream (to taste), while reducing the amount of added cocoa beans (think in advance!). [ Addendum: I had no problems adding ghee and liquid coconut cream, but one of my friends had a chocolate layer for unknown reasons, so perhaps to completely eliminate the possibility of layering, you should use milk powder!]
4. Pour into molds, put in the refrigerator for 1 hour, then carefully remove the finished natural chocolates.
5. Now you know how chocolate candies are made!

Small delicious gifts for Valentine's Day are ready. As you can see, both bitter and milk chocolate recipes turned out to be very simple. By the way, my boyfriend Seryozha and I will go to a French restaurant on February 14 to try different sweets. To be honest, I have never been to such a restaurant, so I am waiting for something especially tasty and interesting. Then I will share my impressions of what I have eaten. And what will you do on this wonderful Valentine's Day?

I'll try my best to post another recipe. candy, but already berry, from agar-agar . More precisely, I will try to have time to cook, take pictures and tell you everything 🙂 And in order not to miss anything, , it's free! In addition, when you subscribe, you will receive as a gift a collection of full-fledged recipes of 20 dishes that are prepared very quickly, from 5 to 30 minutes, which will save a lot of your time! Eat fast and tasty - it's real!

And Vika Leping was with you! Try to bring chocolate recipes to life, put likes, leave comments, rate, tell what you did and remember that everyone can cook deliciously, that you are more talented than you can imagine and, of course, enjoy your food! I love you, be happy!

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