An Attempt At Making Chocolate

A while ago Raimund and I had the "brilliant" idea of making our own chocolate with help from this video.   I say "brilliant" because it didn't actually work out as we had expected.  I'm not sure if any of you have ever made chocolate before, but trying to get the taste just right was tricky.

Like our make-shift scale?  That was Raimund's doing.  He's a computer nerd and has wires all over the place.  It got the job done.  Oh, and that's not butter.  That's vegetable shortening.  I've never baked with it before, and I quite frankly don't care for it.

The whole process was fun, but the results weren't what we wanted.  I think instead of vegetable shortening we'll use coconut oil, and make some more minor adjustments.  We're not going to give up though...chocolate tastes too good, even if these weren't what we desired.  We'll figure it out eventually.

These were the ingredients that the recipe called for.  Instructions are all in the video I linked above.  Maybe you guys will have better luck with this recipe if you try it.

125g vegetable shortening (Copha or solidified coconut oil works fine)
125g confectioner's sugar (pure icing sugar)
6 tablespoons cocoa powder (good quality)
4 tablespoons powdered milk (full cream)
Pinch of salt

PS...if you know of any chocolate making recipes, link me!

Later gators!

~E