Homemade Chocolate Recipes

Chocolate mousse is one popular type of dessert. Made from cream and eggs, this dish can be light and fluffy or quite creamy and thick. It is often served chilled and its heavily sweet taste is an excellent complement to a hearty meal. Because this dish does call for the use of raw eggs, some caution should be taken with its preparation.





Homemade Chocolate Recipes
When you are looking for a good way to add chocolate to your desert menu, take a look at the different recipes for chocolate cake. Far from being something childish, chocolate cake can be quite an adult dish. You can use dark chocolate to prevent it from becoming overly sweet, or you can cut the heaviness of the chocolate with butter cream frosting or a fruit topping. Chocolate cake is a great way to end a meal and ensure that everyone leaves happy!

Homemade Chocolate Recipes
Chocolate chips are another great way to add some flavor to your meals. Whether you're adding some to your cookies or pancakes, chocolate chips are a great way to put some sweetness into your diet. You can add chocolate chips to a variety of different breads, as well as peppering them through vanilla or strawberry mousse for some extra flavor. Chocolate chips, especially ones that are made from white chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate can do a lot towards getting your cooking to really pop.





Chocolate, with it's rich heavy taste is often paired with the lighter sweetness of fruit. Fruits like strawberries and pears bring a bit of moisture to chocolate which can sometimes be almost oppressively rich and the two tastes complement each other quite well. Some people prefer to use white chocolate with fruit, claiming that the tastes are brought out more, while other prefer to counter that dark chocolate allows the sweetness of the fruit and the undercurrent of bitterness to the chocolate to really shine. While some people love the addition of raspberries or cherries to chocolate cake, others prefer to simply dip their fruit directly into the chocolate itself.

Whether you're planning a terrific dessert or just in the mood for something sweet, check out some Homemade chocolate recipes!

1/4 C butter

1 1/2 lbs. real semisweet chocolate 3/4 C non-dairy coffee creamer, any flavor 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 pounds real milk chocolate for dipping

1 cup finely chopped chocolate,

milk or semisweet for decoration

Makes about 3 dozen truffles

Melt semisweet chocolate in double boiler over hot water. Heat butter, creamer and vanilla in another saucepan to 125° F on a candy thermometer. Add to semisweet chocolate all at once, beating until smooth and creamy. Chill in refrigerator until nearly set but still pliable. Beat with mixer until light and fluffy. Spread in 9 inch buttered pan until set enough to roll into small balls. Melt milk chocolate over double boiler. Dip truffles in melted chocolate, then sprinkle generously, or roll in, chopped chocolate

Homemade Chocolate Recipes "Eclair Cake"

1 1 lb. box honey graham crackers**

2 small regular OR instant vanilla pudding*

2 3/4 c. milk

1 8 oz. container Cool Whip

Frosting:

1 can Duncan Hines Chocolate Butter cream frosting, softened for about 10 seconds in the microwave, so that it will spread easily across the top layer of the cake. OR 1 pkg. Choco-bake (unsweetened liquid chocolate)

2 tsp. white Karo

2 tsp. vanilla

3 T. soft margarine

1 1/2 c. powdered sugar

3 T. milk

Butter 9x13" pan, and layer with whole graham crackers. Prepare pudding according to pkg. direction, and let cool, or for instant pudding, mix pudding and milk. Blend in cool whip. Put 1/2 pudding mixture over crackers. Layer more crackers over pudding. Top with rest of pudding. Cover with a layer of crackers. You will have 3 layers of crackers. Refrigerate for 2 hrs. before frosting. Frosting: Beat all frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cake and refrigerate 2 hrs. Cake can be frozen Makes 10-16 servings Note: *Chocolate pudding can be used. *French Vanilla pudding can be used. **Chocolate graham crackers can be used.

Homemade Chocolate Recipes "Cadbury's Creme Egg"

Serving Size: 12

Preparation Time:

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1/2 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups powdered sugar

4 drops yellow food coloring

2 drops red food coloring

1 bag milk chocolate chips (12 ounces)

2 tablespoons vegetable shortening

1) Combine the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Beat well with an electric mixer until smooth.

2) Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing by hand after each addition. Mix well until creamy.

3) Remove about 1/3 of the mixture, and place it in a small bowl. Add the food colorings, and stir well.

4) Cover both mixtures, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until firm.

5) When mixtures are firm, roll a small, marble-sized ball from the orange filling, and wrap a portion of the white filling (approx. twice the size) around it. Form this filling into the shape of an egg, and place it on a cookie sheet that has been brushed with a light coating of vegetable shortening. Repeat process with the remaining filling ingredients, then refrigerate these "eggs" for 3-4 hours, or until firm.

6) Combine the milk chocolate chips with the shortening in a glass or ceramic bowl. Microwave chocolate on HIGH for 1 minute, then stir, and microwave again for 1 minute more; stir.

7) Use a fork to dip each center into the chocolate; tap the fork lightly on the side of the bowl, then place each candy onto waxed paper. Chill. 8) after 1-2 hours of chilling, dip each candy once more, and chill for several hours, or until completely firm.




Homemade Chocolate Recipes "Chocolate Brittle"

1 LB Sugar

1 LB Walnuts, finely chopped

1 LB Almonds

1 LB Semi Sweet Chocolate

1 LB Whole Walnuts

In a saucepan cook butter and sugar, boiling 5 minutes. Stir in almonds and cook 10-20 minutes or until nuts begin to pop and turn brown. Pour into a shallow pan and let cool. Melt chocolate and pour over mixture in pan. Sprinkle w/ finely chopped walnuts. After mixture hardens, turn over and sprinkle bottom w/ walnuts. Break Candy into pieces. 1 prepared 9-inch pie shell, baked

Homemade Chocolate Recipes "Chocolate Fudge Bars"

1 Stick Butter

2 oz Unsweetened Baking Chocolate Squares

1 c Sugar

2 Eggs

1 c Flour

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Baking Soda

1/2 ts Vanilla Or Peppermint Extract

1 c Chocolate Chips

Glaze

1 c Powdered Sugar

1 tb Milk -- or more

1/2 ts Peppermint Extract

Melt the butter and the unsweetened chocolate. When the bowl is cool, add the sugar, beat in the eggs, mix in the flour, the salt, and the baking soda. Add the vanilla. Spread into a greased jellyroll pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips, and bake at 350 F for 8 minutes or so. Glaze: Mix up the ingredients. It should be like a glaze that will pour, thickly. Add a couple of drops of food coloring if desired. When the cookies come out of the oven, spread the glaze. Cool slightly, and cut while still warm.