I will try this and feed little kids in my country. We have a lot f cocoa but we do not know how to make chocolate. I will show women how to make it , so that they wouldn't need to buy chocolate . Thanks for the Video.
I slammed a FAT ball 'o' fudge(maybe two or three times the size of a golf ball) of raw organic cacao powder with a bunch of other ingredients. My heart is now POUNDING like I'm in the middle of having sex or something...what the HELL did I do to myself?
I have a cocoa tree in my garden for almost 25 years. Since I was born. No 1 knew what to do with it. Thankfully no one cut it down. I made my testing round. And now its in the fridge. Ill let you know did it work or not.
I'm drinking hot chocolate that my parents dried and roasted themselves as I watch this video and I have to say, this video of yours is fascinating. I've been doing this make-chocolate-yourself thing since I was young and I was always whining how it was such a hard work. I never thought it was someone else's dream. LOL. I really think you have great dedication to what you were doing. keep it up!
@jane. So cool that you got to do this growing up. My grandparents no longer had their estate by the time I was born, and then my granddad only had a few trees. His dad died young so him mother never even made chocolate because she was busy raising kids. I tried making with my granddad as a teen only to realise he had no clue. I since have been able to make a better rbatch than with him. But hoping to perfect the recipe. Any suggestions on how to make a good drinking chocolate since you are an expert since childhood. And yes it is. A dream for some of us😂😂
You dont need to remove the shell one by one..we have lots of cacao plants and we are cooking cacao chocolate in the morning...roast the cacao seeds with shell then when it is already cooked.let it cool a little bit then use your 2 hands and mash it.the shell will remove by itself without breaking the seeds..we also using that kind of grinder.it is up to you if you will put sugar or not.but we are not using sugar..we cook with condensed milk for sweetener..boil with water until the oil from cacao comes out then we put condensed milk..every one has its own style..
So do you winnow the shells off, or do you leave them in? I always thought they were kind of crunchy when I had missed some. I've seen the seeds crushed with the shells and then winnowed off with airflow--I guess I just never did this because I some across so many beans that have bugs or fungus inside that I figure I have a better chance of removing them. It's probably mostly psychological, though. Cheers!
Hi Ms. Merlita, I had tried boiling ground cacao beans, but it seems like no oil was produced. How long does i takes to produced oil from boiling ground cacao? It just turned like paste texture.
I used to make chocolate following the exact same method when I lived in Mexico. I sometimes added almonds, it was so yummy My family used to make this with a metate, they would place hot coals under the metate to keep the chocolate hot. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for appreciating this art!
OMG😂 In the islands, we toast over open fire, pound it without sugar tho(equivalent to the 4th grind) then throw it hot water to make hot cocoa to drink with our meals😂 If I knew I was a few steps away from chocolate....ugh
Great video. You can try adding a tiny bit of salt next time. This may sound strange but it will boost the taste even more. Just compare with and without salt. It increases production of saliva and therefor the taste. Greetings from Belgium the chocolate-nation.
This makes me so happy. I’m Nicaraguan and what we typically do with the cacao beans is make a cacao milk drink. I didn’t even know they make it into chocolate.
Hi I am a Chocolate maker and a chocolate teacher, very important to know is cacao has to be fermented and dried, the cacao he got before toasting was already fermented, why fermentation? because cacao is poisonous if not fermented.
Thanks for the comment. I have cocoa trees in my garden in Sri Lanka. As a hobby I like to make chocolate I tried your recipe it came out very well If there is anything to improve please make a comment Thanks again
hi. I live in the Caribbean. can you share anything else? I want to make my own chocolate. so doing research. Can't believe this guy, gave the whole process 💙
Better late than never. I came across the channel when I saw cocoa tree at my Mothers house and got some beans and checked how to make chocolate. You are awesome. And I will try as you said. Need to start from plucking more and washing and drying and the rest.
OMG! I chromecast this video to the television for my Homeschooled kids and they are licking the TV right now! I had no idea that is how you make chocolate. We are putting a grinding machine on the list of things to buy today! Thank you for sharing!
I've had such incredible experiences and have learned so much from my Nicaraguan friends. I hope to give back a little by sharing what I have learned. thanks for watching!
Ok dear I must say your modest because I've seen many videos how to do this and none are even close to as good. You had me at chocolate and tortillas. God bless. Great content!
+scyther1 I don't bite into hershey bars. I skip the middleman and throw them directly into the trash can. Unless I'm making s'mores. Only then do I approve of the mixed application of hershey bars. Marshmallows are so nasty that even Hershey's can make them better, and I wouldn't dare ruin a good chocolate with marshmallows.
This is by far the #MostEducational video I have found on CZcams from my research that began last year. Thank you so so very much sir. Trinidad and Tobago Gratitude 🇹🇹
FOUR O'CLOCK in the morning here in Montreal. I was watching videos on Belinda Carlisle and noticed your video on the sidebar, intrigued me so much I had to check out your video..LOVE IT..VERY VERY COOL. Regards from Montreal...and Happy 2015 to you. Kirk.
Wow! Thank you for this educational tutorial and thank you also for representing my family’s country💖 everyone talks about chocolate from Mexico or Guatemala but never from Nicaragua 🇳🇮.
That was fantastic. I'm thinking of more productive methods but what a great workout and burns the calories you may consume. I would like to say from experience that tempering gives you an added smoothness to the chocolate that affects the taste considerably. Something I would recommend if your going to all that trouble. Nice one! I can't wait to have a go.
Homemade chocolates r my fave since childhood! I live abroad now and I always request my dad to send me some (a lot) whenever he goes to his province (Cam Sur, Philippines). I'm munching them right now while watchin ur video. Great stuff!
Very educational. My little ones were insisting that chocolate is made exclusively at the Wonka factory :)...well, now they know how it's made and so do I (in case I'll come across cocoa beans). Thank you for the video.
Finally got it, I have the grinder, I have grown my cocoa tree from a seed years ago, but I never knew that you needed to grind it repeatedly, I tried a blender (for a short time) and other things but nothing worked. But maybe a blender may work, I've made peanut butter on my blender several times until I broke it by inserting a knife inside..
+coline123456789 Today I have proven it to myself, you may make them perfectly fine using a blender, just as peanut butter, slowly, pushing it to the bottom, and waiting for it to gain heat so it becomes a thick paste, I even used big crystals of organic sugar and it worked perfectly on the blender.
Instead of passing the powder by the grinder four or five times, try to heat it with your hands and give it some shape. That's how regional mexican people does it. I've seen my granny doing it. The powder becomes kind of hot but, in my experience, working more than twice with the grinder is a synonym of pain in your arms all day long. Tip: my granny adds some cinnamon and it tastes delicious!
I know it's waaayy too late for this, but for anyone who needs this, you can also use a food processor if you have one. The taste won't be as great as the other method, but still good.
thank you for posting this video. i found it very informative as i have always wondered how to make homemade chocolate. as soon as i can find some fresh cacao pods in northern California im trying the hazelnut recipe
Grinding cacao beans, into a refined chocolate liquor on a large scale, is called "conching." Fine chocolate is conched longer to make it smoother and more pleasing to the pallet. Suggest you use parchment paper rather than aluminum foil.
I believe if you put your roasted chocolate beans in the food processor and let it run for like 10/15 minutes it's going to do the same work! Plus, it will be faster than the manual grinder.
Perla11 Ba this is the traditional way to do it....it's done in the Caribbean this way for generations but no sugar is added at this stage. It's ground only about 5 times, enough that it can be molded and spices like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, added the end process is molded into balls or logs, it hardens and is grated and added to hot water with coconut milk, vanilla, optional turmeric, black pepper, ginger and a sweetener and drink as cacao tea as breakfast staple or just before bed.......
Kimberly Mayo you can keep it in the fridge indefinitely........I have noticed if you keep it your cupboards here, because its hot year round it can get little bugs, weebles/beetles which tend eat away at it ....
OMG😭😭😭 I want it ALL. I especially love dark chocolate with hazelnuts and a bit of sea salt I dont like anything too sweet. Your chocolate looks to die for...yum
I really enjoyed this video and feel super inspired to make my own from beans! I've been making my own chocolate from cocoa powder for years because something companies put in commercial chocolate doesn't set well with my stomach. LOVE the way you cook too...not pretentious at all! Thanks
Thank you good person.. Now i can make it .. i am in kerala ..its in south india ..here people do have coca beans but they dont know to make choclate your video shall defenitley help thanks .. and god bless..
You can make a mild chocolatey flavoured tea from those shells. I bought them in Cusco, Peru, at the Chocolate Museum. Add about a teaspoon to a cup of hot water. Let it sit for 10 min. Or you can add the shells to your black or rooibos teas for a mild chocolatey flavour.
+Goatess Cronasianne I do that sometimes, but I'm just not crazy about the flavor of it. I could see it being good mixed with other flavors--I like the mild chocolate flavor, but it gets boring after a while for me personally. But I'm glad some people like it. I offer the shells to my friends and sometimes they take them. Thanks for sharing!
FYI.. I tried using an electric coffee grinder. It ground effectively till the cacao beans resembled coffee grinds but the machine seized up due to the oils being released from the beans and the consistency becoming like a paste. Nothing like the traditional way i suppose (you get a nice arm workout too)
You made my dream come true. My mother made chocolate bars without the sugar and she grated the bar later to make us the out of the world hot chocolate tea.Thanks for sharing your interesting video.
Wow, I've just watched this as my first 'make choc' video and was fascinated, thank you for your advise and method, you are a good man, I'm currently looking at cacao beans online - watch this space :)
But what does your chocolate taste like? does it taste kinda like the Mexican chocolate sold in the form of a tablet ? or more like the way dark chocolate tastes ?or a cross between both ? Have you ever tried making hot chocolate by adding it in hot milk ? thanks for sharing this video it is very interesting indeed !!!
I'd say it's like a cross between both. It does depend on how much sugar you add--the chocolate tablets are higher sugar content than I make, but they are a rougher chocolate, like the home made kind. Fine commercial chocolates often add cocoa butter to make a meltier chocolate, and they use tempered chocolate. This chocolate can be a little less oily/buttery than commercial chocolate, so it can be a little crumbly. It's best eaten fresh, or within a week or two of making, as it does not store well untempered. I have made hot chocolate with it by adding to milk--it's very delicious. You can also add the toasted nibs directly to milk and blend in a blender to get chocolate milk as well.
Use Sand for roasting these beans its the best roasting process... Believe me you will love it... Just put sand inside a pan let it heat put beans roast them and use a steel net to separate beans and sand
Give me your address and I will send you a spatula. Your going to be as blown away by how cool a spatula is. I am likewise blown away by how cool your chocolate is. Much respect to anyone who truly creates food.
Excellent video !! Very informational and educational. Although I am not going to actually ever make this at home but I just wanted to see how its made. Thanks !
I have raw cacao beans and nibs but I don't have the heart to roast it as it looses so many good stuff. That does not mean I don't eat (a lot) of store bought chocolate. One day I'll try to make a little raw beans chocolate, see what I get. And I'll try to use my food processor as I don't have a grinder like yours. I also bought cacao butter, and I might be able to mix it with some good cacao powder, sugar,... powder milk...nuts, yummy
thanks for this very informative video. i am a chocolate lover. since my husband started his business in making pure cocoa for porridge, i wanted to make chocolate for myself. all it needs is patience and love to do the task. i will try this. of course, i know it won't out perfect immediately. thanks a lot and more power to you.
Thank You so so much mate! Can't believe you were so generous to share this info, in so much detail💙 Blessed 2021🌹 Wanting to make to sell at San Valentino, to save money to fund my studies. Appreciate this so much🙏🏼
Thank you for your video, i grow my own organic cocoa trees n usually only sell it as raw beans, but now i will try to make it for snacks, but where to but the grinding manual machine? I am from Sumatera, Indonesia
Wow I used to make chocolate with my grandma when I was little, this really took me back. I would love to make my own chocolate again but sadly I don't have as much time as I used to. Still, this was a lot of fun to watch, hopefully I can do it again someday.
Great video!! Next time, show yourselves (you AND your camera person, as it's always nicer when you share) enjoying the chocolate. You've got a naturally endearing, kind personality. I just SO wanted to hear his reaction when he sampled the chocolate when it had only been through one pass in the grinder, and I was disappointed when the camera cut off just before we got to hear his experience. Then, I wanted both of your reactions to the finished product. Still, it's a wonderful video. A lot of information--delivered in a very clear, concise and easy to understand manner =)
I wish I could go back and film it again! We actually had a bunch of people over, and we all loved it! You're right, I should have shown us all eating it!
astrojeff That actually does sound deliciously fun--a gastronomic treat for the tummy and the soul ;) However, it's always wonderful to be in the moment--so I'm glad you and your loved ones had a chance to enjoy it without worrying about the camera and us, your audience. Too many of us are so consumed with our cameras and social media nowadays. It's refreshing and a huge positive in my book, that it's not a knee-jerk reaction for you. Still, there are times when filming and posting is not only appropriate, it's fun for all involved. Perhaps one of the next times you make something special, and especially if you share it with guests, you'll extend the pleasure of that experience to those of us sitting at your table through the online ether =)
My dream is to create a nice chocolate brand here in my country. I had no idea though how to make chocolate from scratch and thinks to you I have some basic knowledge now! I just need to find all the equipments!
Thevy LENAIN I might grow a pod or seed in my Islands in the Pacific as well and sees if it grows there.. but have you thought about Coconut Sugar, Cinnamon Sugar, Brown Sugar, or any other natural sugars that are not refined like white sugar..? Maybe you’ll attract good business with good quality products..
Thanks for all the views! For anyone who enjoys the lost arts of traditional foods, check out my new video about making puffed millet balls: czcams.com/video/VaFYcFfaCEA/video.html. A family in Nicaragua was kind enough to do this demonstration for all of us to see!
Nearly all dry cocoa beans are previously fermented. The fermentation process is used to release the beans from the juicy fruit that surrounds them in the pod. I don't know how you'd get beans out of the pod without fermenting them, and I imagine they'd be sticky and covered with dry fruit remains. So rest assured, you probably have fermented beans unless you hand-cut them out of the pods yourself and dried them.
Very late to the party, but really enjoyed this/your great video & explanation of making everyone's favourite treat at home! Best wishes from the UK ❤❤ 🍫
why would you go through this? i will tell you why, so you know what your eating, god only knows whats in shop brought stuff, and well done to the chef looks amazing, at our supermarket all i an fid is raw cacao nibs whats that, will that do?
+Colez I have found that "raw cacao nibs" are often actually toasted. They use "raw" to mean that they have not been processed into chocolate, not to mean that they are completely raw off the tree. So you need to figure out if you have untoasted, or toasted nibs. They are most likely toasted. Are they dark brown crunchy chunks, or are they light brown beans with the skin on them? If they look and feel like almonds with a light brown skin on them, and the same feel as a raw nut (raw peanuts, almonds), then they are probably truly raw cacao beans and you'll have to toast them and shell them before making chocolate. If they are toasted nibs (as most health store nibs are), almost as dark and crunchy as a coffee bean, and usually in broken pieces, then they are pre-roasted, and you can grind them directly into chocolate, or eat them raw like a snack, and they'll taste like unsweetened chocolate.
Well, you could just grind up the cacao nibs without roasting them and make chocolate. You may be able to find a place online to order the truly raw beans--someone in the comments put in a link for that last year, I think. I'm just lucky here in south Florida that I have a market I can get them at.
+AutumnSpaceship Thanks! Technically, this is not a meat grinder; it's a food mill, which has two grinding plates on the front of it, rather than a blade and sieve plate like a meat grinder, but I bet it would work with a meat grinder, especially if you have the right fine sieve attachments.
This is wonderful . I know the process have washing and roasting the chocolate but that's as far as i know . but this was detailed information dnt use moist cocao
I will try this and feed little kids in my country. We have a lot f cocoa but we do not know how to make chocolate. I will show women how to make it , so that they wouldn't need to buy chocolate . Thanks for the Video.
+Celeb Love Please tell us what happens!
Avimael Guzman liberia next to ivory coast
She's dead already.
Celeb Love m'y i know where are you forme please?
Good luck, man.
I cannot believe you put this on the internet for free. Thank you so much! I will let you know how the chocolate works out.
+Sydney Dwoskin Thanks--it was fun to do. And fun to see everyone's comments. Tell us how it works out for you!
Sydney Dwoskin so...?
how was ittt
Absolutely amazing :)
I slammed a FAT ball 'o' fudge(maybe two or three times the size of a golf ball) of raw organic cacao powder with a bunch of other ingredients. My heart is now POUNDING like I'm in the middle of having sex or something...what the HELL did I do to myself?
You look like a friendly and awesome man. Don't listen to any rude comment on here.
I'm watching you for the first time and I've got instantly a good feeling. Somehow you radiate peace and calmness. I really enjoy watching you.
Thanks--So glad you enjoyed!
I’m in Nicaragua watching your video 👍 I have the same grinder at my farm 😄 we only make tortillas with it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I need a grinder like this🙏🏼
In Trinidad we grind cocoa and add spices and form to into balls that we use to make hot cocoa. Thanks for sharing. Will def try
I have a cocoa tree in my garden for almost 25 years. Since I was born. No 1 knew what to do with it. Thankfully no one cut it down. I made my testing round. And now its in the fridge. Ill let you know did it work or not.
So, what happened?
I'm drinking hot chocolate that my parents dried and roasted themselves as I watch this video and I have to say, this video of yours is fascinating.
I've been doing this make-chocolate-yourself thing since I was young and I was always whining how it was such a hard work. I never thought it was someone else's dream. LOL. I really think you have great dedication to what you were doing. keep it up!
Did you have to tell your life story.
@@loganplayzroblox2622 LOL. Yeah, because I was a fun kid back then. Do you want an update? clue: I don't find meaning to life anymore.
@jane. So cool that you got to do this growing up. My grandparents no longer had their estate by the time I was born, and then my granddad only had a few trees. His dad died young so him mother never even made chocolate because she was busy raising kids. I tried making with my granddad as a teen only to realise he had no clue. I since have been able to make a better rbatch than with him. But hoping to perfect the recipe.
Any suggestions on how to make a good drinking chocolate since you are an expert since childhood. And yes it is. A dream for some of us😂😂
I did everything u said, and mad fantastic fantastic chocolate! Thanks!
You dont need to remove the shell one by one..we have lots of cacao plants and we are cooking cacao chocolate in the morning...roast the cacao seeds with shell then when it is already cooked.let it cool a little bit then use your 2 hands and mash it.the shell will remove by itself without breaking the seeds..we also using that kind of grinder.it is up to you if you will put sugar or not.but we are not using sugar..we cook with condensed milk for sweetener..boil with water until the oil from cacao comes out then we put condensed milk..every one has its own style..
So do you winnow the shells off, or do you leave them in? I always thought they were kind of crunchy when I had missed some. I've seen the seeds crushed with the shells and then winnowed off with airflow--I guess I just never did this because I some across so many beans that have bugs or fungus inside that I figure I have a better chance of removing them. It's probably mostly psychological, though. Cheers!
Hi Ms. Merlita, I had tried boiling ground cacao beans, but it seems like no oil was produced. How long does i takes to produced oil from boiling ground cacao? It just turned like paste texture.
I used to make chocolate following the exact same method when I lived in Mexico. I sometimes added almonds, it was so yummy My family used to make this with a metate, they would place hot coals under the metate to keep the chocolate hot. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for appreciating this art!
Wow coals under the metate!!!!
I've never even entertained the idea of making my own chocolate, but your video is inspiring me to try. thank you.
OMG😂 In the islands, we toast over open fire, pound it without sugar tho(equivalent to the 4th grind) then throw it hot water to make hot cocoa to drink with our meals😂 If I knew I was a few steps away from chocolate....ugh
Just mix in milk and you'll have milk chocolate.
Great video. You can try adding a tiny bit of salt next time. This may sound strange but it will boost the taste even more. Just compare with and without salt. It increases production of saliva and therefor the taste. Greetings from Belgium the chocolate-nation.
Cacao worship... I was drooling the entire second half of this video!
This makes me so happy. I’m Nicaraguan and what we typically do with the cacao beans is make a cacao milk drink. I didn’t even know they make it into chocolate.
Your video is really great. You explain everything very clearly and thoroughly. You are a fantastic teacher. Thanks
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Hi I am a Chocolate maker and a chocolate teacher, very important to know is cacao has to be fermented and dried, the cacao he got before toasting was already fermented, why fermentation? because cacao is poisonous if not fermented.
Thanks for the comment. I have cocoa trees in my garden in Sri Lanka. As a hobby I like to make chocolate I tried your recipe it came out very well If there is anything to improve please make a comment Thanks again
hi.
I live in the Caribbean. can you share anything else? I want to make my own chocolate. so doing research. Can't believe this guy, gave the whole process 💙
Thank you so much we followed your steps and the chocolate turned out really nice
This guy is so cool.
Better late than never. I came across the channel when I saw cocoa tree at my Mothers house and got some beans and checked how to make chocolate. You are awesome. And I will try as you said. Need to start from plucking more and washing and drying and the rest.
OMG! I chromecast this video to the television for my Homeschooled kids and they are licking the TV right now! I had no idea that is how you make chocolate. We are putting a grinding machine on the list of things to buy today! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Greetings from Ecuador!
that's exactly how we made our chocolate as a kid. We had that grinder, too :-)
What kind of grinder ????
i am from nicaragua, nice to know that people from another countries have learned things from Nicaragua, thank you for mention my country :)
I've had such incredible experiences and have learned so much from my Nicaraguan friends. I hope to give back a little by sharing what I have learned. thanks for watching!
This was a very good review. You explained everything and didn’t leave a piece out. Thank you.
Ok dear I must say your modest because I've seen many videos how to do this and none are even close to as good. You had me at chocolate and tortillas. God bless. Great content!
I bet the when you bite into a hershey bar it tastes likes ashes in your mouth by comparison.
+scyther1 I don't bite into hershey bars. I skip the middleman and throw them directly into the trash can.
Unless I'm making s'mores. Only then do I approve of the mixed application of hershey bars. Marshmallows are so nasty that even Hershey's can make them better, and I wouldn't dare ruin a good chocolate with marshmallows.
+astrojeff haha ill keep that in mind. great video btw
+scyther1 Hershey is a horrible terrible thing...it has nothing to do with real chocolate.
the bugs is that like chocolate covered crickets lol.😊
+Jorge Meza I'm so going to do some thanks for that awesome video and God bless .😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is by far the #MostEducational video I have found on CZcams from my research that began last year.
Thank you so so very much sir.
Trinidad and Tobago Gratitude 🇹🇹
FOUR O'CLOCK in the morning here in Montreal. I was watching videos on Belinda Carlisle and noticed your video on the sidebar, intrigued me so much I had to check out your video..LOVE IT..VERY VERY COOL.
Regards from Montreal...and Happy 2015 to you.
Kirk.
Wow! Thank you for this educational tutorial and thank you also for representing my family’s country💖 everyone talks about chocolate from Mexico or Guatemala but never from Nicaragua 🇳🇮.
That was fantastic. I'm thinking of more productive methods but what a great workout and burns the calories you may consume. I would like to say from experience that tempering gives you an added smoothness to the chocolate that affects the taste considerably. Something I would recommend if your going to all that trouble. Nice one! I can't wait to have a go.
Thanks for the advice. Glad you liked the video. Cheers!
Homemade chocolates r my fave since childhood! I live abroad now and I always request my dad to send me some (a lot) whenever he goes to his province (Cam Sur, Philippines). I'm munching them right now while watchin ur video. Great stuff!
I laughed for 10 minutes @16:47 when he said: "Oh, yeah...!"
I think you jinxed me! Oh well, it was bound to happen. Some people just are not tolerant of home made chocolate and other alternative lifestyles.
Gisyerg Bermudez - HAHAHAHAHA
Very educational. My little ones were insisting that chocolate is made exclusively at the Wonka factory :)...well, now they know how it's made and so do I (in case I'll come across cocoa beans). Thank you for the video.
You can buy the raw beans off eBay...in 1 pounds lots.
this really cool as a project but i wouldnt see myself doing this regularly i would like to taste it though homemade always beats industrial
Amonkai Boss... is that you??
Finally got it, I have the grinder, I have grown my cocoa tree from a seed years ago, but I never knew that you needed to grind it repeatedly, I tried a blender (for a short time) and other things but nothing worked.
But maybe a blender may work, I've made peanut butter on my blender several times until I broke it by inserting a knife inside..
+coline123456789
Today I have proven it to myself, you may make them perfectly fine using a blender, just as peanut butter, slowly, pushing it to the bottom, and waiting for it to gain heat so it becomes a thick paste, I even used big crystals of organic sugar and it worked perfectly on the blender.
+coline123456789 Sounds delicious! Do you have a special, high-power blender, like a Vitamix, or is it just a normal one?
just a completely normal and cheap blender, they are great doing any nut butter and now also chocolate
Instead of passing the powder by the grinder four or five times, try to heat it with your hands and give it some shape. That's how regional mexican people does it. I've seen my granny doing it. The powder becomes kind of hot but, in my experience, working more than twice with the grinder is a synonym of pain in your arms all day long. Tip: my granny adds some cinnamon and it tastes delicious!
+Diana Yunuhen Gómez It does get smoother with each pass, but I see what you're getting at! We like to add cinnamon and chile--yum!
Thank you Astrojeff. Am almost there because I have the beans ready and all I lacked is the grinder. Will look around for one
Thank you once again
I know it's waaayy too late for this, but for anyone who needs this, you can also use a food processor if you have one. The taste won't be as great as the other method, but still good.
thank you for posting this video. i found it very informative as i have always wondered how to make homemade chocolate. as soon as i can find some fresh cacao pods in northern California im trying the hazelnut recipe
Glad you enjoyed it! Have fun making chocolate!
Grinding cacao beans, into a refined chocolate liquor on a large scale, is called "conching." Fine chocolate is conched longer to make it smoother and more pleasing to the pallet. Suggest you use parchment paper rather than aluminum foil.
Sorry, forgot to tell you that your explanation is complete, thank you very much
Gracias por los subtítulos....me encantó la descripción...pienso que el sabor del chocolate depende de un buen tostado.
I believe if you put your roasted chocolate beans in the food processor and let it run for like 10/15 minutes it's going to do the same work! Plus, it will be faster than the manual grinder.
no way. Good things are made by hand and take their time!
Perla11 Ba this is the traditional way to do it....it's done in the Caribbean this way for generations but no sugar is added at this stage. It's ground only about 5 times, enough that it can be molded and spices like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, added the end process is molded into balls or logs, it hardens and is grated and added to hot water with coconut milk, vanilla, optional turmeric, black pepper, ginger and a sweetener and drink as cacao tea as breakfast staple or just before bed.......
@@twinkitten1 when you harden into logs where do you keep it? Is it shelf stable at that point or needs refrigeration?
Kimberly Mayo you can keep it in the fridge indefinitely........I have noticed if you keep it your cupboards here, because its hot year round it can get little bugs, weebles/beetles which tend eat away at it ....
You know the tradition...and it is delicious and healthy
OMG😭😭😭 I want it ALL. I especially love dark chocolate with hazelnuts and a bit of sea salt
I dont like anything too sweet. Your chocolate looks to die for...yum
I can feel your passion in making chocolate, :). Love it.
I really enjoyed this video and feel super inspired to make my own from beans! I've been making my own chocolate from cocoa powder for years because something companies put in commercial chocolate doesn't set well with my stomach. LOVE the way you cook too...not pretentious at all! Thanks
It's fun to make foods from scratch, even if it's more work than buying it processed for you!
Very informative and fun to watch. I wanna do this too.
Thank you good person.. Now i can make it .. i am in kerala ..its in south india ..here people do have coca beans but they dont know to make choclate your video shall defenitley help thanks .. and god bless..
cpisolution oracle,bigdataandai India has all types of food lol.. all about business there..
Thanks for the demonstration! Gonna make chocolate soon
i like your energy.
thank you for the video
Thanks for the idea it's yummy my friends and family love it
You can make a mild chocolatey flavoured tea from those shells. I bought them in Cusco, Peru, at the Chocolate Museum. Add about a teaspoon to a cup of hot water. Let it sit for 10 min. Or you can add the shells to your black or rooibos teas for a mild chocolatey flavour.
+Goatess Cronasianne I do that sometimes, but I'm just not crazy about the flavor of it. I could see it being good mixed with other flavors--I like the mild chocolate flavor, but it gets boring after a while for me personally. But I'm glad some people like it. I offer the shells to my friends and sometimes they take them. Thanks for sharing!
very instructive
FYI.. I tried using an electric coffee grinder. It ground effectively till the cacao beans resembled coffee grinds but the machine seized up due to the oils being released from the beans and the consistency becoming like a paste. Nothing like the traditional way i suppose (you get a nice arm workout too)
Thanks for the input. Coffee grinders are somewhat specific in what they do, so I can imagine that grinding a paste may not be their thing.
IAm in love with the COCOA!
You made my dream come true. My mother made chocolate bars without the sugar and she grated the bar later to make us the out of the world hot chocolate tea.Thanks for sharing your interesting video.
Thanks for letting me know! It makes amazing hot chocolate, doesn't it?
Wow, I've just watched this as my first 'make choc' video and was fascinated, thank you for your advise and method, you are a good man, I'm currently looking at cacao beans online - watch this space :)
I have plenty here let's do business
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Awesome video... Makes me appreciate the store-bought stuff because the real homemade chocolate is so labor intensive!
that guy seems really fit.
But what does your chocolate taste like? does it taste kinda like the Mexican chocolate sold in the form of a tablet ? or more like the way dark chocolate tastes ?or a cross between both ? Have you ever tried making hot chocolate by adding it in hot milk ? thanks for sharing this video it is very interesting indeed !!!
I'd say it's like a cross between both. It does depend on how much sugar you add--the chocolate tablets are higher sugar content than I make, but they are a rougher chocolate, like the home made kind. Fine commercial chocolates often add cocoa butter to make a meltier chocolate, and they use tempered chocolate. This chocolate can be a little less oily/buttery than commercial chocolate, so it can be a little crumbly. It's best eaten fresh, or within a week or two of making, as it does not store well untempered. I have made hot chocolate with it by adding to milk--it's very delicious. You can also add the toasted nibs directly to milk and blend in a blender to get chocolate milk as well.
I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE! 70% is good!
Use Sand for roasting these beans its the best roasting process... Believe me you will love it... Just put sand inside a pan let it heat put beans roast them and use a steel net to separate beans and sand
Give me your address and I will send you a spatula. Your going to be as blown away by how cool a spatula is. I am likewise blown away by how cool your chocolate is. Much respect to anyone who truly creates food.
Excellent video !! Very informational and educational. Although I am not going to actually ever make this at home but I just wanted to see how its made. Thanks !
fantastic video, very clever guy. the choclate looks mouthwatering :)
I have raw cacao beans and nibs but I don't have the heart to roast it as it looses so many good stuff. That does not mean I don't eat (a lot) of store bought chocolate. One day I'll try to make a little raw beans chocolate, see what I get. And I'll try to use my food processor as I don't have a grinder like yours. I also bought cacao butter, and I might be able to mix it with some good cacao powder, sugar,... powder milk...nuts, yummy
libertango I think most commercial chocolate makers add some cacao butter to make their chocolate more melty. Sound good!
brother you are working hard for that chocolate
Anything for good chocolate. The flavor is like nothing that you can buy in a store.
thanks for this very informative video.
i am a chocolate lover.
since my husband started his business in making pure cocoa for porridge, i wanted to make chocolate for myself. all it needs is patience and love to do the task. i will try this. of course, i know it won't out perfect immediately. thanks a lot and more power to you.
glad you enjoyed--thanks for your comments!
Omg I want to eat them!
period
Thanks for the video! I'm going to experiment making some with some Koko Samoa (Samoan Cocoa beans) that we've had growing in our backyard for ages.
Thanks... Now to convenes my mom to get the beans
Thank You so so much mate! Can't believe you were so generous to share this info, in so much detail💙
Blessed 2021🌹
Wanting to make to sell at San Valentino, to save money to fund my studies. Appreciate this so much🙏🏼
Good luck and tell me how it works out for you! So glad you enjoyed!
that cameraman is totally me, i want some!
I love this! Going to try it soon in The States.
This is going on my bucket list haha
Already been on mine....now I have instructions as to HOW...
Thanks for the video. We gonna try to make this fantastic chocolate from the Cacao beans.
thank you very good tutorial
Thank you for your video, i grow my own organic cocoa trees n usually only sell it as raw beans, but now i will try to make it for snacks, but where to but the grinding manual machine? I am from Sumatera, Indonesia
So natural and tasty.....
Thanks for the highly informative video. Instead manual grinding we may use wet grinders !
I need to find some cocoa beans to try this..
Although you should invest in some Chocolate Molds to get a more aesthetic product.
+Danjaru The only aesthetics I care about is when I put it in my mouth!
+astrojeff Fair enough :P
Wow I used to make chocolate with my grandma when I was little, this really took me back. I would love to make my own chocolate again but sadly I don't have as much time as I used to. Still, this was a lot of fun to watch, hopefully I can do it again someday.
Great video!! Next time, show yourselves (you AND your camera person, as it's always nicer when you share) enjoying the chocolate. You've got a naturally endearing, kind personality. I just SO wanted to hear his reaction when he sampled the chocolate when it had only been through one pass in the grinder, and I was disappointed when the camera cut off just before we got to hear his experience. Then, I wanted both of your reactions to the finished product. Still, it's a wonderful video. A lot of information--delivered in a very clear, concise and easy to understand manner =)
Thanks! I put this video together rather hastily, but thanks for the input! Next time...
astrojeff Still, a WONDERFUL video. Cheers =)
I agree! :-) Really wanted both of your opinions about the product.
I wish I could go back and film it again! We actually had a bunch of people over, and we all loved it! You're right, I should have shown us all eating it!
astrojeff That actually does sound deliciously fun--a gastronomic treat for the tummy and the soul ;) However, it's always wonderful to be in the moment--so I'm glad you and your loved ones had a chance to enjoy it without worrying about the camera and us, your audience. Too many of us are so consumed with our cameras and social media nowadays. It's refreshing and a huge positive in my book, that it's not a knee-jerk reaction for you. Still, there are times when filming and posting is not only appropriate, it's fun for all involved. Perhaps one of the next times you make something special, and especially if you share it with guests, you'll extend the pleasure of that experience to those of us sitting at your table through the online ether =)
My dream is to create a nice chocolate brand here in my country. I had no idea though how to make chocolate from scratch and thinks to you I have some basic knowledge now! I just need to find all the equipments!
Thevy LENAIN I might grow a pod or seed in my Islands in the Pacific as well and sees if it grows there.. but have you thought about Coconut Sugar, Cinnamon Sugar, Brown Sugar, or any other natural sugars that are not refined like white sugar..? Maybe you’ll attract good business with good quality products..
Thanks for all the views! For anyone who enjoys the lost arts of traditional foods, check out my new video about making puffed millet balls: czcams.com/video/VaFYcFfaCEA/video.html. A family in Nicaragua was kind enough to do this demonstration for all of us to see!
astrojeff could this work with making hot chocolate tablet's?
You look like a cool science teacher! Can’t wait to make chocolate!!!
this is very helpful. thanks.
Great work dude I hope I can make chocolate in home one day thanks a lot from Saudi Arabia
why use a fermented beans? can i use a dry cocoa beans?
Nearly all dry cocoa beans are previously fermented. The fermentation process is used to release the beans from the juicy fruit that surrounds them in the pod. I don't know how you'd get beans out of the pod without fermenting them, and I imagine they'd be sticky and covered with dry fruit remains. So rest assured, you probably have fermented beans unless you hand-cut them out of the pods yourself and dried them.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. İ wonder wheater kitchen blinder can be used since I donot have your blinder
Bravo! Very nice video of homemaking chocolate...thank you!
Cheers from Italy.
Thanks!
is it jsut me or this guy looks like bruce campbell?
+Wolfgang Icarus Definitely looks like Bruce Campbell, just without all the... loudness of Campbell
Haaaaaaaaaa i couldn't put my finger on it til i saw your comment
+Wolfgang Icarus Yep. Just a "little tiny bit different"
Omg! Thanks so much he does. Lol
his eyebrow can beat bruce campbell easily
Very late to the party, but really enjoyed this/your great video & explanation of making everyone's favourite treat at home!
Best wishes from the UK ❤❤ 🍫
Those eyebrows are epic. The hair too.
+flexor212000 Thank you--I've been working on them for nearly four decades now.
Rude!😒
It's OK--we've got to celebrate ourselves, our bodies, and all of our wonderful diversity!
Isabelle Zuniga I am pretty sure that was a genuine compliment, his hair and eyebrows ARE pretty dank
it compliments his fun personality
Awesome! Enjoyed watching. What a process. I don't have the patients but I sure would love to try this chocolate.
why would you go through this? i will tell you why, so you know what your eating, god only knows whats in shop brought stuff, and well done to the chef looks amazing, at our supermarket all i an fid is raw cacao nibs whats that, will that do?
+Colez I have found that "raw cacao nibs" are often actually toasted. They use "raw" to mean that they have not been processed into chocolate, not to mean that they are completely raw off the tree. So you need to figure out if you have untoasted, or toasted nibs. They are most likely toasted. Are they dark brown crunchy chunks, or are they light brown beans with the skin on them? If they look and feel like almonds with a light brown skin on them, and the same feel as a raw nut (raw peanuts, almonds), then they are probably truly raw cacao beans and you'll have to toast them and shell them before making chocolate. If they are toasted nibs (as most health store nibs are), almost as dark and crunchy as a coffee bean, and usually in broken pieces, then they are pre-roasted, and you can grind them directly into chocolate, or eat them raw like a snack, and they'll taste like unsweetened chocolate.
+astrojeff yes theyre peices a little crunchy, so theyre not raw at all how disapointing
+astrojeff i guess id have to import my own beans to be able to make my own
Well, you could just grind up the cacao nibs without roasting them and make chocolate. You may be able to find a place online to order the truly raw beans--someone in the comments put in a link for that last year, I think. I'm just lucky here in south Florida that I have a market I can get them at.
OMG! it never occurred to me to grind the chocolate with my meat grinder....
this is Genius! thank you! :D
+AutumnSpaceship Thanks! Technically, this is not a meat grinder; it's a food mill, which has two grinding plates on the front of it, rather than a blade and sieve plate like a meat grinder, but I bet it would work with a meat grinder, especially if you have the right fine sieve attachments.
That's cool,thanks man appericiated..
This is wonderful . I know the process have washing and roasting the chocolate but that's as far as i know . but this was detailed information dnt use moist cocao