Here’s a simple homemade chocolate bar recipe you can make with just a few ingredients 🍫
Easy Homemade Chocolate Bar
Ingredients
- ½ cup cocoa butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- ¼ cup powdered sugar or maple syrup (adjust to taste)
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Optional add-ins
- Chopped nuts (almonds, peanuts)
- Dried fruit
- Rice cereal
- Sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Melt cocoa butter
- Gently melt cocoa butter using a double boiler or microwave (low power).
- Mix
- Whisk in cocoa powder until smooth.
- Add sweetener, vanilla, and salt. Mix well.
- Customize
- Stir in any add-ins if using.
- Mold
- Pour into a chocolate bar mold or a parchment-lined dish.
- Set
- Refrigerate for 30–45 minutes until firm.
- Enjoy
- Break into pieces and store in the fridge.
Tips
- For milk chocolate, replace 2 tbsp cocoa powder with powdered milk
- For darker chocolate, reduce the sweetener
- Keep bars cool—they melt easily since they’re preservative-free
If you want, I can help you make it vegan, sugar-free, or with caramel or peanut butter layers 😊
I’d like to add caramel or peanut butter. Help, please!