How to Make White Chocolate

This article dwells on how to make white chocolate at home. White chocolate available in stores is quite waxy in texture and sweet to taste. To enjoy the most of white chocolate, it’s best to prepare white chocolate at home.

The lovely stripes of ivory-colored, white chocolate adorning dark chocolate is simply glorious. Both white, dark and milk chocolate are made in the same manner and the difference lies in the ingredients. White chocolate lacks cocoa solids or cocoa mass, unlike milk and dark chocolate. In fact, because of this difference, scores of people do not regard white chocolate as chocolate. According to them, cocoa solids is necessary for anything to be called chocolate, thus, for them white chocolate is just another confectionery. Even the US Food and Drug Administration does not recognize white chocolate as a form of chocolate. Used in the preparation of several appetizing, mouth-watering desserts, white chocolate is quite a savory delight! Let’s have a look at how to make white chocolate. Read more on types of chocolate.

How to Make White Chocolate at Home

Manufacturers today add all sorts of undesirable ingredients to white chocolate to increase its shelf life, etc. Some even add trans-fatty hydrogenated oils, thereby giving the white chocolate a terrible waxy texture. The best thing to do would be to make white chocolate at home.

Ingredients

:

• ½ Cup Cocoa butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon soymilk powder
• ⅓ cup confectioners sugar
• Salt; a pinch Preparation Procedure:

Step 1:

In a microwave safe bowl, place the cocoa butter and cook it for a minute. If the butter has not melted, keep it for another few seconds or a minute more.

Step 2:

Once the cocoa butter has melted add the sugar, soymilk powder, salt and vanilla extract into the melted butter. Stir well till all these ingredients dissolve in the butter. You need to get a smooth, viscous liquid of yellowish butter.

Step 3:

Pour this mixture into the chocolate molds. Tap gently to discard any air bubbles. Next, place them in the fridge for the next four hours to set. Place the chocolate on the middle shelf of the fridge, so that it sets well. Remove after four hours and store in air tight container. Read more on how to make chocolate at home.

Making White Chocolate Fudge Ingredients:

• 1 packet (12 oz) white chocolate chips
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow cream
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 stick (4 oz.) butter
• 1 tsp salt Preparation Procedure:

Step 1:

In an 8X8 pan lined with aluminum foil, spray some nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2:

Next, take a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan and add butter, sugar, salt and sour cream into it. Keep the heat on medium high. Don’t forget to keep stirring the fudge till the butter melts.

Step 3:

Even after the butter melts, keep stirring, until the mixture comes to a boil. Once the fudge comes to a boil, allow it to cook for another five minutes, all the while stirring.

Step 4:

Meanwhile microwave the marshmallow cream in the microwave for 15 seconds without the lid. This makes it easier to dollop out the marshmallow cream.

Step 5:

Once the five minutes is done, remove the saucepan from the heat. Place it on the counter and add white chocolate chips and marshmallow cream. Stir constantly until the chips and cream melt and blend with the rest of the fudge. If the chips are too stubborn to melt, you can place the saucepan back on the heat intermittently. Next, add vanilla extract and stir thoroughly. Read more on melting chocolate chips.

Step 6:

Pour the hot fudge into the pan and smoothen it with the spatula to get an even layer. Leave the pan in the refrigerator for the next 1-2 hours to set. Once it’s set cut the fudge into small cubes and store in an airtight container. Refrigeration will keep the fudge fresh for two weeks, while room temperature keeps it fresh for one week.

How to Make White Chocolate Covered Pretzels Ingredients:

• 6, 1 ounce (each) squares white chocolate
• 1, 15 ounce package mini twist pretzels Preparation Procedure:

Step 1:

For melting the white chocolate we need a double boiler. For this just take a saucepan, fill it with water halfway and place a copper bottom vessel in the saucepan. Turn the heat to medium high and allow the water to heat up. Once the water is boiling, lower the heat and add the white chocolate pieces into the copper bottom vessel. Read more on melting chocolate for dipping.

Step 2:

White chocolate takes slightly longer to melt as compared to milk or dark chocolate, so don’t be in a hurry! Once it melts a little, take it off the heat and stir in clockwise manner till all the chocolate melts. Read more on chocolate covered pretzels.

Step 3:

Dip the pretzels half way in the white chocolate until the dipped portion is coated with white chocolate. Your white chocolate coated pretzels are ready. If you wish you could sprinkle some candy sprinkles for decorative effect. Refrigerate for 15 minutes and then store in air tight containers.

Read more on :

• Where Does Chocolate Come From
• Chocolate And Dessert Recipes

The only problem with making white chocolate at home is that cocoa butter is expensive, so you need to shell out quite a bit to get real, high quality, food grade cocoa butter. However, if you want to bring a smile on somebody’s face for a special occasion, this will be perfect! Above are some recipes with white chocolate that you can try your hand at. Hope this article on how to make white chocolate at home was informative and helpful!