What hostess does not want to surprise loved ones with something tasty, original and healthy? Surely no one will refuse a delicacy loved by many - chocolate, especially if it is made with love and from high-quality and natural ingredients! And what an indescribable aroma fills the kitchen when you cook homemade chocolate! You can pour it (while it is still hot) on any baked goods. You can make it in reserve. It keeps well in the refrigerator. If necessary, you can simply melt it in a water bath. Create your own unique shades of chocolate by varying the amount of cocoa. Real homemade chocolate is made only from natural products!

To make chocolate at home, you will need:

• 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder and milk;
• 6-8 tablespoons of sugar;
• 50 gr. butter;
• 1 tsp flour;
• ice cube mold (candy box molds can be used)

1. To make chocolate at home, pour cocoa, sugar, milk into a small saucepan and, stirring, bring to a boil over low heat.

2. Then add butter.

3. When the mixture boils a second time, stirring constantly, pour in the flour.

4. As soon as the flour dissolves, remove the mixture from the heat, cool.

5. Then pour liquid chocolate into ice molds and put in the refrigerator to harden.

This is a traditional homemade chocolate recipe. Feel free to experiment if you like!

For example, if you like dark chocolate, you can increase the amount of cocoa and reduce the amount of sugar proportionally.

If, on the contrary, you prefer a more delicate, milky taste, then you need to reduce the amount of cocoa and add milk powder.

Depending on the amount of cocoa, the color of the chocolate will also change, in theory, all of it can be replaced with powdered milk - you should get white chocolate, but I haven’t tried it myself, I don’t know.

You can also add a few drops of cognac, rum or liquor to chocolate - you get a great taste!

You can replace 1 tablespoon of regular sugar with vanilla and add a little cinnamon. Get spicy vanilla chocolate.

Various fillings can be used. For example, chopped nuts (walnuts, peanuts or hazelnuts), or pitted cherries, raisins, candied fruits, dried apricots, lemon zest.

You can also add wafer crumbs, coconut flakes to chocolate. It will turn out very tasty and original if you pierce some fresh fruits with a toothpick (a slice of an orange, tangerine, apple, banana) or dip dried fruits in liquid chocolate, then put it on foil or parchment paper and let it freeze in the refrigerator.

If the chocolate does not harden for a very long time, then next time increase the amount of flour - each of its varieties absorbs moisture differently.

Homemade chocolate is a field for pleasant experiments. So give joy to both children and adults! After all, it's so simple!