How to Make Homemade Chocolates
Whether it is a special chocolate gift for someone or just a fun activity with your family, making homemade chocolates can be an enjoyable pastime. Here are a couple helpful hints when you are learning how to make homemade chocolates!
Choose Your Type of Homemade Chocolate
Different homemade chocolate recipes require different amounts of time and effort, so choose a recipe and homemade chocolate adventure that fits your needs! If you are just starting out in the world of how to make homemade chocolates, start with a simple recipe so you won’t get too frustrated. If you’re a pro, try something adventurous with your next chocolate recipe!
Start with Quality Ingredients
Chocolate Tempering
to Make Homemade Chocolate
When learning how to make homemade chocolates, you will wind up trying tempering. Tempering chocolate is the process of heating chocolate and then cooling it for use of coating truffles and making candies.
When working on tempering chocolate to make homemade chocolate, remember one of the cardinal rules of heating chocolate: do not let water spill into the chocolate. Melting chocolate is frequently accomplished in a double boiler setup, and any water that splashes into the melted chocolate will ruin the batch. You don’t want all of your effort and delicious chocolate to go to waste because of a drop of water, believe us!
Dorinda’s Chocolates
At Dorinda’s Chocolates, we strive to to make chocolates that people can really enjoy and eat. People like quality chocolate, nuts, and caramels—real flavors. It is always fun to try a lavender or Matcha tea truffle, but how many of those can you actually eat?
Dorinda makes chocolates that can be enjoyed, such as a lemon truffle, which is made with real lemon juice. You can taste the freshness, the lemon, without preservatives or an artificial taste leftover in your mouth. Every piece of Dorinda’s chocolates tantalizes the taste buds, leaving you craving more.
Visit us to try some scrumptious handmade gourmet chocolates. If you’re a real chocoholic, join our Chocolate of the Month Club