{"id":9647,"date":"2017-10-10T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gw.finelimedesigns.com\/2011\/07\/how-to-make-white-chocolate-in-less-than-5-minutes-3\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T17:47:41","slug":"how-to-make-white-chocolate-in-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/how-to-make-white-chocolate-in-less\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make White Chocolate in Less Than 5 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can make white chocolate from scratch – at home, in your microwave, with no special tools (not even a candy thermometer).<\/p>\n

While you may think that making candy is completely out of your league, this is something you can definitely do. It will look like the white chocolate in my picture, or fancier if you use a different mold.<\/p>\n

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Most store-bought white chocolate is so sweet that the sugar and added vanilla flavor is pretty much all you taste. I’m not a fan. When you make it yourself, the subtle chocolate flavor from the cocoa butter will come through along with whatever flavor(s) you choose to add. The only potential downside is that it won’t be as smooth as the store-bought version because you won’t be using professional equipment like a refiner to get the cocoa particles small enough.<\/p>\n

My homemade version is made with ground ginger and orange extract for a more sophisticated, summery feel. You can use lemon or cinnamon or chili or whatever combination your heart desires!<\/p>\n

Once you’re done, you can easily make chocolate ganache<\/a><\/strong> using the resulting flavored white chocolate (see the related notes in that post) and those flavors will come through in any confections you make with the ganache.<\/p>\n

Recipe Tips<\/h2>\n

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\nTo make white chocolate, you’ll need cocoa butter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cocoa butter is the edible vegetable fat from the cocoa bean. If you’ve ever had really old chocolate sitting around your house and noticed that it started to get some white looking stuff on it, you’ve likely seen cocoa butter. In many instances, the white stuff is the cocoa butter separating from the chocolate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cocoa butter comes in either a solid block that resembles a giant bar of soap or smaller broken up chunks. You may be able to find cocoa butter in your local baking supply store or health food store, but if you can’t, you can always buy cocoa butter online. Some cocoa butter is sold specifically for use in cosmetics and may have ingredients mixed into it that aren’t meant to be eaten, so be sure to check the package before buying<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I bought my cocoa butter from Navitas [paid link]<\/a> and I was very happy with it. I recommend that you get extra to make these discs alongside some cocoa butter cookies<\/a><\/strong> and cocoa butter cupcakes<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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\nI based my recipe on the one from Hannah at BitterSweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also include tips for creating your own flavors or for making a basic vanilla version.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 12\/1\/15: Many readers have had problems with this recipe. Although it worked for me, it is definitely not guaranteed to work. Try it at your own risk. Troubleshooting this recipe is on my long to-do list and if I can figure out where the problem is, I will give another update and change the recipe where needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Homemade White Chocolate<\/h2>\n
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Homemade customized white chocolate takes just five minutes to prepare.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n
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<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Course <\/span>Dessert<\/span><\/div>
<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Cuisine <\/span>American, Swiss<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Prep Time <\/span>5 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
<\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span> Cooling Time <\/span>55 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Total Time <\/span>1 hour<\/span><\/span> hour<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Servings <\/span>12<\/span> white chocolate discs<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Calories <\/span>49<\/span>kcal<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Author <\/span>Stefani<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

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