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Dark Chocolate Bar

Magdalena Marsden
Chocolate bar made from scratch using cocoa butter and cocoa nibs.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Snack, Sweets
Cuisine European

Ingredients
  

  • 120 g cocoa nibs
  • 60 g sugar
  • 15 g cocoa butter
  • ½ vanilla bean seeds
  • Tiny pinch of salt
  • Toppings or flavourings of your choice – choose one or more combinations that you feel would work well together (Dried Fruit, Nuts, Pepper, Cinnamon,

Instructions
 

  • Grind all the cocoa nibs in a coffee grinder until very fine, tip them out and keep them in a spare bowl.
  • Grind the sugar with beans of one vanilla pod until very fine.
  • Add the cocoa nibs back in the blender and carry on blending.
  • Gradually add melted cocoa butter to the dry mixture and continue blending until the whole mixture comes together.
  • Pour onto a cold marble, temper and pour into your chocolate moulds
  • Add your toppings.
  • Leave to set in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
  • Take out of the moulds and wrap to store for later or serve straight away.