Everybody loves chocolate, but not everyone knows how to make it. Even proficient bakers balk at the task because it requires some specialty items and a little bit of know-how.
Candyland Crafts can help take you from clueless chocolate enthusiast to capable chocolatier with their incredibly helpful hands-on classes in chocolate making. With the oversight of an experienced professional, you’ll learn all the basics in making chocolate and all the skills to start making homemade chocolate today.
Simpler Than You’d Think
Chocolate making requires a minimum of 4 ingredients, which are:
- Cacao butter, or food-grade cocoa butter
- Cacao powder
- Dry milk powder
- A pinch of salt
Of course, manufacturers love to sweeten heavily with syrups, artificial sweeteners, and heaping portions of processed or refined sugars. If you’re making chocolate from the comfort of your home, you get the option to sweeten to your own tastes and sensibilities.
Healthier Hershey’s
The end result of homemade chocolate? A healthier alternative to the big brands.
There are numerous benefits to consuming homemade chocolate over the store bought counterparts. For one thing, the quality of ingredients will be more wholesome since you selected them personally and have total control on what goes in and what does not. Commercial chocolate is infamous for loading their bars with chemically made additives, syrups, and sweeteners.
Cacao is very rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, and by limiting your sweetener you wind up with a much healthier and equally delicious chocolate with much more flavor depth.
Temper, Temper
The most technical part of chocolate making that may even through seasoned pros for a loop comes with tempering the chocolate. Tempering refers to a process that heats and cools the chocolate so that it may be used to make candy and confections.
Properly tempered chocolate has a trademark smoothness and luster. It’s glossiness and uniform appearance make it especially appetizing, which is why it is essential for all commercial applications and high-end dessert making.
The techniques to temper your chocolate may require some practice, which is where Candyland Crafts really rises to the occasion and shines.
Get Classy with Chocolate
Classes are generally small in size, so you can get extensive oversight and guidance through the process. Private classes are an option as well if you prefer a more personalized experience.
Students need only show up on time, as all supplies and ingredients are supplied by Candyland Crafts. What’s more is that they’re also available for purchase from the retail shop after class wraps, so you can take home the exact tools you were trained with to use at home.
A Full Curriculum of Classes
The chocolate making classes are exceptional and you’ll soon be enjoying homemade chocolate candies at your whim, but the fun doesn’t stop there.
Candyland Crafts has a wide variety of classes available ranging from cake decorating, candy making, soap making, and even BYOB DIY cocktails.
Contact Candyland Crafts to book a class and start your chocolatier career today!
