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    The Butter Half / Recipe Index / Desserts / How to Make White Chocolate

    How to Make White Chocolate

    By Madi • Published: Sep 21, 2022 • Modified: Sep 30, 2022 • Leave a Comment • This post may contain affiliate links.

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    This homemade white chocolate recipe is one for the books! Real white chocolate is smooth, rich, and creamy without any of the additives or waxiness store-bought white chocolate often has. 

    Try this white chocolate recipe when you want to add a little flare to your favorite dessert, add some sweetness to your popcorn, dip your pretzels in, or melt and eat by the spoonful!

    Recipe Ingredients

    3 oz cacao butter, chopped into even pieces 

    1.5 oz powdered sugar

    3 oz milk powder 

    What Is White Chocolate Made With?

    Unlike milk chocolate and dark chocolate, white chocolate doesn’t have cocoa in it - which is why it’s white. Real white chocolate is made from cacao butter, the edible fat extracted from a cacao bean. Add in powdered sugar and milk powder and voilà! You’ve got yourself homemade white chocolate.

    How To Make White Chocolate

    Step 1: Put a medium-sized pot on the stove and fill it with water. Place a heat-resistant bowl on top of the pot to create a double boiler. 

    Step 2: Bring the water in the pot to a simmer (try to keep it from boiling) and add the cacao butter. Stir with a rubber spatula until it melts. 

    cacao butter, chopped into even pieces in a metal bowl

    Step 3: Sift the powdered sugar into the melted cacao butter and stir until combined. 

    Step 4: Sift the milk powder into the mixture and stir again until combined (mixture will be crumbly). 

    melted cacoa butter and dry milk powder in a medium sized bowl with a spatula in it

    white chocolate recipe ingredients combined and in a crumbly form with a spatula in a metal bowl

    Step 5: Remove the bowl from the double boiler and transfer the contents into a food processor. 

    crumbly white chocolate mixture in a food processor not yet processed

    Step 6: Blend the contents of the food processor for 3-5 minutes until the chocolate is completely smooth (the blended white chocolate will still be grainy). Distribute the chocolate evenly between both molds. 

    white chocolate ingredients in a food processor

    white chocolate in a chocolate mold

    Step 7: Add the chocolate molds into the fridge and allow them to rest for 20 minutes until the chocolate sets up. 

    Step 8: Remove the chocolate from the molds and enjoy! 

    white chocolate broken into pieces on a dark colored background

    How To Use White Chocolate

    Here’s the thing, white chocolate has such an irresistibly delicious flavor that you can’t go wrong pairing it with any of your favorite sweet OR savory treats.

    You can eat it on its own, use it in your favorite cookie recipe, make white chocolate covered pretzels, or drizzle it over your popcorn. The list goes on and on! Leave a comment telling me how you like to use your white chocolate.

    Variations

    • Feel free to add toppings and mix-ins into the chocolate. You can add things like nuts, cereal, etc.
    • You can add more sugar into the chocolate for a sweeter chocolate bar. 
    • If you want an even richer flavor, add vanilla, ¼ teaspoon at a time, until you’ve reached the desired taste.

    Storage Instructions

    White chocolate will stay good in the fridge for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container or wrapped in tinfoil. If you want to store it in the freezer, it will stay good for up to 3 months. 

    Expert Tips & Tricks

    • I used these chocolate molds. 
    • Homemade white chocolate will be a bit gritty unless you have a commercial chocolate grinder. This is normal!
    • You can pulse the milk powder and powdered sugar together and add them all at once into the chocolate if that is easier. 

    Want more homemade chocolate recipes?

    • Do you want a quick and easy chocolate topping? Consider this hot fudge recipe!
    • Have you hit your mid-day energy crash? Try making these vegan dark chocolate almond butter cups!
    • Do you love Nutella? Make my chocolate Nutella mousse with pink sea salt immediately!

    white chocolate broken into pieces on a dark colored background

    How to Make White Chocolate

    By: Abbey Rodriguez
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    This homemade white chocolate recipe is one for the books! Real white chocolate is smooth, rich, and creamy without any of the additives or waxiness store-bought white chocolate often has.
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Resting Time 20 minutes
    Servings: 2 chocolate bars
    Calories: 265kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Food Processor
    • 2 Chocolate Molds

    Ingredients

    • 3 oz cacao butter (chopped into even pieces)
    • 1.5 oz powdered sugar
    • 3 oz milk powder

    Instructions

    • Put a medium-sized pot on the stove and fill it with water. Place a heat-resistant bowl on top of the pot to create a double boiler.
    • Bring the water in the pot to a simmer (try to keep it from boiling) and add the cacao butter. Stir with a rubber spatula until it melts.
    • Sift the powdered sugar into the melted cacao butter and stir until combined.
    • Sift the milk powder into the mixture and stir again until combined (mixture will be crumbly).
    • Remove the bowl from the double boiler and transfer the contents into a food processor.
    • Blend the contents of the food processor for 3-5 minutes until the chocolate is completely smooth (the blended white chocolate will still be grainy). Distribute the chocolate evenly between both molds.
    • Add the chocolate molds into the fridge and allow them to rest for 20 minutes until the chocolate sets up.
    • Remove the chocolate from the molds and enjoy!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 323mg | Fiber: 0.04g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 0.3mg

     

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