Chocolate Squares
These homemade chocolates are super easy to make and can become a great creative project for the whole family. However, what we like most is that they taste great, and we know what we put into our chocolate treats!
Equipment
- casserole dish
- Chef's knife
Ingredients
Ingredients required to prepare a chocolate cake (1 kg):
- 650 g condensed milk
- 300 g dark chocolate Belgium or semi-sweet
- 100 g nuts
- 20 g butter
Instructions
- Chop chocolate into smaller pieces and measure. (If you use chocolate chips just measure the amount required for the recipe). Put aside.
- Pour condensed milk into a casserole dish with a thick bottom and bring the milk to a boil at medium heat.
- Add pieces of chocolate to the condensed milk and melt it, stirring constantly. (Dark chocolate melts at 50 C).
- Add butter and nuts to the mixture, reduce the heat, and continue to stir the mixture for 20-25 minutes, until it turns into a sticky paste.
- Meanwhile, line a baking dish with parchment paper.
- With a big spoon or ladle, transfer the chocolate paste to the parchment paper.
- Spread the chocolate paste evenly. It will look like a chocolate cake.
- Put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
- Once the chocolate base becomes firm, remove it from the freezer.
- Transfer the firm chocolate cake to the cutting board and cut it into small squares.
- Decorate with fruit, nuts, chocolate chips, etc.
- Serve cold. Put leftovers into the freezer.
