Have you ever thought to make your own chocolate? A friend, Kelly, recently posted something about her appreciation for chocolate, and that lead to me to say:

Chocolate definitely deserves more general praise! I just learned how to make my own variety from the basic ingredients and am delighted 🙂

She wanted to know if it was difficult. I said:

Well, I don’t start with the cacao nibs, but I do start with a big block of callebaut unsweetened dark chocolate, which is inedible, then I scrape off what I want, add some honey and cinnamon, and voila!, semi-home-made chocolate to my tastes 🙂

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