Homemade Chocolate Bars – made in under 5 minutes from start to finish, with just 3 ingredients!
These homemade chocolate bars pretty much make themselves.
It’s especially fun to customize the flavor – Chocolate Mint? Chocolate Coconut? Chocolate Chai?
The sky is not the limit with these addictively delicious chocolate bars.
They taste like eating the coating right off of a chocolate Dove bar.
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Seriously, I think I am obsessed.
I know… I say that about a lot of the recipes on here.
I am a sucker for chocolate recipes that are easy and quick to make.
Then you can spend less time on preparing them and more time on the fun part…
EATING them!
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Homemade Chocolate Bar Flavors
Crunchy Mint Chocolate: Add a few drops pure peppermint extract to the melted chocolate. For a fun texture, feel free to also add cacao nibs or rice crispy cereal.
Dark Chocolate Almond: Stir a handful of chopped almonds in with the other ingredients. This can also be done with diced walnuts, peanuts, or cashews.
Chocolate Coconut: Stir in a handful of shredded coconut, or sprinkle it over top before chilling the chocolate bars.
Chocolate Sea Salt: After pouring the melted chocolate into a container, sprinkle a small amount of sea salt on top.
Rocky Road: Add mini vegan marshmallows and chopped nuts of choice to the mixture before refrigerating or freezing.
Peanut Butter Swirl: After pouring the chocolate into a container, use a spoon to swirl in melted peanut butter or almond butter. Chill until firm.
Espresso Chocolate Bars: Stir 1/8 tsp instant coffee granules in with the cocoa. For a stronger coffee flavor, you can increase this amount as desired.
Other flavor ideas and add-ins include chia seeds, hemp seeds, freeze-dried strawberries or banana, dried blueberries, crushed pecans or pistachios, a pinch of cayenne, rainbow sprinkles… the possibilities abound!
Sugar Free Chocolate Bars
For low carb, sugar free, and keto chocolate bars, combine the following in a bowl until smooth: 1/2 cup cacao or cocoa powder, 1/4 cup melted coconut oil, and vanilla stevia drops to taste.
Pour into a small shallow container or candy molds (If it’s too thick, add 1 additional tbsp oil), and chill until hard. Store leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer.
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Above, watch the video of how to make chocolate bars
Homemade Chocolate Bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cacao or cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp coconut oil (For coconut-free, try these Easy Chocolate Fudge Bars)
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup, honey, or agave (A sugar-free option is written out above)
- optional extracts, cocoa nibs, chia seeds, or other add-ins
Instructions
- *The recipe can be poured into any flat container. For the chocolate bar shape, I used this chocolate candy mold. Homemade Chocolate Bars: Gently warm oil if not already melted. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Stir until it gets thick. Pour into any flat container or candy molds, or smush between layers of wax paper or in ziploc bags. Chill until solid, and store in the fridge or freezer. Once hardened, you can also opt to melt the bars again for chocolate sauce. View Nutrition Facts
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Can i use honey instead of agave? i’m from the netherlands, so agave is really hard to get. And does this recipe yield one bar?
Sorry, I’m not sure.
And it actually yields more than one bar, but it depends on what size you make. I usually get a few bars plus some candy mold shapes, so I can’t really say how many bars it’d yield.
Someone in an earlier post said that they used honey and they turned out great.
on the HCG diet boards, they make a version of this and it’s affectionately known as “cocoa crack,” and for good reason! i love making it with shredded coconut sprinkled on top or mixed in.
One thing to note is that these do not stay very firm at room temp (or in hot little hungry hands!) because of the coconut oil, which is soooo melty if it’s not cold. i don’t know if you’ve had this experience, but i’ve always had to keep mine in the fridge/freezer or they become a chocolate puddle in no time.
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Add Bacon!! My FAVE chocolate bar in the world is Mo’s Bacon Bar. I might have a problem now that I can make it at home rather than paying the $6. Oh crap!
I made these the other day and they were absolutely incredible. It is so nice to fine tune your own chocolate bar! A couple days later, I made a peanut butter filled version by allowing 1/2 of the mixture to solidify in the bottom of a pan, then spreading peanut butter (natural PB mixed with a little coconut oil) and the other half of the chocolate poured on top before freezing. It was really yummy and I think you could probably make really cute cups filled with PB or caramel or whatever else if you could find a mold. I think these would be amazing with chopped almonds and toasted coconut – I would make them now but I used up all my coconut oil making chocolate bars!
Would corn syrup or honey work in place of agave?
Sorry, I’m not sure because I’ve never tried it.
My roommate actually used honey instead. And they still turned out delicious! However, they will still soften at room temperature and melt in your hands, so we kept it in the fridge until we wanted a bite.
What amount would I use of organic sugar? I’m not into the liquid sugar substitute flavors 🙂
I love that you use stevia in your recipes! I have been a fan of this all natural sweetener for years.
now i’m dying to try this recipe along with every other recipe you post!!!!
I made this with agave and powdered chai tea. Now my hubby wants to try Mexican chili powder. Love all your recipes. I look forward to trying more of them. What is your favourite brand of cocoa powder?
Dagoba organic fair-trade… I just wish it weren’t so expensive :(.
I am blown away! The thought to make my own chocolate bars never once occurred to me. I used to buy $5 per bag chocolate chips that were gluten and dairy free— but this works in a pinch and costs a mere fraction to make!! And the best part…….. It tastes like magic shell…. Omg I almost cried. Thanks Katie!
Amanda
Sea salt in chocolate is so good. Can’t wait to try this.
would stevia powder work? I had never thought about making my own chocolate! wow.
Sorry, I don’t know.
You could add coarse sea salt… it really makes the chocolate flavor pop!
Do you have to use Stevia drops…can you just use sugar? Or what else could I sub for them???
WOW! I just tried making these today- I was so blown away by how easy and delicious they are that I had to say thank you! The only bad thing is, it’s going to be hard keeping myself from making these every day now that I know how!
Just a tip, everyone- as far as “stir until it gets thick” goes, I stirred until my arm was sore and the chocolate was starting to congeal into a huge blob in my bowl before I poured it, and I think it set up faster as a result.
Gonna try adding some cinnamon into my next batch, as that usually makes any sweet even better!