Ingredients Method 1 : 1 lb. of raw cocoa beans (you can find these online or at a farmers' market ) or cocoa powder 1/2 cup of sugar Additional flavouring (mint) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 650ml of milk Method 2 : [Ed: amounts need verification; if you know, please fix] 2 cups (220g) Cocoa powder 3/4 cup (170g) Softened Butter 1/2 cup (100g) Sugar 1/4 cup (30g) Powdered/icing sugar 2/3 cups (150ml) Milk 1 cup (235ml) Water Method 1 of 2: Making chocolate from cacao beans 1 Roast the raw cocoa beans. Put a single layer of beans on a cookie sheet.Roast them for about 30 minutes in a 300 degree oven. Let the beans cool, and pull the husks off. Discard of the husks or add them to a compost pile . 2 Break up the beans. This can be done with a hammer and washcloth, or you can use a mortar and pestle . When they are in pieces, grind them in a clean pepper grinder, or continu...
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