Homemade Milk Chocolate

I visited Ecuador for 48 hours to pick up fresh cacao fruit, then brought it back to my kitchen and made milk chocolate. This may have been the craziest thing I have ever done. Most people will eat chocolate their entire lives without ever knowing where it comes from. I want to change this, not just with chocolate but with many foods out there. Chocolate itself doesn't just grow on trees. Instead, it's a fruit. One that looks something like an alien life form, but tastes better than anybody could possibly describe.

Think of something that's light, almost foamy. It varies in flavor but can have many notes and flavors including sweet, slightly tart, lemon, lychee, mango, pineapple, and perhaps even a very light taste of chocolate. The process then has several stages. Fermentation, drying, roasting, then grinding. Ultimately, the ground cocoa liquor is blended with additives such as milk powder, sugar, and more to create the chocolate bars we all know and love.

I want to give a massive thanks to the MANY people that made this trip happen, specifically Blue Stripes Cacao and Bean and Co, who let us visit their farm. In fact, as mentioned in the video I've arranged with Blue Stripes to create a box (this is NOT any sort of ad, promotion, etc. They're giving you a box of goodies basically at-cost so you can experience cacao as well, at my request):

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[NickDiGiovanni]

LET'S GET THIS VIDEO TO 100K LIKES 🍫 ♥️

[Squinel]

Nick: "They're actually quite delicate"

Also Nick: Throws them like a football.

[FryerVlogs]

Why is nobody talking about the Hilarious relationship between the cameraman and nick?🤣🤣 honestly, this duo is what completes the content lol
Edit: it's been half a year and you people still are arguing over my comment. It's my own opinion you don't really have to agree.

[rubaiyatdunno]

"did you make great chocolate?"
"Yes"
"What did it cost?"
"Two great cameramen"

[SushiieeYT]

I love how its a workplace yet the workers and owners have a lot of fun throwing the cacao fruits around

[nikmar]

“They make $400 chocolate bars from this”

Starts throwing it around like a football 🤣

[ranjithcen]

You're like the nicest and most patient version of Gordon Ramsey

[nathanellis]

“Hi, Juan. Is this you?” “tf” that part just made the whole video for me

[coolkid]

Mom.. Chocolate is a fruit! It's healthy!

[mineblocxuniverse]

This guy makes so much from scratch, he got 100% of my respect.

[anaya]

I lived in Ecuador for half my life and I feel so happy it's getting some recognition!!

[booklover]

The ending should have been Nick eating a chocolate bar while he's in the bubble bath. 🐾

[Brax_]

-Dame un pedazo de ese chocolate.
-Se acabó, ese era el último.,
-Pero tenía tantas ganas de comerme un chocolate.
-iEn serio?
-En serio.
-No lo defraudaré, papá. Voy a hacer chocolate casero, me cree?
-Solo si lo veo.
-Venga.

[gh]

”Nick’s cameraman: does anything”

“Nick: What are you doing, you’re fired”

[minhthai]

Fun fact: Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. Beans are vegetables. Vegetables are in salads.

Therefore, *chocolate is salad*

[Txko_]

Nick: "Can I open it?"
"Yes but it's hard"
Nick: opens with one chop
....

[caseyhamm]

‘you can try it but we’ll take you to the hospital!’ these guys are actually better than most comedians i’ve seen and they are operating against a language barrier. next dairy milk bar i get i will be toasting to ecuador

[cddiver]

In 2020 I moved to Ecuador and purchased a small rancho. Here I have a couple of hundred cacao trees and coffee trees as well as a variety of citrus and other fruit trees. I am new to farming and I am learning about the cacao process and how to make my own chocolate. Your videos have been a great inspiration, thank you. I now have made my own chocolate and can honestly say that although it looks a little rustic, the flavor is amazing!! Same goes for the coffee! Everyday is a real adventure here in Ecuador and I never imagined I would live in such a beautiful place and own cacao and coffee trees!

[deltr]

Nick: “Can I open it?”
Also Nick: *literally karate chops cacao*

[escprel]

We can appreciate the fact that Nick didn't eat that chocolate like a sociopath by breaking it unevenly.