Making chocolate from scratch from Cacao Pods | MyHealthyDish

[aaryabaste]

She is the type of girl who would get 99 marks in a maths exam and still think that she failed

[yui-iior]

girl you didn't fail, you just broke it.

[SagetheMage]

You didn’t fail though, cause you still made the chocolate.

[dionysusthagod]

Pastry chef here..
To remove the chocolate from the mold, simply have a bowl of hot water nesrby, and place the mold into yhe water for s moment, not too long and not deep enough that the water touches the chocolate
This quick exposure to heat should be enough to soften and loosen the chocolate and then the mold should slide right off !

[MxMelodies]

You didn’t fail the chocolate! You made the chocolate perfectly fine, you just underestimated how fragile the chocolate was. That’s not failing, just a slight miscalculation 😌

Edit 1: so glad u change the title!!

Edit 2: Ok so I feel like this has to be typed, I couldn’t care less if you think it’s a fail. But don’t be rude to other people who don’t think it’s a fail. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say it at all” I respect your opinion, so please respect mine.

[ColdKetchup-wprv]

You didn’t fail making the chocolate, you just broke it….

[Esellajessica]

So you didn't fail, you just want to get more familiar with chocolate molds🙂

[JJissohot]

I could NEVER have enough patience to make chocolate

[leilaoumouchi]

So you didn't fail. You successfully made chocolate

[maddykim]

This is making me appreciate the $2.50 chocolate bars at the store

[lesterjdeguzman]

you could’ve painted the cracked seams back together with some melted chocolate

[typical_snowflake]

Lol same energy as " I failed the test I only got 95%"...

[thevectorcollector]

From what I know, you shouldn't try to melt the edges, but add some melted chocolate to connect it

[sarabaird]

First off, you didn't fail that chocolate looks amazing. Second off, Instead of trying to melting it with a little lighter try to heat a pan and put the broken edges on the pan then put it in the fridge for about 10 minutes once you put them together, it might work 🤞

[bigozzy]

that was the most adorable frustrations i’ve ever seen.

[mercury]

You didn’t fail making the chocolate, but assembling the chocolate bear

[littlefurnace]

I am a chocolatier, so, hot tip: When you make hollows with pinch points like this, leave the liquid chocolate in the mold for a little bit longer before turning out again. The chocolate will set slightly more, meaning not as much will pour back out, making the walls thicker and stronger.

Then, ditch the silicone molds. Rigid molds will give a better finish and will demold much easier, as chocolate contracts when it sets; it will pull away from a rigid mold and just fall out, whereas silicone will flex with it. (I know that isn't ideal though, silicone molds are way easier to get, but it's worth it if you have the chance).

Melting and sticking it back won't work because the chocolate is untempered and therefore weaker. Even if you use tempered chocolate though, it would be separate from the rest of the crystalline structure of the piece, so also very weak. Best solution, melt the whole thing and start over.

If you absolutely must melt and stick, don't use a naked flame. Put some parchment paper on a low temp ceramic hob or flat griddle, and hold the joining surfaces of both parts down onto it for one or two seconds, so they melt flat to make even surfaces.

To be clear, you're doing an amazing job! Just got unlucky this time 🤎

[cheeryypop]

You didn't fail..you just didn't try again...melt it again and pour them back into the mold

[User]

You didn’t fail!! You made it the mold just broke! Making chocolate from scratch is so impressive!!

[landanimal]

Could you have remelted it and remoulded it ? Haven't worked with cocao chocolate before but know it tastes sooo good ✌️