Grinding coffee until it turns into chocolate

So last week I made some milk chocolate using a wet grinder. A lot of you asked what would happen if I put coffee into this thing? So I decided to test that out and see what happens, and the results were a little more interesting than I would have thought.

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Ratio of 2:1:1:2

6 oz (180 g) Coffee beans
3 oz (90 g) Milk Powder
3 oz (90 g) Cocao Butter
6 oz (180 g) Sugar (this may be a little too much, it was pretty sweet)

[hjewkes]

It's worth noting that the caffeine dose is going to be pretty aggressive here. Whole coffee beans are 1.5-3% caffeine, so a 3oz bar (the recipe is 33% coffee by weight) is going to be equivalent to about 4-8 cups of coffee. The full recipe as written is 24-48 cups!

[SolidDragonUK]

*Accidentally eats the whole bar.*

"I can see the fabric of time and space"

[ianwells]

"makin a chocolate bar out of coffee"
Me, a clinically depressed hospital worker that pulls 12 hours shifts: God, is that you?

[Erik_Swiger]

There must be a perfect blend of coffee and chocolate for a brewed drink, and there must be a perfect blend of coffee and chocolate for a delicious snack bar.

[PrometheusMMIV]

Just this morning, I had a shower thought wondering if "coffee bars" could be a thing. And of course, the all-knowing YouTube algorithm suggested this video to me.

[RareCandeh]

I have _always_ thought about something like this. Never had the equipment to make it happen, so watching you do it was immensely satisfying :)

[bullishmango]

I very much appreciate the chef john, ooool' tappa tappa reference ;)

[eirinym]

This seems like something James Hoffman would be interested in. Honestly I'd buy some myself.

[leehan-yeol]

I love this channel because you try different stuff that genuinely piques my curiosity.

[trishapellis]

This is a question I've had for a looong time and I'm so glad someone finally did this (and confirmed my suspicions about fat content and needing to add some). I guess the reason why this is not commercially for sale is the high caffeine content - it wouldn't be responsible to sell this off-the-shelf, and there's definitely parents who would see this stuff marketed as 'chocolate made from coffee' and assume it was safe for kids because chocolate is safe for kids... so I guess it would be more of an analog to things like Red Bull and Monster. Hell, one of those brands could make big money selling this in bite-sized bars with individual wrappers, as long as they make it clear that one of said bite-sized bars equals a whole can of red bull. Or multiple, I don't know the exact amount of caffeine that would be in, say, 50 grams of this.

[anti-ethniccleansing]

This made me crave something I used to eat all the time when I was a teenager after I began working. I haven’t eaten them since: chocolate covered coffee beans! So yummy, and a great pick-me up. :)

[igiveupfine]

first of all, i have been thinking this for a few years now since i learned about how they process coffee and chocolate. up until a point, coffee and chocolate beans are processed the same way. i always thought you could use chocolate and coffee beans interchangably.

so thank you for trying to make a chocolate bar using coffee beans.

SECOND OF ALL, dang it, now i really do want one of these chocolate grinding wheels. i saw one last year and really wanted one, but did not have the kitchen space for it. but now you make me want one.

[thekatetaylor]

As someone who suffers from chronic tiredness from fibromyalgia, this looks like an amazing pick me up when I need to keep going!

[wonderwhatsnext]

Thank you for all the effort you put into making such entertaining and educational videos! I really enjoy learning new things about food, especially experimental stuff like this!

[stefan]

Very cool, would love to taste that stuff!

There's that German chocolate product called Scho-Ka-Kola which contains finely ground coffee beans, but only 2.6%. It also contains finely ground cola nut. It was introduced in 1936 and in WW2 was included in nazi pilot rations, therefore also being called "Fliegerschokolade" ('airman chocolate'), not to be confused with "Panzerschokolade" ('tank chocolate') or "Fliegermarzipan" ('airman marzipan'), two nicknames for methamphetamine back then, which nazi soldiers also consumed a lot.

[inviktus]

2 videos into this channel and, no fluff, no bs filler content only what I came here for, useful information. Subbed.

[jessekimxx]

**eats the whole bar before the test**

_i'm going to die_

[IgorSouza]

I'm glad to see someone has done it, I've been thinking of this possibility for a while now. It'd be cool to test if there are any other nuts or beans we could "chocolitify"

[djNM]

Looks like a DIY version of Scho-Ka-Kola...

[__Rodrigo__]

I had this idea with peanuts (since they have a little more fat inside) but i have no equipment to do it, also just today i thought about using a mix of peanut butter and cocoa powder to simulate a nutella style cream or maybe a bar ( but this because in my country a nutella pot is like 20% of my payment LOL ) ..
If you want to use the ideas i would love to see if it works