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Home » Grain-Free

How to Make Chocolate Chips

Nov 2, 2023 (updated Apr 11, 2025) (4 Comments)

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I've been wanting to post this recipe for a few years but I was avoiding chocolate for a while. I've come back to chocolate in small amounts using only made-from-scratch recipes. Which brought me to publish this recipe for homemade chocolate chips.

You'll be amazed on how quick and easy this recipe is. With just a few ingredients you'll have a batch of chocolate chips to use for ice cream, cookies, cake, muffins, cupcakes, toppings, or just for snacking.

Cacao butter and cocoa butter are the same thing. Both come from the cocoa beans. I've shifted from processed cocoa to cacao butter and cacao powder. They're both from the cocoa bean, but cacao is cold pressed and remains raw, while cocoa is processed with heat so it changes and is no longer in a raw state. Cacao powder is slightly bitter in taste and cocoa a bit sweeter. You can absolutely use cocoa powder with this recipe if you prefer, either works with this recipe.

These chips stay solid at room temperature (about 68 degrees F). If you're in a warm climate or the weather is warm, I recommend storing them in the refrigerator or freezer. I store them in the freezer so they last a long time, retain their shape while being mixed in batters and ice cream, and they taste good cold.

Another option is to use an unsweetened chocolate bar or unsweetened chocolate pieces in place of the cacao butter and cacao. I recommend reading the ingredients label carefully if you need to avoid common allergens such as milk, soy, and nuts.

Note: I haven't tested this recipe with granulated sweeteners yet, but I'm guessing it will work by dissolving the granulated sugar in the warmed cacao butter until it's all melted. Enjoy!

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  1. Norah Minasyan says

    October 03, 2024 at 5:00 pm

    Cocoa powder is SCD legal?

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    • Erica says

      October 03, 2024 at 5:35 pm

      No, it is not ok with SCD.

      Reply
  2. Sherry says

    November 06, 2023 at 6:54 am

    I use a similar recipe and add raw honey or pure maple syrup as a sweetener. I used to do the cacao powder and cacao butter but it was costly and cacao butter was hard to find so switched to Ghirardelli’s 100% cacao unsweetened
    baking bars. I melt them and add the raw honey or pure maple syrup. I spread it on a cookie sheet lined with parchment, freeze, then cut in shards to use as chocolate chips. I keep them in the freezer until I make the cookies. I melt 3 bars and add 2 T honey or maple syrup. I’ve been making the chocolate chip cookies for my grandson who has UC. He loves them.

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    • Erica says

      November 06, 2023 at 9:51 am

      Thanks, Sherry. I haven't had trouble finding cacao butter, but I think using a bar is a great idea. I haven't been able to find unsweetened bars that don't contain soy lecithin or other additives. Ghirardelli looks like it only contains chocolate so that would be a great alternative if it's only cocoa and cocoa butter.

      PS I added the recipe when using unsweetened chocolate.

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