Now that we have brought our Frankenstein Tropical Chocolate Bar recipe back to life, it is time to mix it up, see how it tastes and if it can survive for one hour in a 120o F (49o C) oven without getting soft and gooey!
To make the bars for the taste test,
I made a batch of 6 one ounce (28 gram) bars using the 1957 modified, D-Ration
Bar recipe, multiplied by six, as shown in “Hershey’s Tropical Chocolate Bar,
Part Deux, It’s Alive, Bwahahaa!©”, HERE.
The Mixing!
Okay, so my first attempt was a
complete failure, it did make a great tasting hot chocolate powder, but it had
the texture of mummy dust! After a quick
review of my recipe and some further research the mistake was obvious.
· 8
squares (60 grams) of Bakers Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
· 8-½
tablespoons (66 grams) of powdered sugar
· 3
tablespoons, plus 2 teaspoons (30 grams) of nonfat
dry milk powder
· 1
tablespoon (12 grams) of cocoa butter. NOTE -- scant the tablespoon by approximately
½ teaspoon, since 1 tablespoon of cocoa butter weighs 13.6 grams.
· a
smidgen, no more than 1/32 teaspoon (less than ½ gram) of
ethyl vanilla
To
melt the Bakers Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, use either a microwave or a double-boiler
on a stove.
Microwave
the chocolate in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until the
chocolate is mostly melted and only a few tiny pieces remain, about 1 1/2
minutes in total.
Mix
in the remaining ingredients and press into a mold. If the mix appears to be too liquid, add
another ½ teaspoon of nonfat
dry milk powder.
Let
cool, remove from the mold and enjoy.
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