Easy Chocolate Making: All the Basics from Bean to Bar

Join Raaka Chocolate's Peter Gray and Nate Hodge for a decadent, 30-minute class on making your own dream chocolate bar. 

This short-and-sweet class is perfect for chocolate lovers who want to learn what to look for in the perfect cacao concoction, how to identify ingredients and nuanced flavors, and even how to craft homemade chocolate for you and your loved ones.

Peter and Nate break down the process into easy steps that anyone can do at home:

• selecting your beans
• cracking and separating the beans
• grinding them
• tempering
• packaging
• and most importantly, tasting!

You’ll walk away from this class with a newfound appreciation for the world’s favorite sweet treat, and ultimately, a delicious chocolate creation of your own.

• Welcome
• A Brief History of Chocolate
• Priming Your Palate: Tasting Notes
• Tools of the Trade
• Step 1: Beans
• Step 2: Grinding
• Step 3: Tempering
• Step 4: Packaging
• Wrapping Up
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