Everybody loves chocolates, which makes this great mood lifter a viable business. Chocolate candies are perfect as gifts, or simply as desserts. And another good thing is they’re easy to make, as chocolate candy molding involves only a 3-step process: melting, pouring, and setting.
Start-up capital is P650 for 44 pieces, and time to finish is 1 hour.
Materials Needed:
- Pan
- Stainless steel or heatproof bowls
- Plastic molds (P90 each for local and P120 for imported)
- Wooden and stainless spoons
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Disposable plastic gloves
- A clean cloth
- Toothpick, lollipop stick, or plastic straw
If you have the budget, you may also buy a double boiler and an artist brush for making designs on the chocolate mixture.
To make 44 pieces of almond-shaped dark chocolate, you will need:
- Bittersweet chocolate, P67 per 500 grams
- Peanuts, P3.12 per 40g, for fillings. Other fillings may be raisins, marshmallows, walnut, pecans, almonds, or cashew nuts.
For packaging:
- Flutter paper cups, P10 per 100 pcs
- Boxes sized 3.5×5.5×1 inches, P40 per 10 pcs
Procedure
- Make sure all your utensils are clean and dry. Put on your plastic gloves and cut the chocolate block into small pieces so they melt faster. Place the chocolate blocks in a pan small enough to fit inside the boiler. If you don’t have boiler, just use a bigger pan that can accommodate the pan for melting chocolate.
- Place the boiler containing water over the stove and let the water simmer.
- When the water simmers, put the pan containing the chocolate blocks inside the boiler, taking care that the water level doesn’t reach the pan’s rim. Stir constantly using the wooden spoon until the chocolate melts completely and becomes smooth and thick.
- Pour the melted chocolate onto the mold or heatproof plastic containers. Use the stainless spoon to scrape off the sides of the pan. If you want fillings like nuts, marshmallows, rice crispies, dried fruits, or raisins, pour a tablespoon of chocolate first, then the filling of your choice, and coat with another spoonful of melted chocolate. Tap the mold or use regular straw to fix the fillings and remove air bubbles from the chocolate mold. Make sure the mold is hilly covered.
- Cool for a few minutes and then put the chocolate mold inside the freezer for three minutes. When the three minutes are up, remove the mold from the freezer. Turn a mold upside down on a flai surface and tap gently to remove the candies. (Another way to find out if the candies are ready is to see
if the sides of the mold have turned white or cloudy.) If the chocolate doesn’t come off easily, return the mold to the freezer to allow it to harden more, - Place the candies in fluted paper cups and arrange them in a box. Decorate box with ribbon and card. The chocolates can last up to two weeks.
How Much Will You Make
The total production cost for each box is P31.30. You can sell the chocolates for P40 per box and earn P8.70 from each box. Charge extra for more time-consuming processes, such as making chocolates with
special designs.
Where to get supplies
Chocolate Lover
45 P. Tuazon Blvd. cor. C. Beniztez St. Cubao, Q.C.
Tel: (02) 411-7474, 724-5752/4964
Email: info@echocolatelover.com
Web: www.echocolatelover.com
See also: How to Make Chocolate Shapes and Mouldings
source: Jona Fagar, www.entrepreneur.com.ph, photos by At Maculangan
updated: 10/28/09
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halu po,di ko po alam kung saan ako makabili ng plastic or chocolate molders… am from northern luzon particularly lagawe capital town before banaue rice terraces of ifugao… please help me…am dying to have some….
where can i buy the molders?..thanks!
@babyheart10, marami sa chocolate lover store in cubao, call 411-7474, check this post:
http://www.mixph.com/2008/12/how-to-make-chocolate-shapes-and-molding.html
san po ba banda sa quiapo ung bilihan ng chocolates?
ngpunta ako kahapon, wala ako mkita e. nalibot kna ung mga streets dun.
@mymy, sa cubao check mo chocolate lover store (411-7474) 45 P. Tuazon Blvd. corner C. Benitez St.Cubao
Pwede ba na gumamit nang local chocolate bar – “tableya”?
@cess, call chocolate lover in cubao, 411-7474, 724-5752
meron b s rizal mbbilhan ng chocolate bars??layo pu kc ng quipo
Saan po banda sa Quaipo? Meron po pa kayong pangalan at saka address?
Salamat.
@marie, you can also check at chocolate lovers (www.echocolatelover.com) in cubao.
wer exactly in quiapo? wat street? thanks
were sorry,,but we are just students from AFCS,antipolo rizal.ph.
highschool students lng po…mhrpa po eh!!!meron pa po bang iba??
project lng po 2 eh!!entrepreneurship po eh…
@nikki, call chocolate lover at (02) 411-7474 or visit http://www.echocolatelover.com
saan po mabibili yung plastic molds?walang available po dito province namin..
sa quiapo my nbibilhan ng complete ingredients and other things that wud be used in making chocolates…. the store’s name is killon or quillon then sa tpat nya my ibang stores din which also sells the same thing on a much lower price and pwede tingi-tingi.. :p
@jane, mostly its available in public markets or big grocery stores.
i love chocolates…its good to have a business like this coz so simple to make and the recipes are only few…may i know where i can buy those paper cups as well as the boxes so its easier for me to sell chocolates in boxes…i’m from dipolog city and can’t find selling boxes in our place.hope you could help me..thanks and more power….