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
Bukas po ba kayo during weekends and if yes, what time ?
hi, tanung ko lang po kung may branch po kayo sa manila ?
taga bulacan po kasi ako ang layo para sakin ang QC e
thankyou po
do you have gumpaste product? thank you
anu-ano po ang mga products nyo
our neighbor used to sell chocolates before and shes also used ingredient that looks like a wax.. do you have any recipe how to used that ingredient for making chocolate..thanks..
just add about half teaspoon of CBS (cocoa butter substitute) for every half kilo of compound chocolate if necessary. Chocolate Lover in Cubao sells everything you need in chocolate molding and baking..
hi! im 27 yrs old i want to start a business but i don’t have enough capital…i think this chocolate business works for me..it’s easy and nid only a small capital..but could you suggest me how can i market my first ever made chocolate stuff? our place is in bohol and we are not in the city…do you think that kind of business will click here?
thanks for any help..God bless!
hello po. sinunod kpo laht ng steps kaso bat gnon tumitigas agad. ?
una po sa kalan n de bomba d ngwork baka po kc dhil di kalat ung apoy tnry ko nrin sa electric stove wla prin ,ngawa npo nmn dti to ng mama ko ewan ko lng bat ayaw mgwork ngaun
use double broiler, or microwave it for a minute
use electric stove
good day! i want to start a chocolate business..kindly give me quotations of some chocolates, and same as your molding materials..thank you..
contact chocolate lover 7244964, they sell different kinds of molders for chocolates for 85 pesos only
hi leo…nuh poh b ung pnakamain ingridients ng chocolates??
meron b n2 d2 sa phil.??mka2aford poh b kmi??
@bhie, chocolates came from cacao. madami nyan dito sa pilipinas.
ask lng po. anu po b ang dapat gawin pag nag moist ung chocolate lollipop. thank you….
just leave it about 30 -45 min. before wrap. or don’t over freeze
i just want to know if there is chocolaite lovers branch here in Naga city. I want to start a business like these i hope theres a place that i could easily buy all the ingredients and the tools for making a molded chocolaite.
pwde ask sa inyo?? san ba ako makakakita ng ibat ibang molders pra sa chocolate??tga dvo po ako
hi leo! this is not really related but i’d like to ask anyway. where can i order plastic wrapping in bulk for the chocolates? like the ones they use for piyaya and torones.
@jajie, if you’re in manila, contact chocolate lover in cubao at 411-7474, 724-5752/4964
I can’t recall the ingredient for the chocolate that looks like a wax/oil..can you help me what the name of that, its also an ingredient in making chocolate..
crisco or lard for shortening shortening
CBS – cocoa butter substitute
Hi, Leo. Can i use a steamer if i don’t have a double boiler? Thanks
@Maui Auxilium, the use of double boiler is to maintain/regulate the melting temp of chocolate, if too much heat (like steamer), the chocolate may get burned.