How To Melt Chocolate In The Microwave: Photo + Video

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

How to melt chocolate: a simple microwave solution

True sweet tooths know thousands of ways to use chocolate in cooking. If you melt it, you can make icing for baked goods, berries and fruits, prepare a tasty and healthy drink or warm fondue sauce. Let's talk about how to properly melt chocolate, and a microwave will help us in this lesson.

Content

• 1 Nuances of cooking in the microwave

  1.1 Table: approximate melting times depending on the weight of the product

• 2 Different ways

  • 2.1 Dark or milky
  • 2.2 White for glaze
  • 2.3 With milk for the sauce
• 3 Two Easy Recipes for Hot Chocolate Treats
• 4 Tips and reviews of hostesses
• 5 Video: how to melt chocolate in the microwave
• 6 Video: the fastest way to melt chocolate

The nuances of cooking in the microwave

Previously, chocolate was traditionally melted in a water bath. But the microwave oven has a similar effect on the product, and it also does it faster. You just need to know a few secrets and follow the procedure.

First, you need to choose the right cookware. This should be a deep ceramic or glass bowl, and one that remains cold or slightly warm after microwave operation

Use glass or ceramic utensils to melt chocolate in the microwave

Secondly, for cooking in the microwave, you need to break the chocolate into small slices, so it will melt faster.

Choosing the right chocolate is very important. Using a microwave oven, it is better to melt dark and milk chocolate, which contains at least 50% cocoa butter. White chocolate in its pure form is not very suitable for such work: it is difficult to melt it, and then using it to decorate baking is completely troublesome. You shouldn't melt porous chocolate in the microwave either. And, of course, there should not be any filling in the tile, including nuts.

The time it takes to melt the chocolate directly depends on the original amount.

Table: approximate melting time depending on product weight

Chocolate weight	Microwave working hours
30-50 g	1 minute
250 g	3 minutes
500 g	3.5 minutes
up to 1 kg	4 minutes

Also, make sure that no water, including condensation, gets into the melted chocolate. This can lead to a violation of the consistency of the product.

Different ways

The microwave makes it much easier for you to melt chocolate and prepare it in a variety of ways: for fondue, icing, drink or as an ingredient in baking.

Dark or milky

Place a broken bar of dark or milk chocolate in the prepared bowl. The smaller the pieces, the easier it will be for them to melt. You can use a grater or blender.

Break the chocolate bar into smaller pieces

Set the microwave oven to 50% power (usually 350 or 400), send the dishes with chocolate into it.

Set the correct mode on the device, the power should not be maximum

Make sure that the chocolate mass is heated evenly, otherwise it will be uneven. If your microwave does not have a turntable, you will have to turn the bowl with the contents yourself at regular intervals. Stir the mass several times, stopping the oven for this.

Remember to stir the chocolate several times.

If you did everything correctly, the container will remain cool, and inside it will be a homogeneous mass with a glossy sheen. You can use it as a frosting for a cake and a cupcake, a pie filling.

Properly melted chocolate has a smooth consistency, thick and shiny

White for glaze

White chocolate is heated in the same way as dark or milk chocolate, but the power is set even lower, about 30% (250-300). Otherwise, you will overheat it. Since white chocolate is often used to make confectionery glaze, it may be necessary to combine it with other ingredients during melting, such as cream or butter.

Break or cut a white chocolate bar into pieces, or even better, grate or grind in a blender bowl. Place in a deep glass or ceramic dish and microwave, set the power to below medium. For the rest, follow the recommendations from the previous paragraph.

When melted white chocolate is mixed with softened butter, a smooth, even glaze can be obtained.

After the white chocolate has melted, let it cool slightly for 5 minutes, then mix with warmed cream or soft butter. This will prevent clumping and the chocolate will not clump when you make the icing for your cake.

With milk for the sauce

You will need 50 ml of milk or cream per 100 g of chocolate. The consistency of the melted chocolate will be softer and more fluid, it will not immediately solidify. For example, this method is great if you're making a chocolate fondue sauce. We set the microwave power to 300 and melt the pieces of chocolate filled with milk in several steps for 30–40 seconds, be sure to take out and thoroughly stir the chocolate mass.

Two easy recipes for a hot chocolate treat

Everyone loves hot chocolate. It is easy to prepare it according to the classic recipe. Melt dark or milk chocolate in the microwave using the first method we described, then add the same amount of hot milk to it. Stir well so that the mixture becomes homogeneous, and put in the microwave again. The contents in the bowl will gradually heat up and begin to boil. As soon as it increases in volume and begins to rise up, quickly turn off the oven and remove the bowl.

Serve immediately and garnish with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Serve melted chocolate with milk with nuts and whipped cream

And if you like a spicy aroma and original taste, try making an unusual hot chocolate according to an oriental recipe.

You will need:

• 5 glasses of milk;
• 100 g of dark chocolate;
• ½ cup sugar;
• 1 pinch of ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg.

  

  Spices give hot chocolate a spicy, warming flavor

In a deep ceramic or glass dish, combine sugar, spices, grated chocolate and 1 glass of milk. Send to the microwave, setting the defrosting mode (150-200), for 6-9 minutes, without covering the top. During this time, remove the bowl from the device twice to thoroughly mix the contents. Then add 4 more cups of milk to the mixture (do it gently, stirring with a whisk until evenly) and put it back in the microwave, but for 9-13 minutes. Control the preparation: as soon as you see that the chocolate with milk is about to run away, immediately turn off the device and take out the bowl.

Hostess tips and reviews

Video: how to melt chocolate in the microwave

Video: the fastest way to melt chocolate

Now in your piggy bank of recipes there are some more useful tips to help you hone your culinary skills and surprise your guests. Perhaps you have your own creative way to melt chocolate in the microwave. Share your experience in the comments. Bon appetit and comfort to your home!