Electric cheese or chocolate grater

[thegreatdane]

I'm looking for a good machine that'll grate bars or discos of chocolate into flakes or powder. Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

[thegreatdane]

Ah, the sound of crickets...

Does anyone have experience or knowledge of a grating machine powerful enough to handle chocolate?

Suggestions are much appreciated.

[Kerry Beal]

A cuisinart or a thermomix will give you powder handled correctly.

[andiesenji]

Right, I use my Cuisinart DLC with the 4 mm slicing disc. The grating disc "L" doesn't work well - the chocolate melts.

I do chill it well before I begin chopping the chunks.

[Edward J]

Shredding chocolate is not really a viable option with many food processors or mixer attachments. As others have said, it tends to melt on the discs, and the shreds tend to pick up humidty very quickly, which wreaks total chaos on the chocolate when melting or tempering.

Chocolate is, by nature, rock hard and wears the blades of food procesors and the chopping/cutting discs very quickly.