smoked chocolate

[rebgold]

I want to smoke some chocolate to do a smores dessert. I've tried it once before and it smelled smoked but didn't really taste smoked. I don't have a cold smoker so I'm going to have to rig something. Any suggestions?

[Mjx]

It seems like the density of chocolate would make it very difficult to get the smokiness past the surface; would charring a little cacao and blending that in be an option?

[Kerry Beal]

I've cold smoked chocolate successfully and got good smokey flavour. All you would need is a cardboard box, soldering iron, soup can and wood chips. I put the chocolate in a wire basket from the office supply section. Open one end of the can most of the way, put the wood chips in it, soldering iron in there with the wood chips (make sure it's not one where the plastic on the soldering iron is going to melt).

[thayes1c]

What if you finished it with a bit of smoked salt?

[rebgold]

Is the soldering iron just to light the wood chips?

I like the smoked salt idea, but does salt taste good with marshmallows?

[Nayan Gowda]

I like the smoked salt idea, but does salt taste good with marshmallows?

Smoked paprika might

[butterscotch]

a little salt is nice with marshmallows. i made brown butter crispie treats and the bit of flakey salt I used helped take the too sweet edge off them. Hale Mon is an excellent smoked salt- I love it on fruit!

[Kerry Beal]

Is the soldering iron just to light the wood chips?

I like the smoked salt idea, but does salt taste good with marshmallows?

Yup - just makes them smolder.

[Tri2Cook]

I just put a bowl of melted chocolate at one end of a hotel pan and a smoldering packet of wood chips at the other end, pop the lid on it and give it an occasional stir and taste until I'm happy with it. Not particularly scientific or creative I suppose but it works.

[Homebrew Guy]

I've been pondering buying an iSi whipper to do some quick infusion experiments. I've also thought about how ti get a smokey chocolate flavor. I wonder if using to cold smoke some some water with a smoking gun or other method and then infuse it with some cocoa nibs would do the trick. What do others think?

[Kerry Beal]

I've been pondering buying an iSi whipper to do some quick infusion experiments. I've also thought about how ti get a smokey chocolate flavor. I wonder if using to cold smoke some some water with a smoking gun or other method and then infuse it with some cocoa nibs would do the trick. What do others think?

One way to find out! Let us know how it works.

[chiantiglace]

-6or8 inch hotel pan on top of a mild heated surface

-smoldering chips in hotel pan

-4 inch perforated hotel pan lined completely with aluminum foil on top with a few holes poked out at one end

-a bowl of chocolate at opposite end of punched holes.

-wrap top with foil as air tight as possible.

-poke a couple of holes at the opposite end above the chocolate.

-wait.

Edited February 28, 2011 by chiantiglace (log)