How to make CHOCOLATE CHIPS from cocoa powder?

Question

I need to make sugar free chocolate chips for baking with (sugar-free household for daughter's dietary requirements). I want to take cocoa powder and make it into chocolate chips. For sweetener we have fructose, date sugar, maple syrup, fruit juice concentrate, brown rice syrup, or agave nectar as subsitutes for sugar.

Any recipes for converting cocoa powder into chocolate bars or chocolate chips?

Answer 1

What about this? although you need to substitute the sugar...

1/2 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

  

3 tablespoons butter, softened

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.

In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.

To Make Frosting: Combine 3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while they are still warm.

Makes 16.

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Answer 2

Basically, what you are trying to make is baking chocolate, which is sugar and milk free. It would be much easier to buy baking chocolate and chop it into bits, than to make chips out of cocoa powder. It's bitter stuff, so you may need to chop it very finely, and experiment with how much of it to use.

You may also want to see if carob chips are sugar free, or look for sugar free chocolate chips in the section for diabetics.