Smoked Chocolate

Decided to try smoked chocolate, at the suggestion of a friend’s daughter. Completed via a cold smoke, used cherry and oak pellets. I have found that the easiest way to light the pellets is by using my gas grill. It only takes 3 or 4 minutes to get them going. The idea is generate a slow smoldering smoke, without a flame. In this situation, I only used about 1/3 of the capacity of the tube.

Lit smoking tube with cherry and oak pellets, smoldering before the cold smoke

 I then placed the lit tube on the bottom of the smoker, after clearing the charcoal out.

The smoker assembled and smoking, ready for the chocolate to go on

 I then assembled the smoker and as a precaution I filled the water pan with ice to ensure that the chocolate did not melt. I also used my rib racks to hold the chocolate.

Chocolate bars on rib racks in the smoker, with ice in the water pan to keep them from melting

 For the chocolate, I purchased them at Aldi for under $2.00 a bar. I went with 2 milk chocolate and 2 dark chocolate.

The finished smoked chocolate bars on the rib racks after an hour on the smoker.

 I only smoked it for 1 hour, since this was the first test and then removed and placed in a zip lock. I did cut it up and tasted it, but I could not taste the smoke, but my taste buds have not been right lately. My family tasted it and said they could taste the smoke and it was good — one of them described it as tasting like a one-ingredient s’more.

 

The smoked chocolate bars removed from the smoker and sealed in a zip-lock bag after the one-hour smoke