From page 92 of our best-selling book, "The Art of Extract Making", enjoy a video tutorial of how to make an extract with our two favorite flavors - chocolate & vanilla with Sri Lankan vanilla beans and cacao nibs together in one sweet extract. It's a great way to capture the taste of a unique extract blend for use all year round in cakes, brownies, creams and other desserts - even a sweet splash in your morning cup of coffee.
Watch our chocolate changeout after 3 months:
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Hi Heather, we always like to reuse our extract ingredients when we can and you can absolutely use the chocolate nibs after they’ve been extracted:-)
You can grind them down and add them to recipes, mix them into baked goods, or even sprinkle a few nibs on top of desserts. Just keep in mind – they won’t be as strong or flavorful as cacao nibs before extraction. Depending on the nibs and how long they were extracted, you may get more or less chocolate flavor from batch to batch.
What do you do with the cocoa nibs after you have extracted them? With vanilla beans, I reuse to make more, or transfer into sugars, syrups etc.
Hi Mary, you’re welcome! Ugandan beans will work great in this extract, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed :-) Happy Extracting!
Thanks so much for the quick reply! I’m going to get Ugandan beans to round out the taste. I hope they don’t make it too “earthy” lol. Thanks again.
Hi Mary, we’re so glad you enjoyed the videos and that it’s inspired you to try making a chocolate extract :-) If the extract isn’t chocolatey enough after 3 months, you can let the same nibs extract for another 3 months before tasting again. Vanilla definitely compliments the cacao and brings balance and sweetness to this extract!
Hi. I enjoyed the videos. I am considering making chocolate extract. I’m curious about Changing the nibs out. If I don’t like the flavor after 3 months, do I change the nibs or do I keep the same ones and let it go longer? Also, will it be bitter if I don’t put vanilla beans in with the nibs?
Hi Linda, it would be so handy if insta-pots could be used to make extracts but we don’t recommend putting alcohol in pressurized appliances.
If you have one, a Sous Vide can be used to decrease the time it takes for extraction though. You can find out more in our blog post titled ‘The Gingrich’ by copying and pasting the link below into your browser.
https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/extract-recipes/the-gingrich-sous-vide-method?pos=1&_sid=f031d3b04&ss=r
Please feel free to get in touch with any other questions!
Can I make this extract using a insta pot? I don’t have the patience to make vanilla the old fashioned way any more. Waiting a year. Ack!