Homemade Infused Chocolate Bars

This simple recipe for LĒVO-infused chocolate bars is perfect for making your first infused treat. You only need a little bit of time and a few ingredients, but this botanically-enhanced candy offers plenty of flavor and health benefits. 

Chocolate lovers will want to make this infused dessert all the time once they realize how easy this recipe is!  

Key Takeaways

1. Effortless Artisanal Creation: Utilizing LĒVO's state-of-the-art oil and butter infusers, such as the LĒVO II or the luxurious LĒVO LUX, you can easily master the craft of making homemade infused chocolate bars. These machines streamline the decarboxylation and infusion process, ensuring that your creations harness the full therapeutic potential of your chosen botanicals, delivering not just flavor but also notable health benefits from cocoa and herb-infused butters.

2. Health Meets Indulgence: Each homemade infused chocolate bar not only indulges your taste buds but also packs a healthful punch. Cocoa, rich in essential minerals and flavonoids, offers cardiovascular and other health benefits, which are enhanced further by the medicinal properties of your custom-infused butters. Depending on the herb or flower strain used, these chocolate bars can provide anti-anxiety, anti-pain, and anti-inflammatory effects, making them a decadent yet health-conscious treat.

3. Tailored to Taste and Potency: The LĒVO machine's precise controls allow for the customization of potency to your personal preference, making it ideal for those new to cannabis edibles or seeking consistent results. With the addition of optional flavors like vanilla or nuts, and the ability to use molds of different sizes, you can create perfectly dosed servings that make monitoring consumption simple and stylish. Enjoy the creative process as much as the final product, with a seamless setup that includes no-mess, easy cleanup, and no need for straining.

Benefits 

For centuries, it’s been noted that cocoa has many health benefits, including memory restoration, immune support, inflammation reduction, minimizing oxidative stress, and muscle repair. 

Cocoa is rich in iron, magnesium, selenium, and zinc. Flavonoids found in dark chocolate have been shown to improve cardiovascular health. Many nutritionists recommend at least 72% or more cocoa for maximum health benefits. 

Herb-infused butter adds even more medicinal benefits to the already long list of positive effects from the cocoa powder. Depending on the flower strain used for infusing, your chocolate bar may be rich in botanicals or terpenes that are known for their anti-anxiety, anti-pain, and anti-inflammatory properties. 

Terpenes such as pinene, humulene, and beta-caryophyllene each have a unique set of compounds that influence taste, aromas, and effects. 

Decarbing and Infusing Without LĒVO

Decarboxylation is essential whether you are creating lotions, cremes, tinctures, or your own edibles. It realizes the full potential of your herbs for their medicinal purposes.

If you don’t have a LĒVO yet (and why not?) but still want to make this decadent recipe, you can find those manual oven and stovetop instructions here.

Note: A LĒVO home decarboxylator and infuser makes the process much more efficient, easier, and accurate- helping you produce the very best end results possible. These machines make the process of drying, activating, infusing botanicals, and even clean-up so much better overall. It’s also the only infusion machine that doesn’t require any straining.

Making Your Chocolate Bars

Keep in mind that you will need to factor in additional time to make your own infused butter. Once your butter is infused, you are ready to make chocolate bars. You can also use infused oil instead of butter if you prefer. 

 

FAQ

What are the benefits of making chocolate bars with LĒVO-infused butter?

Using LĒVO-infused butter in your chocolate bars not only enhances the flavor but also integrates the health benefits of cocoa with the medicinal properties of your chosen botanicals. This combination can aid in memory restoration, immune support, inflammation reduction, and more, depending on the terpenes and botanicals used in the infusion process.

Can I use infused oil instead of butter for making chocolate bars?

Absolutely! If you prefer, you can substitute infused oil for butter in your chocolate bar recipe. This flexibility allows you to enjoy the same delicious and healthful benefits in a format that suits your dietary preferences or available ingredients.

How do I ensure the potency of my infused chocolate bars?

To accurately gauge the potency of your infused chocolate bars, start by consuming a small amount, such as one chocolate square, and wait at least two hours to experience the full effects before consuming more. This method helps you understand how your body reacts to the specific potency and dosage of your homemade edibles.

What if I don’t own a LĒVO machine? Can I still make infused chocolate bars?

While owning a LĒVO machine greatly simplifies and improves the infusion process, you can still create infused chocolate bars using traditional decarboxylation and infusion methods like oven and stovetop techniques. However, manual methods may not provide the same level of consistency and ease as the LĒVO’s automated features.