There are many ways to use up leftover chocolate that you no longer want to eat. We present you with suitable recipes for the leftovers of your Easter chocolate.

Especially after festivities, Easter bunnies, Santa Clauses and chocolate bars are often left over. Maybe you are unsure if you can still eat one or the other leftover chocolate. In our article on expired chocolate, you will learn how long chocolate stays edible and the role of the best-before date.

Instead of throwing it away, you can use chocolate in a variety of ways, as long as it’s still edible. One possibility, for example, is to melt them down and use them for chocolate fondue. In this article we will present you with other ideas and recipes on how to use chocolate.

Tip: If you feel like chocolate, only buy as much as you actually want to eat. In this way you avoid leftovers from the outset. Also make sure that you buy chocolate products with an organic certificate and from fair trade if possible: On the one hand, you make sure that the chocolate comes from organic farming and has no residues of chemical-synthetic pesticides. On the other hand, you know that it was traded fairly and that the local cocoa farmers received a reasonable wage. If you are looking for chocolate without animal products, please take a look at our article about vegan chocolate.

The classic: hot chocolate

Ingredients:

100 g chocolate
400 ml plant milk, e.g. oat or soy drink
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 pinch(s) of cinnamon
optionally sugar or other sweetener

Directions:

Zerkleinere die Schokolade in einem Multizerkleinerer oder hacke sie mit einem scharfen Messer.
Erhitze die Pflanzenmilch in einem Topf.
Vermenge in der Zwischenzeit die zerkleinerte Schokolade mit Kakaopulver und Zimt.
Rühre die Schokoladen-Kakao-Mischung mit einem Schneebesen in die warme Milch.
Je nachdem, welche Schokolade und welchen Pflanzendrink du verwendest, kannst du die heiße Schokolade abschließend noch mit Zucker oder einer Alternative deiner Wahl süßen. Optional kannst du auch Vanillezucker verwenden.

Use chocolate in cakes, muffins, and cookies

Using chocolate also works wonderfully in various cake, muffin and biscuit recipes. Here you can find some ideas:

Vegan sponge cake
Muffins without eggs
Muffins (basic recipe)
Сhocolate cake

You can simply chop the chocolate and then fold it into the finished dough. Or you melt them in a water bath and use them to glaze the finished cake or muffins. Chocolate is already part of the recipe here:

Сhocolate muffins
Chocolate Chip Cookies (the fourth recipe)
You can use chocolate not only in pastries but also in other sweet desserts:

Chocolate salami
After Eight Ice Cream
Chocolate sauce for ice cream, waffles, and pancakes

Use chocolate: homemade chocolate spread

Ingredients:

6 EL plant drink
4 tablespoons sugar, optionally one part vanilla sugar
60 g vegetable margarine
100 g chocolate
50 g finely ground hazelnuts
1 pinch(s) of salt

Directions:

Heat the plant drink together with sugar and margarine in a saucepan.
Break the chocolate into pieces and add to the saucepan with the rest of the ingredients. Let the chocolate melt, stirring constantly so nothing burns. If the spread is too thick, carefully stir in some plant drink.
Finally, add the ground hazelnuts and a pinch of salt to the pot and stir everything into an even chocolate cream.
Pour the spread into a screw-top jar and let it cool down.