Ghana Chocolate Bar

  • Good to go
  • High profit
  • Long shelflife
  • Timeless Classics
  • Good for freezing
  • No food waste
This Pecan Caramel & Cookie Chocolate Bar brings together chocolate, nuts, caramel, and cookies in a layered format that celebrates comfort flavors with refined technique. Built around the versatility of Callebaut Ghana 40%, the bar combines a smooth cookie gianduia base, a pecan praline ganache with caramelized depth, and a clean, fluid enrobing finished with a velvet effect. As Chef Estefanía Monge shares, “Chocolate, nuts, caramel and cookies are comfort flavors that remind me of my childhood, where Callebaut Ghana chocolate allows us to combine different techniques due to its versatility.” Ghana’s smooth texture supports the gianduia structure, its caramelized milk notes enhance the pecan praline ganache, and its fluidity ensures a precise, even enrobing—allowing each layer to express indulgence without sacrificing balance or definition.  
Level:
Difficult
Makes:
30 bars
Shelf life:
30 days
Conservation:
Room temperature 16 to 18 celsius

Cookie gianduia

Preparation: Cookie gianduia

  1. Process the cookies in a food processor.
  2. Place the cookie powder with the melted chocolate and cocoa butter, almond paste and oil, into a melanger. Refine for 1 hour approximately.  
  3. Pre-crystallize at 23°C.
  4. Place the gianduia in a 4.5 mm frame on top of the chocolate chablon.
  5. Let crystallize at room temperature (16°C to 18°C)
  6. Cut rectangles of 9 cm x 2 cm

Pecan praline ganache

Ingredients: Pecan praline ganache

Preparation: Pecan praline ganache

  1. Make a dry caramel with the sugar.
  2. In a food processor, process the roasted pecans with the caramel and salt. 
  3. Reserve.
  4. Combine cream and sugars.
  5. Heat to 80°C
  6. Pour onto melted chocolate.
  7. Add softened butter and emulsify.
  8. Incorporate the pecan praline and mix.
  9. Pre-crystallize at 27°C.
  10. With a round tip, pipe the ganache on top of the cookie gianduia rectangles.
  11. Leave to set.

Enrobe / Velvet effect

Preparation: Enrobe / Velvet effect

  1. Enrobe in tempered Ghana chocolate.
  2. For the velvet effect, place the chocolate bars in the freezer for 20 minutes.
  3. Melt the chocolate with the cocoa butter to 35°C.
  4. With a spray gun, spray the bars until the entire surface is covered. 
  5. Place the chocolate bars in the fridge for 5 minutes.
  6. Take out at room temperature (16°C to 18°C)