Chocolate Confections

Chocolate-making takes a few processing steps, and is intended to be an immersive way to experience cooking.
Chocolate items contain Grain and Dairy nutrients while also providing the Sugary effect when eaten, making them a strong choice for meal ingredients.

To start chocolate processing, cocoa beans must first be roasted in an Oven to make Roasted Cocoa Beans. Then, craft the roasted beans with a Knife to split the beans into Cocoa Powder and Cocoa Butter.

The Mixing Bowl is used to mix cocoa powder, butter, and sweetener (sugar or honey) to make Chocolate Blends. The ratio of cocoa butter to powder determines what comes out:

• 1 Powder, 1 Butter, 1 Sweetener: Milk Chocolate
• 2 Powder, 1 Sweetener: Dark Chocolate
• 2 Butter, 1 Sweetener: White Chocolate

Finally, chocolate is dried on a Drying Mat to make Chocolate.

Casting Chocolate

Chocolate does not need to come only in boring bars! Melt down White, Milk, or Dark chocolate in a Vessel or Crucible and then cast it into a mold to obtain chocolate confections. There are three types of chocolate confections: Hearts, Bells, and Knives. Each is obtained by casting chocolate into a different mold.

Knapping a Heart Mold, used to create Heart-shaped chocolates.

Chocolate confections provide the same nutrition as chocolate bars, but they are faster to eat. However, if these confections are prepared at specific times of the year, they will gain a trait that doubles their nutrition. Chocolate Hearts gain the Romantic trait in Februrary, Chocolate Winter Bells gain the Festive trait in December, and Chocolate Candy Knives gain the Scary trait in October.

Moreover, confections can be filled to gain additional benefits. Confections filled with Jam have extra Fruit nutrition. Confections filled with Alcohol give positive potion effects.

Eating chocolates filled with Sweet Liquor gives a speed buff.

Eating chocolates filled with Strong Liquor gives damange resistance.

Eating chocolates filled with Whiskey gives haste.