I have an interesting problem regarding chocolate

[La Lioness Priyanka]

A friend of mine got me a ginormous chocolate block from Spain. However, i can't really break it cos its so large and one solid block.

Any suggestions on how to break it up into smaller bits?

Should i melt it and remold it in something?

[dawg]

1. Mail to dawg!

USPS has one price boxes. If it fits, it ships.

[Duer 157099]

2. Awl or ice pick

and hammer if necessary. Sounds like a good time.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. Melt that sucka in a double boiler . . .

. . . and get a spoon!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. i think i will. i will add some almonds and sea salt while its melting

[Aristus]

4. Eat it in place?...

Divide and share with your DU friends?...

[hrmjustin]

5. I am allergic to chocolate.

Starts my asthma going sometimes if i eat it.

[Paulie]

9. Any chocolate? Or milk chocolate?

The latter is barely chocolate but more so than white chocolate.

[hrmjustin]

11. All chocolate will do it.

Although I can sometimes get away with white chocolate but not to often.
This does not stop me from sneaking some chocolate once or twice a month but I really have to prepare myself for a reaction if I eat it. I also get hives from it at times.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. thats really sad

[hrmjustin]

18. This is life what are you going to do.

I developed the allergy when i developed asthma at 15 years old.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. i guess its not the worst thing that could happen

but i would be sad if it happened to me

[Paulie]

6. You can shave pieces off with a vegetable peeler

A small hammer works too. Hard to remold it as melting needs to be done at specific temps so that it tempers properly else the crystals will be off and change the taste.

What's the brand and model/weight? A couple kilos????

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. pazo de coruxo. puro 75% cacao. 500 grams

[olddots]

7. wrap in plastic then a towel and wack it with a hevy blunt object .

unwrap and enjoy you lucky bastard !!!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. LOL

[840high]

34. I've done that.

[NYC_SKP]

8. Don't melt it! You'll ruin the temper. Instead---

Crack it like a brick-

If you have a few common tools, saw into a little with, yes, a saw (if you have one) and then use a chisel and hammer or hammer on a cleaver.

Alternatively, if you have a cleaver, one fine chop with the chock-o-block on a firm hard surface, and it should crack in two.

Repeat to make ever smaller chunks.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. ok. will ask lisa. this is beyond my capacity

[pinboy3niner]

10. Hammer & chisel

Happy eating!

[csziggy]

13. You need Mrs. Anderson's Baking Chocolate Chipper!

I never knew something like this existed:

"This sturdy tool converts hard, thick baking-chocolate bars into chunks for cookies, sparing good kitchen knives when a recipe calls for you to break up chocolate before melting. It's even good for chipping ice for drinks or buffet displays. Overall, the tool measures 9 inches long, with a 5-inch hardwood handle and six pointed prongs that deliver satisfying blows."
http://www.amazon.com/Lee-43198-Chocolate-Chipper/dp/B00005NUVX

Maybe some golf cleats would be a convenient substitute?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. i do

[csziggy]

24. Actually pinboy3niner's suggestion of a hammer and chisel isn't bad

I think Alton Brown used a serrated knife and a wooden rolling pin to chip off a block of chocolate.

Start at 4:40 for how to break up chocolate.

[pinboy3niner]

21. If all else fails, just bring it to a DU meetup

We'll see what we can do...

[struggle4progress]

22. Send it to me. I'll send back any chips I can get off it

[talkingmime]

23. A jack hammer would do it.

[pinboy3niner]

25. So would a block of C-4

[talkingmime]

36. The C-4 might leave a bad aftertaste.

[PoliticAverse]

26. Wait for summer when the problem will solve itself... n/t

[LiberalEsto]

27. Chainsaw that chocolate!

It'll cut through it like buttah!
Yum!

[pinboy3niner]

28. One word:

Bazooka.

[In_The_Wind]

37. With or without sea salt & carmel?

[NV Whino]

29. Hot wire

You probably don't need to go all the way through. Just score it and then break on score.

[Maraya1969]

30. I would wrap it in a towel and hit it with a hammer. Nice easy pieces.

[pinboy3niner]

31. Five Easy Pieces

A symphony of chocolate!

[Arctic Dave]

32. Ty this

You might to give him a few chunks, he looks a little wispy.

[Agschmid]

35. The man needs more than a few chunks of chocolate...

But I do love my jack hammers

[hobbit709]

33. I use my butcher knife.

Pound it in until the chunk breaks.