Chocolate product

Abstract

There is described a method of manufacturing an edible product comprising chocolate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a baking mixture, for example a liquid batter or a pasty mass, comprising a source of starch and a liquid chocolate; (b) baking the baking mixture in a baking apparatus; wherein the liquid chocolate provides up to 70 wt % of the baking mixture. Edible products, including wafers and extruded snack foods, produced by such a method are also described.

1 . An edible product comprising a source of starch, a sweetener, a cocoa-derived product and a fat; wherein the cocoa-derived product and the fat are evenly distributed throughout a self-supporting, preferably crisp, matrix of cooked starch. 
     
     
         2 . The edible product of  claim 1 , wherein the cocoa-derived product and the fat are provided by a chocolate. 
     
     
         3 . The edible product according to  claim 1 , wherein the source of starch is a flour. 
     
     
         4 . The edible product according to  claim 1 , wherein the edible product is a chocolate wafer product. 
     
     
         5 . The edible product according to  claim 1 , wherein the edible product is a chocolate wafer-roll product. 
     
     
         6 . The edible product according to  claim 1 , wherein the cocoa-derived product is low-fat cocoa solids. 
     
     
         7 . The edible product according to  claim 1 , wherein the cocoa-derived product and the fat are provided by cocoa butter, and wherein the cocoa butter is evenly distributed throughout a self-supporting, preferably crisp, matrix of cooked starch. 
     
     
         8 . The edible product according to  claim 1  formed from a baking mixture comprising the source of starch and a liquid chocolate. 
     
     
         9 . The edible product according to  claim 8 , wherein the liquid chocolate provides the cocoa-derived product, the fat and the at least one sweetener. 
     
     
         10 . The edible product according to  claim 8 , wherein the liquid chocolate provides from 5 to 70 wt % of the baking mixture. 
     
     
         11 . The edible product according to  claim 8 , wherein the baking mixture comprises at least 10 wt % of the source of starch. 
     
     
         12 . The edible product according to  claim 8 , wherein the sweetener is a bulk sweetener and the baking mixture comprises up to 65 wt % of the bulk sweetener. 
     
     
         13 . The edible product according to  claim 8  wherein the baking mixture is a batter mixture comprising a flour, an aqueous liquid and the liquid chocolate. 
     
     
         14 . The edible product according to  claim 9 , wherein the batter mixture comprises at least 30 wt % of the aqueous liquid.