Chocolate Making
Good chocolate is heaven. It’s smooth, it’s rich, it melts in the mouth. It tastes like a slice of paradise brought to Earth. There’s nothing quite like it.
And whilst you can buy some fantastic chocolate, we think chocolate tastes best when it’s made at home. The smell of molten chocolate filling your kitchen is hard to beat too. With our great selection of chocolate making supplies, you can fill your home with that delicious smell and make some delectable homemade chocolate.
The joy of homemade chocolate
Homemade chocolate isn’t just great tasting. Chocolate making at home is fun and rewarding, and it can be entertaining for children and adults.
Chocolate is a flexible food to work with too – you can work it into a huge range of creations. You can make homemade chocolate bars and individual chocolates, Easter eggs or even chocolate decorations for other food, like cakes and homemade ice cream.
Homemade chocolate can make a thoughtful gift for others, or of course you can keep it all for yourself. Hey, it’s your chocolate!
Making homemade chocolate easy
Chocolate can have a reputation for being tricky and temperamental. But whether you’re making it from scratch or melting pre-bought chocolate to craft your own creations, you can take the difficulty out of chocolate by using the right tools and accessories.
You’ll find those at Lakeland. We’ve got chocolate making kits, complete hot chocolate systems, chocolate moulds galore, plus a selection of added ingredients. With our help, you’ll soon be whipping up effortless and great tasting chocolate treats at home.
Chocolate moulds for all tastes
They key to making effortless homemade chocolate is using the right chocolate moulds. Once you’ve got your hot liquid chocolate, you want to pour it into a mould that will allow even heating and cooling and that will be easy to get your chocolates out of.
Our silicone chocolate moulds are ideal. Silicone moulds allow even cooking and are so soft and flexible, your finished chocolates will pop out of them effortlessly. They’re even easy to clean. Our silicone moulds come in a wide range of styles too, from traditional bars and dinosaurs to Easter eggs and mini pigs.
Chocolate ingredients and decorations
One of the benefits of making chocolate at home is that you’re in total charge of the ingredients you use, the tastes you concoct and the way you decorate your final product.
You can embrace your creative side with Lakeland. We’ve got a selection of ingredients to add to molten chocolate, including homemade chocolate flavourings. Get decorating with chocolate colouring kits, piping bags for icing, and a range of toppings for your chocolates.
A chocolate fountain centrepiece
Whether it’s for a kids’ birthday party, a dinner party with friends or just to liven up a rainy Sunday afternoon at home, a chocolate fountain is a fun and unique way to indulge in chocolate.
You’ll find excellent tabletop chocolate fountains suitable for home use at Lakeland, plus all the accessories you need to make the most of it. Of course, that includes fine Belgian dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate to melt in your fountain.
We have all the chocolate making supplies you’ll need at Lakeland to create your own fantastic homemade chocolate. And whilst you’re browsing our range of chocolate making kits and accessories, take a look at our ice cream and lolly making range too for more dessert inspiration.
Preserving and Make Your Own
Right now, we’re in the midst of a new revival in home preserving and homemade food. More of us than ever are beavering away in our kitchens and gardens, making jams and marmalades, homemade bread and pasta, and ice cream and yoghurts.
And whether you’re a veteran of making your own food and preserves, or a homemade food novice, we’ve got all the equipment and accessories you need at Lakeland to cook up your own tasty, healthy, homemade creations.
Why make your own food and preserves at home?
It’s not hard to understand why homemade continues to be a growing trend. Making your own food at home can satisfy creative urges and can help you master new skills. It can also be great fun for adults and kids alike.
Creating your own food at home also gives you more control over what ingredients go into it too. Homemade food can help you make healthier meals and avoid the e-numbers and high levels of artificial preservatives and other harmful ingredients that are all too often found in mass produced food.
With more control over ingredients and cooking, and with the ability to tailor recipes to your tastes, homemade food can also simply taste better than shop-bought alternatives.
Everything you need for homemade pickles and preserves
Making homemade jams, preserves and pickles is right at the forefront of the homemade food movement, with jam one of the most popular foods people are making at home.
If you’re planning on making sweet fruit jams, tangy pickled vegetables, hot sauces or healthy home fermented foods, we’ve got all the preserving, pickling and fermenting accessories you need.
At Lakeland, you’ll find a fantastic range of preserving pans, preserving kits and ingredients, labels and tags, and a huge selection of glass jam jars and bottles in all shapes and sizes.
Bake your own bread at home
Bread can be a delicious and healthy food. But shop-bought bread isn’t always the tastiest option, and it’s often far from healthy. That’s why so many people are turning to making their own bread at home.
You might have heard horror stories about homemade bread – about tough buns and collapsing loaves. But making your own bread at home can be a breeze if you have the right ingredients and technology. And at Lakeland, we’ve got all the bread making ingredients and kit you’re looking for. We’ve got counter-top bread makers, loaf tins, bread slicers and yeast and bread mix.
We’ve also got plenty of bread recipes and advice to get you started on your bread making journey.
Tasty homemade pizza and pasta
Fresh, homemade pasta tastes a cut above the dried, shop-bought stuff. And with today’s ingredients and gear, homemade pizza can be healthier and even tastier than restaurant and takeaway pizza.
Take the hassle out of your kitchen and make top-quality Italian food with our range of homemade pasta and homemade pizza equipment and utensils. You’ll find a fantastic selection of quality products, from pizza ovens and pizza pans to pasta machines and ravioli stamp presses. Making great tasting homemade pasta and pizza has never been so easy.
Make your own ice cream and dessert
With our help, your homemade cooking can progress into more indulgent areas with our selection of accessories and equipment for homemade ice cream and lolly making, chocolate making, and even homemade yoghurt making.
At Lakeland, you’ll find all your essential ice cream makers, ice lolly makers, ice lolly moulds, ice cream and lolly ingredients and treats, and yoghurt makers and yoghurt kits.
Try your hand at homemade sausages and burgers
If you’re cooking them in the kitchen or getting ready for a top-notch BBQ, you can have a try at making homemade burgers and sausages with our selection of sausage and burger making accessories.
Grab some high-quality meat, a selection of other inventive ingredients, then set to work with our range of meat mincing machines, presses and liners. You’ll soon be crafting sausages and burgers that far surpass the shop-bought varieties.
Whether you’re making jams and marmalades, pickles or other fermented foods, ice creams or yoghurts, pasta or pizzas, pastry, or homemade burgers and sausages, you’ll find all the essential homemade cooking kit and accessories you’re looking for.
Whilst you’ve got homemade food on the mind, you may like to take a look at our selection of barbecues and pizza ovens and our bakeware. And browse our picnicware in case you fancy eating your homemade creations al fresco.