Is it possible to make chocolate with cocoa butter and cocoa powder or any two other ingredients only?

I'm looking to make chocolate with two ingredients only(and a bit of salt also) however all the recipes seem to have a few ingredients listed.
Is it possible to make it with cocoa butter and cocoa powder only or are there minimum other ingredients required to get it to form properly?
Cannot it be done with cocoa powder and any one other ingredient?
When a chocolate says 70% dark chocolate, does it mean 70% of it is cocoa powder and the other is to make it solid? What is the maximum percentage of cocoa powder I can add to ensure the chocolate still forms properly?
Best Answer
As discussed in the answer to Making dark chocolate at home (and additional detail on Is it possible to sweeten chocolate without making it gritty?), making chocolate at home is basically not feasible. You need specialized equipment, because chocolate is not just a mixture of cocoa and other things, it's been ground and mixed in an extremely time-consuming and specific way.
Setting that rather large issue aside...
Sure, chocolate can be made with only cocoa solids and cocoa butter. It's called unsweetened chocolate, and people usually only use it for baking, since it's pretty bitter on its own. The core ingredients are normally cocoa (solids/butter) and sugar. After that, it's mostly about flavor: milk for milk chocolate, salt, maybe even vanilla, and so on. All that can be omitted, but without the sugar, it won't be what most people think of as chocolate for eating.
The percentage is the amount that's from cocoa, whether solids or butter. Unsweetened chocolate with nothing added is 100%, and 70% dark is likely close to 30% sugar (maybe a bit less if other things have been added). I believe that unsweetened chocolate is usually something like 50-55% cocoa butter and 45-50% solids, so I guess that's about the maximum to retain a normal texture if there's nothing else going on.
But again, unless you've got some serious chocolate manufacturing investment plans, all you can do with that information at home is use it to pick what you buy.
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What 2 products can cocoa liquor be processed into?
The processing then takes one of two directions based on the final product required; the cocoa liquor can be used directly in the manufacture of chocolate, or it can undergo further processing involving pressing into two fractions \u2013 cocoa butter and cocoa press cake.What can be substituted for cocoa powder to make chocolate?
Combine three Tablespoons of cocoa powder and one Tablespoon of vegetable oil, butter or shortening to create a replacement for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate. This will give your recipe an intense chocolate flavor, without adding any extra sugar.Is all chocolate made with cocoa powder?
Chocolate has two main components\u2014cocoa solids (where the flavor comes from) and cocoa butter (where the rich texture comes from). Cocoa powder has very little cocoa butter in it; it's mainly cocoa solids. In other words, you can think of cocoa powder as chocolate with most of its cocoa butter removed.How do you turn cocoa into chocolate?
To replace one ounce of unsweetened chocolate, use 3 tablespoons cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoon butter, shortening or oil.HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE BAR RECIPE l WITH BUTTER l WITHOUT COCONUT OIL or COCOA BUTTER
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