Chocolate Barfi | How To Make Chocolate Burfi

Chocolate burfi is a popular Indian sweet, a two-layered khoya burfi which is prepared on festivals like Holi, Diwali. How to make chocolate burfi without milk powder in just 30 minutes for the festive occasion.

Made with khoya/mawa and few other ingredients, this is easy to make barfi recipe. Chocolate burfi is a double layer burfi recipe, where the bottom layer is a plain mawa layer and the top layer is chocolate flavored. Garnished with chopped pistachio and edible silver leaves as well.

It is an easy and quick Indian sweet to make for any festive occasion throughout the year like Holi, Janamashtmi, Ganpati, and Diwali.

This double layer Chocolate burfi is perfect for kids and simple to make at home. On Diwali we distribute Indian sweets to friends and family and chocolate burfi is always among one of the chosen ones sweet. 

Chocolate barfi or khoya barfi

Barfi or Burfi - It is a fudge-like Indian sweet mostly made with milk products like condensed milk or milk solids(mawa), or milk powder along with few more flavoring ingredients.

Chocolate barfi is a two-layered barfi recipe that is easy to make and gets ready in under 30 mins. You can make it with mawa or milk powder or with condensed milk. I am sharing a recipe made with mawa.

Mawa or khoya sweets are very popular in India on festive occasions. You can check mawa gujiya, labongo lata, sooji khoya laddu & til ladoo prepared with mawa.

To make this chocolate burfi without milk powder you need khoya or mawa, sugar, cardamom for aroma, chocolate for the top layer, and few chopped nuts for garnishing. It is a creamy and chocolate in flavor sweet which melts in the mouth.

The first layer is a simple mawa or khoya layer which is sweet and flavored with cardamom.  Set it aside on a greased surface to cool down until we make a chocolate layer. Prepare the top layer by adding cocoa powder, sugar, and cardamom. Pour it over the mawa layer and let it cool down. Garnish with chopped nuts and edible silver leaves. Cut in square pieces once at room temperature.

Ingredients

Please check RECIPE CARD for detailed ingredients list with accurate measurement.

Mawa Layer
350 Gram khoya or 2 Cup tightly packed grated khoya
¾ Cup sugar
1 Tsp kewra essence
¼ Cup milk
1 Tsp cardamom powder

Chocolate Layer
250 Gram khoya or 1.5 Cup tightly packed grated khoya
½ Cup sugar
1 Tsp kewra essence
2 Tblsp cocoa powder (preferably unsweetened)
1 Tsp cardamom powder
¼ Cup-2 Tblsp milk
Handful pistachio chopped finely for garnishing
Edible silver leaves (optional)

Important- Mawa quality which I used is a frozen one. At room temperature, while cooking, it does not melt enough to dissolve sugar. For that, I had to use ¼ cup milk so that sugar gets dissolved. SKIP it if mawa melts while cooking.

How to make chocolate burfi

So let see how to make this easy and quick chocolate burfi at home step by step.

1. Mawa Layer or Khoya Layer- First of all heat a non-stick pan on low heat. Add grated mawa and cook for 3-4 minutes. It may leave the ghee but if not, do not worry.
2. After 3-4 minutes add sugar and milk, cook until sugar melts. Keep stirring otherwise mawa would burn.
3. As sugar melts add cardamom powder and kewra essence. Mix nicely and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
4. By now mawa will become thick, switch off the flame and pour this into a greased surface.
5. Keep it aside until our chocolate layer is ready.
6. Chocolate Layer- In the same pan add mawa, sugar, and milk together. Mix well and cook on low heat until sugar melts. It takes around 5-6 minutes.
7. Add cocoa powder, cardamom powder, and kewra essence. Mix thoroughly and cook for another 5-6 minutes on low flame. Keep stirring.
8. Now pour this chocolate mixture over the white layer. Spread evenly, if required use a greased spoon to make a flat surface.
9. Let it cool down completely before making pieces. keep it in the fridge after 2 hours.
10. Garnish with chopped nuts and edible silver leaves. Cut them into the desired shape.
11. Indian sweet Chocolate burfi or two-layered burfi is ready to enjoy.

Serving & Storing

Garnish with chopped dry fruits & edible silver leaf before serving. However, it is optional. No one looks at the garnishing and simply indulge in the goodness of this mawa burfi.

Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge. It can be stored for 2 weeks easily. But it does not last that long.

Variations

This mawa barfi is so versatile and you can make it using mava, or milk powder, or condensed milk.

• Chocolate burfi with milk powder
• Chocolate burfi with condensed milk
• With ricotta cheese

Tips & FAQ's

1. Chocolate burfi is a make-ahead burfi recipe. You can store it for a good two weeks in the fridge.
2. Adjust sugar level as per taste.

Similar Indian sweets

You may also like other Indian festivals (Holi, Diwali) sweet recipes, Check 25+ Indian Diwali Sweets You Must Try

• Moong Dal Burfi
• Moong Dal Laddu
• Dry Fruits Laddu
• Besan sev
• Oats Mathri
• Makki ki mathri
• Kalakand
• Puran Poli
• Coconut Laddu/Coconut Balls

You can also Festival savory and more Festival Sweets.

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