Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar

Milky Way is a candy bar consisting of a light and fluffy nougat cream coated with milk chocolate.

In today’s post I will show you how to make a Giant Milky Way Bar at home. Have fun baking!




Homemade: Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar
Difficulty: Medium – Difficult
Preparation Time: 5 hours & 30 minutes (incl. cooling time)
Our Recipe rating:
5von5

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar
Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar
Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar
Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar

Ingredients for 1 Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar:

  • 4 egg whites
  • 250 grams of dextrose
  • 500 grams of sugar
  • 230 Milliliter Wasser
  • 475 grams of whole milk chocolate
  • 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
  • A pinch of salt

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

  • Baking dish (Length: ~ 30cm | Width: ~ 10cm | Height: ~ 8cm)
  • Baking paper
  • Tesafilm
  • Pot for cooking the sugar syrup
  • Whisk
  • Large mixing bowl
  • Spatula
  • Candy thermometer
  • Mixer/Kitchen machine
  • Water heater
  • Large pot + suitable bowl for the double boiler
  • 3 equal high cups or glasses

Instructions for the Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar:




Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 1Peel off three strips of Tesafilm from the roll and stick with the adhesive side outwards to a ring…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 2…stick one ring each at the center of the long sides and the bottom of the baking mold…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 3…cut a sheet of baking paper to a length of about 30 centimeters and stick it flushly into the baking pan…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 4…fold the baking paper over the sides & additionally stick to the outer edges, then set aside…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 5…next, give 250 grams of dextrose & 130 milliliters of water into a saucepan…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 6…heat up while stirring constantly…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 7…and bring to a boil, allow to boil bubbly for about 1 minute…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 8…then add 500 grams of sugar…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 9…& pour in additional 100 milliliters of water…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 10…stir with a whisk until the sugar syrup starts simmering…





Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 11…then continue simmering without stirring over high heat…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 12…meanwhile give 4 egg whites…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 13…along with a sachet of vanilla sugar…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 14…& a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 15…start beating with a mixer…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 16…until the egg whites are semi-stiff & form soft peaks, then set aside…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 17…constantly check the temperature of the syrup with a candy thermometer…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 18…once the syrup reaches a temperature of 140°C remove the saucepan from heat…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 19…& gently pour the hot syrup in a thin steam to the semi-stiff egg whites…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 20…while constantly stirring with a mixer on maximum speed…





Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 21…keep on mixxing for about 4 – 5 minutes until the nougat starts to thicken & gets a stiff and spreadable consistency…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 22…now add 25 grams of chopped milk chocolate…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 23…gently fold in with a spatula & allow to melt in the hot nougat…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 24…give the nougat mass into the prepared baking dish…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 25…smooth down evenly & then set aside…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 26…next, for the double boiler boil up about 1 liter of water in an electric kettle & pour into a large pot…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 27…place a suitable bowl made of glass or metal onto the pot & add 150 grams of milk chocolate…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 28…and stir with a spatula…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 29…until the chocolate is completely melted…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 30…then pour the melted chocolate over the nougat…





Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 31…& smooth down evenly…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 32…store the baking dish into the freezer for about 4 hours to set…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 33…then melt another 300 grams of milk chocolate…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 34…over a double boiler (as seen in step 26 – 29)…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 35…place 2 – 3 cups or glasses with a little distance to each other in the middle of a baking sheet…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 36…get the baking dish out of the freezer & slightly loosen the Milky Way with a blunt knife on the sides…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 37…then carefully lift out the giant bar…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 38…and place onto the prepared cups with the chocolate layer down…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 39…carefully remove the baking paper…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 40…& then pour the melted chocolate over the giant bar…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 41…to coat evenly with chocolate…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 42…indicate the typical pattern on top of the bar with a knife back or a straight kitchen tool…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 43…remove the excess chocolate at the lower edges & then allow the bar to cool completely…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 44…then cut the giant Milky Way with a knife into slices…

Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar - Step 45…& serve!

I wish you lots of fun cooking/baking 😉

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):

One Reply to “Homemade Giant Milky Way Bar”

  1. Wieso nennst du es Nougatmasse?? Das ist doch kein Nougat?!
    Und ich frage mich, ob in ein MILKYway, nicht auch Milch bzw. Milchpulver gehört?
    Ansonsten: super Seite und tolle Rezepte!
    LG

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