How It's Madeby Matta
Chocolate wafer bar, shown as a concept pack by the invented brand KOKO ÌTÀN
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What is a chocolate wafer made of?

A chocolate wafer bar is made from thin, crisp wafer sheets of wheat flour and water with a little sodium bicarbonate, lecithin and salt, layered with a cream filling of sugar, vegetable fat and cocoa, and coated in chocolate made from sugar, cocoa butter, milk powder and cocoa mass. Vanilla flavours the cream and chocolate.

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Shown as a concept pack: KOKO ÌTÀN · Crisp Wafer in Milk Chocolate, 2 fingers · 42 g. The brand is invented; this is not a real product.
Ingredients and raw materials

What goes into chocolate wafer bar

Wafer sheets are mostly air. A thin, runny batter of flour and about one and a half times its weight in water is baked for one to two minutes between hot metal plates at about 160–190 °C. The water flashes to steam and escapes, leaving a light, crisp sheet with less than 2% moisture.

The cream does most of the eating. In a filled wafer, the cream is often half or more of the weight, and it carries the flavour: vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, milk, strawberry and lemon are all common. Kerry and IFF flavours for creams are listed on Matta.

Typical ingredients of chocolate wafer bar, in typical order, without quantities. Select an ingredient for its details and every Matta listing.
IngredientWhat it does in chocolate wafer barGrade buyers ask forSource on Matta
Sucrose Sweetness. Sweetens the cream filling and the chocolate coating; it is the largest ingredient overall. Refined, ICUMSA 45 ₦1,486.25 /kgDangote Sugar · read 15 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Wheat FlourIngredient guide → Wafer sheets. Soft, medium-strength wheat flour makes the wafer batter; strong flours give tough sheets. Soft wheat flour, about 9–10% protein ₦984 /kgDangote Refinery · read 19 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Vegetable Fat (Palm) Cream filling. The fat base of the cream filling, firm enough to hold the layers together. Filling fat for wafer creams ₦2,562.5 /kgSusan · read 27 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Theobroma Cacao Seed ButterIngredient guide → Chocolate coat. Gives the chocolate coating its snap and melt. Food grade, natural or deodorised Not listed yetRequest this product ↗
Skimmed Milk Powder Milk solids. Adds milk solids to the coating and cream. Skimmed or full cream, spray-dried ₦6,640 /kgMother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Private Limited · read 20 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Cocoa Liquor (Cocoa Mass)Ingredient guide → Chocolate flavour. Ground cocoa nibs that give the coating its chocolate flavour and colour. Food grade, alkalised or natural Quote on listingRequest this product ↗View current listing ↗
Cocoa Powder, alkalised Cocoa cream. Cocoa powder flavours and colours the cream. 10–12% fat, alkalised ₦11,275 /kg225 Cafe · read 20 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Lecithin (E322)Ingredient guide → Release and flow. Helps the batter release from the baking plates and makes the chocolate flow. Fluid soy lecithin ₦3,203.13 /kgAvi Agri Limited · read 27 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Sodium Hydrogen CarbonateIngredient guide → Raising agent. A raising agent in the batter that helps the sheets bake light and even. Food or pharma grade, fine powder ₦553.5 /kgMalan · read 20 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Sodium Chloride Flavour. Seasons the wafer sheets. Food grade, iodised for Nigeria ₦533 /kgBiorigins · read 15 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
Flavouring (Vanilla Type)Ingredient guide → Flavour. Flavours the cream and chocolate. Vanilla flavour for fat-based creams ₦7,663.27 /kgKerry Group Plc · read 30 Oct 2026Request this product ↗View current listing ↗
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How it's made

How chocolate wafer bar is made

Wafer lines bake sheets between heated plates, spread and stack them with cream, then cool, cut and coat them.

  1. Batter

    Flour, water, lecithin, oil, salt and bicarbonate are mixed into a thin batter and used within about half an hour.

  2. Bake

    Batter is deposited between pairs of hot plates and baked for about one and a half to two and a half minutes.

  3. Cream and stack

    Sheets are spread with warm cream and stacked into books of three or four sheets.

  4. Cool and cut

    Books are cooled to set the cream, then cut into fingers with wires or saws.

  5. Coat and wrap

    Fingers are enrobed in chocolate, cooled and flow-wrapped against moisture.

Variations and applications

Common variations

Uncoated cream wafers
Layered wafers without a chocolate coat, often vanilla or strawberry flavoured.
Wafer rolls and cones
Rolled or moulded wafers, such as ice cream cones.
Compound-coated wafers
Use a compound coating made with vegetable fats instead of cocoa butter, which is cheaper and more heat-tolerant.
Safety and regulation

Safety, quality and regulation

Wafers must stay dry: they soften above about 5–6% moisture, so packaging needs a good moisture barrier and seal, and shelf life is typically six to nine months. Wheat, milk and soy are allergens and must be declared. Additives must be permitted and used within the limits in standards such as the Codex General Standard for Food Additives.

Wafer bars made for sale in Nigeria must be registered with NAFDAC, with ingredients, allergens, net content, batch and expiry on the pack.

Supply chain

Where the raw materials come from

Flour and sugar are produced in Nigeria mainly from imported wheat and raw sugar. Nigeria grows cocoa but exports most of it as beans, so cocoa butter, cocoa mass and powder are often imported. Fats, lecithin and flavours come from ingredient suppliers.

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Request flour, sugar, fats, cocoa products and vanilla flavour through Matta. For food ingredients, see Matta's ingredients page.

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Ingredients in chocolate wafer bar

SugarWheat flourVegetable shorteningCocoa butterMilk powderCocoa massCocoa powderSoy lecithinSodium bicarbonateSaltVanilla flavouring

Sources and method

  1. INFLIBNET e-PG Pathshala: Technology of wafer biscuits
  2. Barry Callebaut: From cocoa to chocolate
  3. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius: General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA Online)
  4. NAFDAC: Guidelines for Registration of Food and Water Manufactured in Nigeria

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