PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing chocolate of excellent flowability and low in viscosity increase with the lapse of time.SOLUTION: A method of manufacturing chocolate is a method of manufacturing chocolate containing a cacao content, and having 1 mass% or less of a dairy product content, chocolate material dried after an atomization step is subjected to conching at 56°C or more for 0.5 hr or more, and further the chocolate material made into paste is thereafter subjected to conching at 56°C or more for 0.2 hr or more.