All About Chocolate
Types of Chocolate
There are a variety of types of chocolate available. Unsweetened is made of...
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Nutritional value
Chocolate, whatever form it takes, can have both positive and negative effects on personal health...
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86-Proof Chocolate Cake
Adapted from Maida Heatter’s Book of Chocolate Desserts This is a moist dark cake with bourbon and coffee. Make it in...
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Boysenberry Chocolate Brownie
Every now and then you deserve a treat and chocolate and berries are a sublime...
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Types of Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Although there is no legal definition for what makes a chocolate “dark,” in general dark chocolate...
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White Chocolate
While its many lovers may not be too concerned about classifications, some, including the U.S. Food...
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Cocoa Powder
Many of us may remember cocoa powder in the pantry, going into the baked goodies our mothers made for a birthday...
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Mint Chocolate
Mint chocolate is a popular variety of flavored chocolate created when mint flavoring is added to plain chocolate....
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Swiss Chocolate
Considering the fact that cacao is grown in tropical climates and Switzerland has never had colonies in the New...
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Dutched Chocolate
If you are an amateur cook or baker, it’s possible that you’ve never purchased cocoa that has not been “dutched.”
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Compound Chocolate
How often have heard an advertisement for a candy with a “chocolatey coating?” That coating probably isn’t...
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Couverture Chocolate
Have you ever attended a wedding or other formal event and seen a fountain of cascading chocolate? Chances...
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Chocolate Liquor
Chocolate liquor (cocoa liquor) is pure chocolate in its liquid form. Like the cocoa beans (nibs) from which it is...
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Chocolate Cakes
Black Forest cake
The cake is named after the mountain range in south-western Germany but...
Chocolate Cookies
Afghan biscuit
Its still unanswered as to whether they originated from New Zealand or neighbouring...
Chocolate Candies
Candy bar
Up to and including the 19th century, candy of all sorts was typically sold by weight...
Chocolate Drinks
Banania
During a visit near Lake Managua, Nicaragua, in 1909, the journalist Pierre...
Chocolate Confectioner
Choco Pie
In recent years Orion has used the Choco Pie to gain a foothold in foreign markets...
Chocolate Syrup
Chocolate syrup is a chocolate flavored condiment. It is often used as a topping for various desserts, such as ice...
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Chocolate Spread
Somewhere between solid chocolate and chocolate drinks there are chocolate spreads. They are an important...
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Chocolate Pudding
Pudding is a dessert that can be classified into two main types: A custard-like version set in starch that is boiled then...
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Cocoa tree
The cocoa tree, also known as the cacao tree or by its scientific name, theobrama cacao, is a small (15–26 ft tall)...
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Cocoa bean
That bar of chocolate you may regularly enjoy had its unlikely origin in the cocoa bean, the basic building block...
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Chocolate Production Methods
Improving the taste and utility of chocolate has been an ongoing process since...
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