Chocolate

Chocolate

Any food product produced from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

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Bean

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Also called the grain, the seed of the cacao pod of the Theobroma cacao tree, beans are the source of all chocolate and cocoa. There are generally 20 to 40 flat, almond-shaped beans in a pod, ...

Belgian or belgian-style chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Of the three styles of bonbons—Belgian, French and Swiss—Belgian chocolates are characterised by a slightly larger size, a thicker chocolate shell and a heavier and sweeter ganache. Belgian ...

Bitter chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Another word for Baker’s chocolate or unsweetened chocolate.

Bittersweet chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Sweetened dark chocolate containing at least 35% chocolate liquor, in addition to sugar and cocoa butter. The darkest eating chocolate with the most intense cacao flavor. it can also be used for ...

A technique used to transfer designs to the surface of chocolate bonbons. As you can see in the photos at right, sheets of paper with the design are set atop the enrobed chocolate (top photo). The ...

Brut or baker’s chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

An FDA classification of chocolate that does not contain any sugar, though it may contain flavouring like vanilla. This pure chocolate was initially intended intended for cooking but today fine 100% ...

Cacao content

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

U.S. cacao standards require milk chocolate to contain at least 10% chocolate liquor. Semisweet or bittersweet chocolate must contain at least 35% chocolate liquor. The higher the percentage of ...