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Fairtrade Chocolate and Wine Pairings for National Candy Month
With social distancing guidelines in place, U.S wine online sales rose 224 percent this spring along with an increase in comfort foods. Although states are beginning to reopen across the country that upward trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. For National Candy Month, DC’s Divine C...Read more -
Inside Scoop: Chipwich Chocolate Peanut Butter sandwich is a bad combination
You all know I’m a huge fan of ice cream sandwiches, and Chipwich makes some of the best on the market. Recently I saw a few different flavors besides the traditional vanilla ice cream and chocolate chip cookie combo which the brand is best known for. As a peanut butter and chocolate fanatic I fi...Read more -
Global Chocolate & Confectionery Processing Equipment Market Research (2015-2026): In-depth Assessment of the Growth and other Aspects
The global Chocolate & Confectionery Processing Equipment market is valued at xx million US$ in 2020 is expected to reach xx million US$ by the end of 2026, growing at a CAGR of xx% during 2021-2026. (This is our latest offering and this report also analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on Chocolat...Read more -
Low on Chocolate Chips? These Cookies Love a Substitution
Has everyone’s surreptitious chocolate chip consumption gone way up since we’ve all had to stay at home? Or is this phenomenon limited to my particular kitchen? And is it also why, no matter how often I replenish the stock, there’s never quite enough left in the bag whenever I try to bake cookies...Read more -
Milk chocolate, dairy and fatty foods tied to acne in adults
Are you plagued by acne even though you’re way past puberty? A new report might have you avoiding certain foods. The study of more than 24,000 French adults found that sweet and greasy fare — especially milk chocolate, sweetened drinks, dairy products, and sugary or fatty foods —...Read more -
A chocolate-making robot is coming to your kitchen counter
In 2013 serial entrepreneur Nate Saal was at a chocolate tasting in Palo Alto, California, when it dawned on him that chocolate — like coffee, the other beloved “bean” from the equator — is something consumers could be making for themselves at home. On the spot, he hatched the idea th...Read more -
Chocolate milk vs. protein shake: Which is better after a workout?
You’ve made it your mission to get fit, and you’re finally following through on it. You’ve got the time, energy and know-how to work out, but there’s only one problem — you’re spending a fortune on protein powder. Supplements like protein powder are often marke...Read more -
Mexico Chocolate Factory
Simply pass through a huge steam machine making chocolate and you will find yourself on a traditional cocoa plantation in Mexico. The educational and entertaining Chocolate Experience Center, which takes visitors through the process of creating chocolate from plant to completed product, is now op...Read more -
Black Chocolatier Tired of Being Fired Created His Own Chocolate Company & Hired Himself
Getting laid off from a job can be stressful and discouraging, especially when you are a Black man in America dealing with systematic racism. Some people decide to use this time of stress and inequality as an opportunity to create an even better life for themselves and their families by starting ...Read more -
CT Chocolate Trail includes stops in Meriden, Wallingford
MERIDEN â Walking into Thompson Chocolateâs Factory Store, you are immediately hit with the overwhelming smell of chocolate. The store, tucked in a residential section of the city at 80 S. Vine St., is just one of the stops on the Connecticut Office of Tourismâs Chocolate Trail this year. T...Read more -
What I’ve learned from a year at the (chocolate) coalface | Food
It’s been a smidge over a year that I’ve been writing about chocolate and this is what I’ve learned: 1. The chocolate world is full of lovely people, but it can also be bitchier than the world of fashion (in which I worked for more than a decade). I once spent a week visiting chocolatiers and man...Read more -
The Best Chocolate in San Francisco, Past to Present
From miners seeking gold to makers refining beans, our local chocolate has a rich history — plus, where to find the sweetest gifts today If you trek all the way down to Ghirardelli Square, which of course locals rarely do, and get into that long line of tourists, you can smell it — chocolate in t...Read more