A Golden Accident: The Story Of Blonde Chocolate

For more than 80 years, you could purchase only three types of chocolate bars: dark chocolate (launched in 1847), milk chocolate (debuted in 1875), and white chocolate (arrived in 1930). Few people realize that in 2012, a fourth chocolate joined the group. Valrhona introduced blonde chocolate (which it trademarked under the name Dulcey®), discovered in…
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How To Store Fine Chocolate In The Summer

[1] To’Ak chocolate made from Ecuador’s Ancient Nacional cacao, one of the world’s finest (all photos © To’Ak). About To’Ak chocolate. Elsewhere on The Nibble: > The history of chocolate. > The different types of chocolate: a photo glossary. > The year’s 69 chocolate holidays. > Pairing wine with chocolate.     FINE CHOCOLATE, HOT…
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The Best Dubai Chocolate & History Of Dubai Chocolate

  By now, the global Dubai chocolate craze that began in 2023 has resulted in many copycats of the original layered chocolate bar, plus a porting of the flavors to brownies, cakes, cheesecakes, cookies, croissants, iced coffee, pancakes, pistachio butter cups, and dozens more (see the ††footnote). There are even Dubai chocolate beers! The marvelous…
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