PRODUCT: Custom Chocolate Bars For Easter

Choccreate custom chocolate bars are such a fun choice for Easter gifts – you get your choice of dark, milk or white chocolate, toppings and an Easter bunny or two. The toppings make all the difference in your creation of a unique—and inexpensive—Easter gift. Start with an Easter theme: scatter your bar with candy bunnies,…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Gourmet Chocolates

Just in time for Easter and Mother’s Day, we have seven artisan chocolatiers for you to meet. Producing gourmet chocolates by hand, these dedicated artists make their chocolate into literal eye candy, as each creates distinctive looks and shapes for their bonbons. Filled with creamy chocolate ganache in many flavors—plus some salted caramels—these chocolates will…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Snack On Baking Chocolate Discs

Photo courtesy Antoine Amrani.   The fine chocolate discs used for baking and making chocolates can also be used for snacking. Also called baking wafers or couverture wafers, the discs, which are made by premium chocolate producers, come in one-pound boxes (and larger sizes for professionals). Guittard, for example, offers: 38% cacao (dark milk chocolate)…
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TIP OF THE DAY: A Savory Chocolate Garnish

Our friends at Chocolates El Rey tweeted an idea that may sound odd, but actually is a tasty touch: Grate bittersweet chocolate over red sauces: barbecue and pasta dishes, for example (hold the grated cheese). Beyond grating, chocolate provides richness in savory recipes: chocolate with meat and chocolate with chicken, for example. Savory chocolate dishes…
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