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Dagoba organic cacao nibs—full of antioxidants. Dagoba (pronounced duh-GO-buh, meaning “temple of the gods”) was founded in 2001 by “head alchemist” Frederick Schilling. His philosophy states, “You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate.” Metaphysics aside, Dagoba creates some of the finest organic chocolate our tongues have ever encountered—28 dark chocolate and…
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The New York Chocolate Show (ChocolateShow.com) was held this past weekend. This year’s show was better than prior shows for one big reason: For the first time, every chocolatier was giving away free tastes of chocolate. At previous shows, quite a few exhibitors had chocolates to sell, but no freebies to taste. Kudos to the…
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Want your Thanksgiving dinner table to look a bit more special? Looking for party favors for your guests? Or are you the guest, looking for something to bring your hosts? Take a look at our Thanksgiving candy and chocolate selections—they’ll fit every bill. Warning: The Ginger Caramel Sin “spoon candy” is addictive (and goes well…
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Available only through the end of November. Just for the month of November, San Francisco chocolatier Michael Recchiuti has dressed up his best-selling Burnt Caramel chocolate, decorated with a delicate pattern of falling leaves. They’re almost too pretty to eat…but we said almost. Treat yourself, buy some for hostess gifts, use them as table…
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It takes passion, skill and guts to open a bean-to-bar chocolate factory with the goal of nationwide distribution. In this country, aside from large industrial producers, only three artisan companies have done so. The first two were Scharffen Berger, spearheaded by an entrepreneur who had launched and sold a successful Napa Valley winery to the…
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