CHOCO BLOG

Is Red Velvet Chocolate?
Red velvet is an attractive and impressive cake perfect for a celebration or special occasion. Its rich flavor and sc...

How to Make Chocolate Icing
Have you been dreaming about baking a decadent chocolate cake or fudgy cookies? Pick up TCHO cocoa powder and double ...

A Guide on How to Make Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Chocolate-covered strawberries are striking and romantic confections perfect for Valentine’s Day. While they’re a cl...

Does Chocolate Expire? Everything You Need to Know
Everyone likes getting tasty chocolate confections and vegan chocolate bars as gifts, especially when they’re your fa...

5 Best Chocolates for Valentine’s Day
What is Valentine’s Day without rich, delicious chocolate? It isn’t easy to imagine this holiday without fudgy truffl...

Does Putting Chocolate in the Fridge Ruin It?
When you have delicious vegan chocolate bars at your disposal, you want to savor every fudgy bite. Despite your best ...

3 Vegan Holiday Recipes
With so many tasty vegan substitutes and plant-based ingredients, it’s time to make it the best vegan holiday ever. E...

Tips on How to Keep Chocolate from Melting
Chocolate is delicious in many forms! While you snack on fudgy vegan chocolate bars, you can use flavorful chocolate ...

4 Best Hot Winter Drinks
When it’s chilly outside, there’s nothing more satisfying than hot winter drinks! While they taste delicious, they’ll...

How to Make a Chocolate Pie
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Chocolate pie is a rich and fudgy dessert perfect for any occasion. Everyone wil...

13 Best Chocolate Gifts: A Holiday Gift Guide
Chocolate gifts are always popular during the holidays. They’re undeniably delicious and look so festive wrapped up ...

Cozy Creations: How to Make Hot Chocolate
Everyone loves a toasty beverage this time of year. Hot chocolate is at the top of our list, with a rich and smooth f...

How to Make Peppermint Bark for the Holidays
When it comes to holiday treats, peppermint bark is a crowd-pleaser. It’s a top chocolate gift and makes a fun recipe...

What Are Cacao Nibs?
The cacao tree is a mighty plant. Cacao beans from the Theobroma tree are a source of many important nutrients. They’...

What Is White Chocolate?
There are plenty of reasons to love craft chocolate! You can use it for baking and cooking. It’s also a satisfying tr...

How to Temper Chocolate
Whether you’re savoring the crisp snap of a chocolate truffle or the firm mouthfeel of a chocolate bar, you’re experi...

Plant Based vs. Vegan Chocolates: Understanding the Differences
If you’re a craft chocolate fan and eat a plant-based or vegan diet, get ready to indulge! You don’t have to have to...

12 Best Fall Desserts: The Ultimate Guide
Fall is a season of many flavors! Warm, autumnal spices and fudgy chocolate make the season cozier and comfier. It’s...

Types of Chocolate: All You Need to Know
There are many types of chocolate. Dark chocolate and milk chocolate are some favorites, but that’s just the beginnin...

TCHO Chocolates: Where Can I Buy Them?
Nowadays, there are so many types of chocolate that even vegans can enjoy the tastiest craft chocolate bar. At TCHO, ...

When Was Chocolate Invented?
Many people would agree that chocolate is one of the best inventions ever. So, when was chocolate invented and who co...

Is White Chocolate Vegan?
These days, there are more vegan food options than ever before. You’ll find many of your favorite snacks and treats m...

What Are Chocolate Truffles?
These days, truffles are one of the more popular types of chocolate. What are chocolate truffles and what makes them ...

5 Reasons to Improve Your Halloween Chocolate Selection
It’s almost time to trick-or-treat! Everyone is buying their Halloween chocolate and looking for fun, festive options...

Are Chocolate Chips Vegan?
Chocolate chips are small, versatile chunks of chocolate. These morsels help to perfect delicious treats like cookies...

5 Best Vegan Chocolate Desserts
Delicious vegan chocolate desserts start with quality craft chocolate bars and baking chocolate. If you’re searching ...

What Is Cocoa Butter?
Our tasty dark chocolates and oat milk bars contain a few essential ingredients. Along with organic cacao beans and o...

Dark Chocolate vs. Milk Chocolate: What’s the Difference?
Peruse the chocolate bars in your favorite shop and you’re likely to see two predominant options — dark chocolate an...

6 Unique Chocolate and Cheese Pairings
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With junk food charcuterie boards and dip parties on the rise, we can all...

Does Chocolate Have Caffeine?
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If you get the jitters from a cup of coffee, you may have considered cuttin...

How to Melt Chocolate Chips
Whether you’re making ooey-gooey brownies or want to drizzle an elegant layer of chocolate atop your Sunday morning w...

Is Chocolate Gluten-Free?
TCHO Chocolate is gluten-free and produced in a gluten-free facility in Berkeley, California. However, you should alw...

What Is Baking Chocolate?
Strolling through your local supermarket, you may notice that there are two distinct chocolate sections, one in the b...

Is Chocolate Vegan? The Ultimate Guide to Plant-Based Chocolate
Hooray! In its purest form, chocolate is vegan as it’s derived from a plant. This is why most dark chocolate bars are...

Is Chocolate Good for You? 7 Health Benefits of Eating Chocolate
If you’re trying to eat healthier, chances are chocolate is one of the first things you’ll slash from the meal plan. ...

6 Best Chocolate and Wine Pairings
Ranked as the top food in some parts of the world, chocolate is an undeniable part of the global gastronomic culture....

How Is Chocolate Made?
There’s no denying it: Chocolate is one of the world’s most beloved foods. In fact, nearly 5 million metric tons of ...

TCHO Chocolate Traceability
A Page for the Curious:
Welcome! You made it. Don’t you find the most interesting people are also the most interes...

TCHO Pro Erin
Pastry chef + MacGyver, Erin has made a name for herself in kitchens across the country before staking out her spot i...

TCHO Pro Sam
Sam Butarbutar is the Co-Founder and Culinary Director of Third Culture Bakery. He started Third Culture Bakery in 20...

TCHO Chocolate is Officially a Certified B Corporation
Find out what B Corp means to us and how we were able to achieve it.

TCHO Source Moments 2019
From sourcing, improving quality standards, to building cocoa partnerships...

Sourcing Quality Cacao Beans
In 2008, we installed the first TCHO Flavor Lab, a bean-to-bar lab with the basic equipment needed to turn cacao bean...

Making Ethical Chocolate
While we highly value both delicious flavor and high-quality beans, these attributes wouldn’t be possible without our...

How to Make Chocolate Last Longer
If you’ve already spent your hard-earned dollars on a quality bar, you can ensure you get your money’s worth by stori...

Homebrewing with Cacao Nibs
Enhance your brewing skills & most importantly enjoy a seriously tasty brew.

Theobromine Benefits
Evidence suggests that a little chocolate really does do a body good. Here's what we know.

Chocolate Bloom
Ever opened up a chocolate bar and noticed a whitish dusting or streaking across the surface? We can explain.
