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6 Simple Chocolate Recipes to Make for a Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend

Valentine’s Day may have passed, but some of you are celebrating this weekend, and that means couples everywhere are still hunting for the perfect ...

How Chocolate Became the Culinary Staple of Valentine's Day

These days, chocolate and Valentine’s Day go together like trees and Christmas. This relationship is so ingrained in our culture that Americans spe...

7 Football-Themed Chocolate Recipes to Delight Your Superbowl Party

If you’re hosting or attending a Super Bowl party this weekend, volunteer to make the dessert! These seven chocolatey recipes are so good, you mig...

4 Tips that Make Environmentally Conscious Food Shopping Easy

Americans are becoming more and more aware of the ways our food choices can harm or hurt the environment. But “caring” and “being able to do someth...

6 of the Best Destinations for Chocolate Tourism

If you’re a chocolate lover and a world traveler, then the world is your oyster. Or, more accurately, the world is your chocolate bar. That’s beca...

5 Chocolate Recipes that Will Put Your Baking Skills to the Test

Feeling bored in the kitchen? Have your baking skills hit a plateau? Tired of making plain ‘ol chocolate chip cookies every time you turn on the ov...

6 Simple Chocolate Recipes for Newbie Bakers

Chocolate has a reputation for being difficult to work with, and it often lives up to that hype. Because it’s sensitive to moisture and heat, choco...

Is White Chocolate Actually Chocolate?

It’s a question that can stump even your most intellectual friends: Is white chocolate really chocolate? Given that the term “white chocolate” lit...

6 Delectable Sweet-and-Salty Recipes

There’s a reason people love the combination of sweet and salty flavors: Research suggests sweet taste receptors on our tongues are activated by th...

What Cocoa Percentage Tells You (and Doesn't Tell You) About Chocolate

Cocoa Percentage offers you some interesting information about a chocolate, but not the full story…. What Cocoa Percentage Tells You The percent...

Make Your Chocolate Last Longer with These Storage Tips

So you’ve purchased a bar of delicious chocolate (or several) and you aren’t able to finish it all in one sitting. You might be inclined to toss th...

Semisweet, Bitter, Bittersweet, Milk: Your Guide to Different Baking Chocolates

Sometimes the baking aisle seems more like an impenetrable wilderness than a helpful display of options. There are so many different kinds of choco...