Chocolate

Chocolate

Any food product produced from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Industry: Candy & confectionary

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ballotin

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A ballotin is a box developed in Belgium with structured compartments designed to prevent the chocolates from crushing each other. Unlike boxes that hold chocolate in ridged paper cups, chocolates in ...

bean

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Also called the grain, the seed of the cacao pod of the Theobroma cacao tree, beans are the source of all chocolate and cocoa. There are generally 20 to 40 flat, almond-shaped beans in a pod, ...

belgian or belgian-style chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Of the three styles of bonbons—Belgian, French and Swiss—Belgian chocolates are characterized by a slightly larger size, a thicker chocolate shell and a heavier and sweeter ganache. Belgian ...

bitter chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Another word for Baker’s chocolate or unsweetened chocolate.

bittersweet chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Sweetened dark chocolate containing at least 35% chocolate liquor, in addition to sugar and cocoa butter. The darkest eating chocolate with the most intense cacao flavor. it can also be used for ...

blended bar

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A chocolate bar made of beans representing any combination of bean varieties, growing regions, and harvest years. The opposite of a blended bar is a single origin bar, where all of the beans come ...

blending

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

The process that takes place with chocolate that is not single bean, e.g. 100% Porcelana—i.e., most chocolate. After roasting and before grinding, the crushed cacao beans are blended in a formula or ...