Chocolate

Chocolate

Any food product produced from cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Industry: Candy & confectionary

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chocolates

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A distinction is made between chocolate, the general food product made from cacao beans, and chocolates, which refers to confections made from chocolate: bonbons, pralines, truffles, etc. While ...

A liquid form of chocolate, chocolate syrup is a beverage mixer, a sweet topping and a cooking and baking ingredient. Made in dark and white chocolate, syrups are commonly used to make chocolate milk ...

chocolatier

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

This word has three definitions. First, it signifies a candy maker who specializes in the creation of fine chocolate confections using artisanal techniques. It also refers to the shop of that ...

chuao

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A single origin growing area in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, producing some of the finest beans beans in the world. While much of the crop is Criollo, only the upper part of the Chuao plantation ...

cocoa beans

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Cocoa is a misspelling of cacao that appeared on a ship’s manifest in the 18th century and led to the replacement of the original word with the erroneous one. The “beans” are the seeds from the pod, ...

cocoa

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

(1) Cocoa is a hot beverage made from cocoa powder, generally served sweetened. It is the evolution of the original chocolate, which was a spiced, cold drink of the Maya and Aztecs (and still made by ...

cocoa belt

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

The band 20° north and south of the Equator where the Theobroma cacao tree grows. From its origins in Brazil and Central America, it now grows in Ghana, the Cote d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Grenada, Java, ...