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White chocolate lovers, where are you? 😂

White chocolate lovers, where are you? 😂

I literally buy this just for the white ones 😂
My ranking: white > dark > gold.
I seriously wish they sold a whole box of just the white ones.

u/Life_Explanation8268 — 22 hours ago

Hot chocolate with raw cocoa and dry flowers 🌸

How do you like to enjoy yours best?

I love to add salt, cinnamon, vanilla and ghee. Sometimes chili 🤤😋

u/RadiantSoulGoddess — 18 hours ago
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Dark Chocolate Brown Butter Cookies

gf made these for me, posted it in cookies and someone said i should post it here, i hope you guys enjoy!

Dark chocolate taste award!

This is a Lithuanian brand and it is fantastic!

It tastes great, has a fair price, uses only undutched cocoa and is low in heavy metals!

It's a 10 for me!

u/ionut_squam_24 — 1 day ago

Foil wrapped chocolate shaped like ladybugs is it cute chocolate or more?

Hello, I avoid clear gift boxes of foil chocolates because I assumed they were just cheap or too hard to eat.

I wrote up a quick hot take on a new community I am building dedicated to first-time experiences - https://www.reddit.com/r/FirstTimeReviews/ but I also wanted to share and promote the photos on this chocolate community to see what chocolate experts think about the ladybugs.

u/CrimsonWombat2030 — 24 hours ago

Best commonly available dark chocolate bar?

My current favorite is "Hu Kitchen" Salty dark chocolate. This is my go-to bar. Things I like about it:

  • it is fair trade
  • organic
  • simple ingredients
  • reasonably affordable
  • widely available in my area
  • great "snap"
  • good, smooth texture
  • delicious

Anyone else love this chocolate? What other great chocolate bars am I missing out on?

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u/acrobaticOccasion — 1 day ago

Making "Vivino for chocolate", 2100+ bars in. I need help!

I'm a certified (IICCT) chocolate taster, I love cacao and chocolate and I'm hoping to get more people exploring and discovering better chocolate. Which is why I'm making a Vivino for chocolate bars.

It's going pretty well, Chof now has 2,100+ bars from almost 350 makers. I'm really proud of this. You can search or scan a bar and see things like the maker, cacao origin, ingredients, flavour information and ratings, and keep track of what you've tasted.

But it's also quite a difficult phase. The database has grown fast, faster than the amount of tasting data and feedback around it, from actual users. We need users to rate bars, add tasting notes to bars, adding new bars, etc.

That's why I'm hoping that people here that are also as interested in chocolate as I am could help by giving their input on what they'd like to see. And by downloading Chof, using the app, and giving me input on what they miss.

Chof is on iOS and now also (finally) on Android, you can find it by searching in those stores. Thanks a lot already.

u/KitchenSouth — 1 day ago
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Double Chocolate Cake

Rich & Moist Double Chocolate Layer Cake with velvety ganache frosting. AKA the chocolate skyscraper!
For the Cake:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder Dutch-processed preferred
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup brewed coffee cooled
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup sour cream

For the Ganache:

  • 4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions are all here : https://tessiestable.com/double-chocolate-cake/

u/TessiesTable — 2 days ago

I hate that only iced cofee and matcha are so popular rn, so I started making iced chocolate latte

Let me know what you think! Would you try it?

Edit: if it can be called iced matcha latte without coffee, I can call it iced chocolate latte. I don't know why, but chocolate milk and milkshakes sound a bit childish to me.

u/Live-Concentrate1895 — 3 days ago

Sloppy wrappers

Has anyone else noticed that they've started wrapping these more sloppily, I used to like being careful while unwrapping my chocolate but cadbury has changed :/

u/weirdo_305 — 1 day ago

Looking for good chocolate brands available in the U.S.

I live on the West Coast of the U.S., and I feel like the problem with asking this question is that everyone has such different preferences when it comes to chocolate.

The brands I already know of are:

  • Lindt
  • Godiva
  • Leonidas
  • Milka

I've also heard of Valrhona and Callebaut, but haven't tried either.

I'm wondering if some of these brands are significantly better in Europe than what we get here in the U.S.?

What are your favorite high-quality chocolate brands that are actually available in the U.S.? I'm especially interested in brands that are a step above the typical grocery-store chocolate.

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u/Swe_labs_nsx — 3 days ago

Restocked

Currently one of my favorite milk chocolate bars , I'm particularly picky when it comes to chocolate and this one is absolutely fantastic among mouthful, bite , and actual cacao flavor.

u/GoodPyroar — 2 days ago

New warming hot plate arrived but maximum temp is 43C /110F. Is that high enough for initial "de tempering"?

I have been looking for a dedicated machine to temper chocolate. All the ones listed as tempering machines have analog temperature controls that are reviewed as being both inaccurate and unstable.

I found a "hot plate" designed for dough starter warmer, but it maxes out at 110F. It does have a digital display and single digit F temperature settings.

I am testing it at the moment to see what the maximum contents will measure once melted. In prior batches I use Sous Vide to sucessfully produce silk and a yogurt make to keep the chocolate at 45C for an hour or so before reducing the temperature to 32C and adding the silk. Both devices are messy and are water jacket based. Sous Vide is fine for making silk as I have a commercial grade chamber vacuum sealer but Ideally a single heating device that can accurately maintain 45C then drop down to 32C or whatever temp is best for coating Keto coconut bars.

In addition, any suggestions for the percentage of cocoa butter to add to make the chocolate viscous enough for a thin, tempered coating.

I never knew chocolate was such a complex and fascinating product!

Bob

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u/Bob_AZ — 2 days ago

Best things with chocolate to buy in UK?

My friend is going on holiday in the UK and asked what to bring me. I love chocolate and would love to try some good things that you can only get there. So chocolate bars, but also just cookies or anything with chocolate. Would love to get some tips!

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u/Boylikesdogs — 4 days ago

CO-OP Choco For Change : 45% Dark Milk

An own brand choco from Co-op in the UK that pledges to treat it's cocoa manufacturer's correctly. Honestly this is great but not super cheap, paid £2.75 for a bar but I'd say it's worth it!

It's cheaper than lindt and tbh I'd say it's very similar in taste if not near identical. Strong dark cocoa taste with a sweet milky choco finish, they do alot of other varieties which I'll be checking out for sure, would recommend especially if on special.

It's defo different to lindt in that its softer in the mouth and melts super easily, has a much stronger dark cocoa flavor that comes through that I really like. I'm munching as I type but yeah it's good man. Yummers.

Edit : can't say I'm a fan of the packaging, just abit much on the eyes. Back to the drawing board I think.

u/Various_Artistss — 2 days ago
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Brits in the US, what chocolate or sweets do you miss the most?

I'm originally from York but have lived in North Carolina since 2017. I've always enjoyed it when friends and family come over from the UK and bring a supply of British chocolate with them. Twirls are probably my favourite, although I'm also very partial to a Double Decker.

Recently I decided to have a go at creating my own online British sweet shop. There are already plenty of places importing British products into the US, but I've always found the experience of actually shopping for them online a bit... dull. I thought it would be fun to try something a little different.

I'm still in the very early stages and figuring out what to stock, so I thought this might be the perfect place to ask:

For those of you living in the US, what British chocolate or sweets do you miss the most?

Not necessarily the obvious stuff either. I'd particularly love to hear about things you struggle to find over here.

I've put up a little coming-soon page for what I'm building if anyone's curious: farthingandco.com

But more importantly, what would you put in your first box?

u/frances_farmer — 4 days ago