Category: chocolate

Hot Chocolate, 2 Ways

When winter’s cold hits hard, there’s nothing quite like a warm cup of hot chocolate. Sweet, rich, and milky, it’s a favorite of kids and grown-ups alike. The drink, however, is rooted in ancient Mayan traditions. With its light-hearted sweetness, modern-day hot chocolate bears little resemblance to the original version, which was a dark, bitter…


Does Cocoa Powder Cause Acne?

Is the link between chocolate and acne due to the sugar, the milk, or the cocoa in chocolate? Researchers put white chocolate, dark chocolate, baking chocolate, and cocoa powder to the test to find out. A century ago, “diet was commonly used as [part of the] treatment for acne. During the 1960s, however, the diet-acne…


Would You Eat Bugs?

Many of the world’s most powerful people and institutions want us to eat the bugs (bite the beetle, chew the cricket, nosh on the night crawler, and so on and so forth.) But will the American people get with the programming? An employee of the factory “L’Atelier a pates” (“The pasta shop”) empties a basket…


Visit Kauai to Tour, Taste Through One of America’s Only Working Chocolate Farms

By Jessica Yadegaran From The Mercury News Kapa’a–In a quiet clearing on the lush, tropical fruit and chocolate plantation of Lydgate Farms, we take our first bite of tangy, mucilaginous cacao fruit. The creamy white pulp could have become an epic sour candy flavor had it not been overshadowed two millennia ago by its seed:…


Cost of Candy Soars by Record 13.1 Percent Before Halloween

Candy prices in the United States are soaring right before Halloween due to rising inflation. American consumers are expected to spend a record $10.14 billion on Halloween this year, up from $8.05 billion in 2021, according to the National Retail Federation. Trick-or-treating and Halloween parties are making a comeback after the pandemic curtailed such festivities….


Avocado Dark Chocolate Mousse (Recipe + Video)

By Sara Lynn This dark chocolate avocado mousse is a dessert not to be missed. Prepared with avocado as a healthy base and dark chocolate, cocoa powder, agave syrup, and vanilla extract, it is creamy, rich, and smooth. For those with dietary concerns, this is completely gluten-free and dairy-free. De-stress with this light dessert and enjoy the fantastic…


Australia’s Iconic Confectionary Darryl Lea to Expand in US and UK

Iconic Australian confectionery brand Darrell Lea, invented nearly a century ago in a small factory under the arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is now working with Australia’s leading trade agency to expand its sales and product range beyond liquorice. The business is refreshing itself for the next century, having acquired and relaunched the Life…


Australia’s Iconic Confectionery Darrell Lea to Expand in US and UK

Iconic Australian confectionery brand Darrell Lea, invented nearly a century ago in a small factory under the arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is now working with Australia’s leading trade agency to expand its sales and product range beyond liquorice. The business is refreshing itself for the next century, having acquired and relaunched the Life…


Recall Covers Two Flavours of That’s It Dark Chocolate Truffles

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for two kinds of That’s it. brand dark chocolate truffles because they may contain milk which is not declared on the label. The affected products distributed by UNFI Canada Inc. include That’s it. Dark Chocolate Fig Truffles and That’s it. Dark Chocolate Date Truffles. Both were…


Multiple Crave Stevia Brand Chocolate Products Recalled Over Undeclared Milk

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several Crave Stevia brand All Natural chocolate products because it may contain milk which is not declared on the label. The recall covers Crave Stevia Almond All Natural Chocolate, Dark All Natural Chocolate, Mint All Natural Chocolate, Sea Salt All Natural Chocolate and Sprinkles All…