Marjory shares more about her chocolate-making process: “I'm a self-taught chocolate maker and did a lot of reading on John Nanci's website when I was first starting out, so the length of the first roast of a new bean is dependent on what I smell. I normally try to let everything cool overnight s... View Post

Mark Merritt began experimenting with making chocolate in 2013. Through much research, he taught himself how to make chocolate and bought the (small-scale) equipment: a winnower, melanger, and later, a tempering machine. Being the owner of a successful machine shop, he set up his miniature choco... View Post

Is Chocolate Vegan? Thanks to its rich, sweet taste, chocolate is one of the most popular treats in the world. If you adhere to a strict diet due to health or dietary needs, you may wonder how to find chocolate vegan options or vegetarian chocolate. Vegan chocolate has grown in popularity as more... View Post

To Ben and Becca Snyder, chocolate is a special experience that should brighten the day of whomever it comes across. Hence, they started Lumineux Chocolate for that exact purpose – to brighten the day of the customer through the transformative power of chocolate. Their careers began in the resta... View Post

What Is the History of Chocolate? Have you ever wondered about the history of chocolate? Where did chocolate come from? Who was the inventor of chocolate? Chocolate history goes back several millennia, but it wasn’t until the 1800s that the edible chocolate treat we know and love today was create... View Post

What Is White Chocolate For years, there has been an ongoing debate—is white chocolate really chocolate? White chocolate was labeled a confection rather than chocolate because it doesn’t contain cocoa solids, the part of the cocoa bean that gives dark and milk chocolate its color and flavor. But ... View Post