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  • 3rd Sep 2022

    Lost In Spain

    Lost In Spain One of the best parts of my job is the adventure of getting from one chocolate supplier location to another.  Many of the chocolatiers I visit are not located near airports or rai…

    Published by Chocolatier Jason Vishnefske

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  • Pure Cacao Paleo Chocolate

    3rd Sep 2022

    Pure Cacao Paleo Chocolate

    Pure Cacao Paleo Chocolate Diet Todd Peltzer, our General Manager and in-house fitness guru, has got us all on a Paleo diet.  For breakfast we take fresh pomegranate pearls and mix with a healt…

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  • Conching Chocolate

    3rd Sep 2022

    Conching Chocolate

    Conching Chocolate Some of our chocolates we make ourselves ( How Chocolate is Made) while others we contract to other production facilities that have particular equipment we'd like to use…

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  • 3rd Sep 2022

    Pastry Kitty

    Pastry Kitty and Chocolate Some wise words from Pastry Kitty over at Santa Barbara Chocolate Company...…

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  • What to Use Cocoa Beans For, and Why?

    3rd Sep 2022

    What to Use Cocoa Beans For, and Why?

    What are Cocoa Beans? Cocoa beans straight from the rainforest are raw, tasty, and thriving with nutrients. Imagine what the famous heirloom cacao tastes like, as pure as it gets, and you'll have…

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  • 3rd Sep 2022

    Santa Barbara Gifts and Gift Baskets

    Santa Barbara California and Chocolate Gifts A breezy good time in Santa Barbara - a quick little shopping spree and off we go. Home to make fudge brownies and chocolate truffles for the f…

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  • Google's 18th Birthday and AI

    3rd Sep 2022

    Google's 18th Birthday and AI

    Google's 18th Birthday and AI Artificial Intelligence Knows Your Chocolate Desires As any chocoholic will gladly attest, the taste of chocolate is among the finer things in life. Some…

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  • French Chocolate Truffle Recipe

    3rd Sep 2022

    French Chocolate Truffle Recipe

    French Chocolate Truffle Recipe French Chocolate Truffles are traditional dark chocolate truffles, hand rolled in cocoa powder or nut powder to mimic the look of the truffle mushroom (an exot…

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  • 3rd Sep 2022

    Exporting California Chocolates to the World

    Santa Barbara Chocolate: Exporting California to the World. PRESS RELEASE SEP 10, 2016 To experience the taste of high quality handmade chocolates, the best bet is the California Chocolate N…

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  • 3rd Sep 2022

    Chocolate Blends and Ethical Trade Chocolate

    Ethical Trade Chocolate Blends A lot of our chocolates are blends of cocoa beans coming from different sources and different brokers.  We opt for ethical trade cacao and some of the…

    Published by Chocolatier Jason Vishnefske

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