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  • How to Make Chocolate Sauce with Cocoa Powder

    20th May 2018

    How to Make Chocolate Sauce with Cocoa Powder

    How to make Chocolate Syrup with Cocoa Powder and Churros As a true chocolate lover, I always have chocolate syrup at home because you never know when you will have a bowl of ice cream or…

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  • Try a 4000 Year Old Chocolate Recipe!

    3rd May 2018

    Try a 4000 Year Old Chocolate Recipe!

    The Best Chocolate Dinner Recipe: Mole Poblano Food says much about people and their culture. Flavor, color, and even temperature speak a lot of a culture. Food can be a signific…

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  • Alfajores

    5th Mar 2018

    Alfajores

    Alfajores Alfajores are a really popular treat all over Latin America. You will find them in a lot of bakeries around Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. These soft filled cookies are c…

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  • White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

    3rd Feb 2018

    White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

    White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream There are three kinds of meringues: French meringue, Italian meringue and the famous Swiss meringue. All meringues are delicious and it is worth t…

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  • Chocolate Shape and Perception

    15th Jan 2018

    Chocolate Shape and Perception

    Chocolate shape has an influence on perception of high quality chocolate When was the last time you walked into a chocolate store and picked out the most perfect chocolate? What was it that attrac…

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  • FDA Standard Definition of Chocolate

    16th Sep 2017

    FDA Standard Definition of Chocolate

    Chocolate Definition  Requirements for Specific Standardized Cacao Products We travel around the world to ensure that we are providing genuine cocoa for those who want to produce qualit…

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  • Ganache | Origin | Recipe

    23rd Mar 2017

    Ganache | Origin | Recipe

    Chocolate Ganache Origin and Recipe Ganache is a popular, smooth and thick chocolate paste often used as a frosting on chocolate cake or a filling in chocolate truffles. The story about h…

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  • Why Chocolate on Valentine's Day?

    17th Feb 2017

    Why Chocolate on Valentine's Day?

    Why Chocolate Melts our Hearts on Valentine’s Day Image source: Santa Barbara Chocolate Even without going into the history of the relation of Valentine’s Day and the chocolates, it’s…

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  • Cacao and Cocoa Bean Flavors

    6th Nov 2016

    Cacao and Cocoa Bean Flavors

    120 YEARS OF QUALITY CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS Cacao and Cocoa Bean Flavors Since 1992, Santa Barbara Chocolate has been producing a variety of cocoa and chocolates. For over 120 years, our…

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  • Where Does The Word 'Chocolate' Come From?

    5th Nov 2016

    Where Does The Word 'Chocolate' Come From?

    Do We Know Where The Word 'Chocolate' Comes From? Whenever we hear the word 'chocolate', we instantly start imagining this popular delicacy. Actually, we imagine eating the bars and buying the big…

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  • Czech Chocolate Cake Recipe

    24th Oct 2016

    Czech Chocolate Cake Recipe

    Czech Chocolate Cake Recipe Back in the Czech Republic my family started a  chocolate confiserie and bakery in the mid 1800's.  Many of the recipes we use today in our chocolate compan…

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