Author: Eric Battersby

January 2017 Issue Preview

From our exclusive In Focus interview with Hadara Slok at Rawclates, to our expose’ on child labor in this month’s Ethical Bean article (titled “Big Chocolate’s Ugly Secret”), the January 2017 issue is one you do not want to miss!

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On the Chocolate Regular: Holiday Chocolates Preview

This month is actually a bit unusual for this column, which would be fine except that it’s our first new issue, so you have no idea what the “usual” ON THE CHOCOLATE REGULAR looks like! Normally you’ll see an in-depth look at one chocolate maker or chocolatier whose chocolate you can, more often than not, find locally…

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Chocolate Brownies Like You’ve Never Tasted…

One of the benefits of running Chocolate Connoisseur – okay, the absolutely best benefit of running Chocolate Connoisseur – is receiving samples in the mail. Last month, however, we received the sample to end all samples – two giant packs of chocolate brownies and a few bonus brownies-on-a-stick (think extreme cake pops) included for good measure. It was, most certainly, one of those “thank god I’m a chocolate connoisseur” moments…

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