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2026 Good Food Awards – Goodnow Farms, KESSHO, and More Join Chocolate Winners
2026 Good Food Awards – Goodnow Farms, KESSHŌ, and More Join Chocolate Winners It’s part two...
Chocolate Cocktails
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How To Make a S’mores Martini
S'mores Martini, yep! Straight from the pages of Chocolate Connoisseur, here's a delicious recipe for a S'mores Martini. Chocolate, marshmallow, and graham cracker -- enjoy this S'mores cocktail!
In Focus
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Amano Chocolate: In Focus
In Focus Features return, and this time you'll travel from New Mexico to Hawaii... from Washington to Madagascar... from Papa New Guinea to Peru, as you join Art Amano of Amano Chocolate on...
The Ethical Bean
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Big Chocolate’s Ugly Secret
In Ghana and the Ivory Coast, roughly 2.6 million children work in the cocoa fields, and nearly all of the children, over 2 million, work as child laborers. Almost every single one of these children work in hazardous conditions as well...
Chocolate Recipes
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DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
If you’re looking for a silver lining in the stay-at-home situation so many of us currently face, how about a delicious, chocolatey one instead?! For the first time ever, a favorite on-the-road treat is...
Chocolate One-on-One
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Pascati Chocolate – Chocolate One-on-One with Victoria Cooksey
Victoria Cooksey returns with her first interview of the new decade, this time introducing you to India's first certified USDA organic chocolate maker, Pascati Chocolate. Victoria interviews...
The Healthy Bean
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Stevia, A Natural Sweetener?
Dive deep into the alternative, "natural(?)" sweetener known as stevia, a boon to sugar-sensitive individuals, even in the chocolate world, thanks to companies like Lily's Sweets and Coco Polo. Learn where it comes from, how the FDA appears to have hurt, not helped, its natural status, and much more...
The Healthy Bean
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2026 Good Food Awards – Goodnow Farms, KESSHO, and More Join Chocolate Winners
2026 Good Food Awards – Goodnow Farms, KESSHŌ, and More Join Chocolate Winners It’s part two...
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Askinosie, Bixby, and Fruition Among Chocolate Award Winners at 2026 Good Food Awards
Askinosie, Bixby, and Fruition Among Chocolate Award Winners at 2026 Good Food Awards Welcome to...
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Editor’s Corner: June 2026
Hopefully this issue’s Editor’s Corner brings you a little inspiration, as Eric touches on the difficult road ahead in the short term for some of the chocolate world. but also focuses on the positive work we’ll be doing to help… and how you can join in the fight us as well.
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Cacao Prices Have Been Falling. Chocolate Prices? Not So Much…
Cacao prices just can’t stay out of the news. At first glance, you might think the numbers...
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Introducing Cocoamind… Cacao as a Nutraceutical?
For better or worse, it looks like cacao as a nutraceutical is on its way into products, courtesy of French plant-chemistry company Groupe Berkem’s latest effort: cocoamind. Berkem’s…
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Hershey Honors Christian Pulisic with Hometown Tribute Bar
The Hershey Company announced a limited-edition Christian Pulisic chocolate bar this week, timed...
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How To Make a S’mores Martini
S’mores Martini, yep! Straight from the pages of Chocolate Connoisseur, here’s a delicious recipe for a S’mores Martini. Chocolate, marshmallow, and graham cracker — enjoy this S’mores cocktail!
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How To Make a Bomb Pop Martini
Summer. Is there a more lovable season? We all need the sun to survive (just like chocolate, right?), and in no other season can we soak up that pure energy than during the bright, vibrant, upbeat days of summer…
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Chocolate Connoisseur Profile: Billy Crafton
A new category emerges. Although we’ve done many, many IN FOCUS articles over the years here at Chocolate Connoisseur Magazine, one thing we’ve yet to do previously is highlight…
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White Chocolate Candy Cane Martini
No need to pass through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, or even traverse the sea of swirly, twirly gum drop in order to enjoy this delectable holiday-themed martini. You do, however, need Peppermint…
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Amano Chocolate Four Bar Collection
& Present Amano Chocolate Four Bar Collection THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED. Please click here to...
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Amano Chocolate: In Focus
In Focus Features return, and this time you’ll travel from New Mexico to Hawaii… from Washington to Madagascar… from Papa New Guinea to Peru, as you join Art Amano of Amano Chocolate on…
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