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CHOCOLATE CONNOISSEUR JOURNAL
Chocolate. Culture. Craft.
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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...
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
CHOCOLATE CONNOISSEUR JOURNAL: ALL POSTS
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 Acai Power Smoothie Recipe
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” If you’re fighting to stick to a New Year’s resolution, or to reboot one as February turns the first page of a new decade, then this issue’s recipe will deliver an unbelievably delicious and energizing boost to your efforts, with the added bonus of your favorite chocolate included as well!
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5 Questions For Your Chocolate Maker
The chocolate bar section of your local grocery, special store, or retail shop is already a crowded space, and growing increasingly more so. There are new bean-to-bar brands popping up daily, new products incorporating chocolate coming out all the time, and new packaging and product selection makes distinguishing quality chocolate more and more difficult…
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Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
Klara’s Coconut Macaroons were one of 109 Finalists selected by a national panel of specialty food professionals from 2,025 entries across 30 Awards categories. Although it was the original coconut macaroons that received the honor, here at Chocolate Connoisseur we’re a little more obsessed with…
Read MoreFarewell to Mott Green
I’d like to take a moment here in honor of the amazing chocolate maker Mott Green, who tragically left us back in early June. Mott was accidentally electrocuted while…
Read MoreHow To Make Your Own Chocolate Covered Strawberries
This is the second from Chicago chocolatier Amy Peterson, more easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, including the trick for making Tuxedo Strawberries for a wedding or other formal occasion…
Read MoreCreate Your Own Chocolate Butterflies
Straight from the digital pages of Chocolate Connoisseur Magazine, this is the first in a series of How-To videos from chocolatier Amy Peterson. Here she gives you easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for making your own chocolate butterflies…
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