CHOCOLATE CONNOISSEUR JOURNAL
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Chocolate News
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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...
