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Gearharts Fine Chocolates Goes for a New Look to Celebrate 25 Years
Over the summer, Charlottesville, Virginia-based artisan chocolatier Gearharts Fine Chocolates unveiled a new packaging design at the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show. The refreshed design features refined typography and cacao blossom-inspired botanical artwork, to celebrate their 25th anniversary...
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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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Kessho Craft Chocolate: The Story Behind Austin’s International Chocolate Sensation
Today I’ll take you on a journey that includes everything from Guava Lime to Salted Plum… from Jasmine Yuzu to Black Sesame Sunflower… and even from a Lamb Skewer bar (no lambs were harmed!) to Lychee Rose. So settle in for a long yet blissful read, as we dive deep into the truly wonderful world of Kesshō Craft Chocolate.
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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...
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Chocolate Tastings: The Joys Of A Local Chocolate Tasting Club
Last month I had the wonderful pleasure of attending a chocolate tasting club here in Phoenix, and let me tell you… I can’t recommend the experience enough. Regardless of where you are on your chocolate connoisseur journey, I will say it unequivocally right now – there is a place for you at chocolate tastings. It will serve you well, put a big smile on your face...
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Kessho Craft Chocolate Gold Award Gift Box
Kesshō co-founder Liang Wang personally curated this selection for Chocolate Connoisseur readers, selecting three chocolate bars, plus the uniquely wonderful Black Sesame Butter Cups as well. The Black Sesame Butter Cups also won the ICA Special Prize for Reinterpretation, “recognizing a familiar form rebuilt in another culture’s language.”
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Kessho Craft Chocolate: The Story Behind Austin’s International Chocolate Sensation
Today I’ll take you on a journey that includes everything from Guava Lime to Salted Plum… from Jasmine Yuzu to Black Sesame Sunflower… and even from a Lamb Skewer bar (no lambs were harmed!) to Lychee Rose. So settle in for a long yet blissful read, as we dive deep into the truly wonderful world of Kesshō Craft Chocolate.
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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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