Award-winning artisan chocolate treasured by many of the world’s leading confectionary shops. Read reviews. Choosing the Kind of Chocolate You Need:How do you choose what kind of chocolate you need?
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2. Guittard's
Baking Chips 
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semi-sweet dark chocolate chips Guittard's cappuccino chips. |
3. Guittard Gourmet Bulk Chocolate Bar 
| Guittard Gourmet Bulk Chocolate Bar |
4. Vanleer's Sugar-Free Molding Chocolate | Vanleer's Sugar-Free Molding Chocolate |
5. Sephra's Fountain Chocolate
| Sephra's Fountain Chocolate |
Where on Earth did chocolate and the chocolate craze come from? Read all about the history of chocolate and where it comes from.
The Guittard Chocolate company has been around for many years and competes with the best of them! We chose Guittard chocolate because of it's fine quality, incredible taste and its work with Fair Trade.
Guittard's owner states: "We work directly with farmers around the world. We are members of the World Cocoa Foundation whose aim is to foster sustainable cocoa farming throughout the world."
"We also work with the Fair Trade folks in regards to raising the quality of cocoa farming techniques. We also purchase Fair Trade cocoa and use it in some of our products, but since we use a blend of cocoa for many of our products, we are not able to use them exclusively."
“We are committed to raising the quality of life for cocoa farmers through out the world and sustainability and inclusion of other rainforest crops is key to achieving this goal. Thanks for your concern and please consider a donation to the World Cocoa Foundation to become directly involved yourself."
Melting - Microwave Guittard's
molding chocolate in 30 second intervals using microwave safe bowls, stirring in-between
to distribute the heat, in order to avoid scorching the chocolate. Keep
chocolate at a constant temperature to produce a smooth professional look.
You can purchase a griddle, or use your stove top and frying pan. Lay
two towels on the pan or griddle before placing the chocolate filled plastic
bowl.
For more tips see our molding tips How-To page.
Shipped
with free cold pack in hot weather to aid against, but not
guarantee against, melting. |
By Cheryl Sandberg
I'm a big fan
of chocolate. Who isn't? Well, who among the people visiting my web site
and learning how to make chocolate isn't? (grin)
Before I started in this line of business, I ate a lot of chocolate. It seems funny now, but I actually don't eat as much chocolate as I did before. Do you think I'm sick of it because I work with it so much? HECK NO! I truly believe the answer is in the quality. At Easter time have you ever eaten those fakey waxy awful Easter eggs and been utterly disappointed? Ever eaten a chocolate from the grocery store and went away feeling a little robbed? Compare that to going to a gourmet chocolate candy store and buying one of their expensive truffles or turtles. Mmmmmm. Satisfying.
It was when I figured that out that I began on a quest to find the BEST chocolate I could find. Guittard's is a fine French chocolate made with only THE best ingredients. I can tell right away if what I am eating isn't Guittard's own. I can even smell the difference. Most people of course won't know what kind of chocolate you are using. They will, of course, know for sure that the taste is either mediocre or excellent. You are giving a gift, the gift of chocolate that almost everyone adores.
Don't skimp on the main ingredient. I wholeheartedly recommend Guittard's chocolate!
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