Our blender, like many, gets a bit of a reprieve in the winter. Instead of humming countless times a day, it might secure a morning to sleep in, but it is a rare day that it isn’t fired up at all, ...

Cocoa trees grow within 20 degrees of the equator. There are two types of cocoa: forastero and criollo. Forastero is used for bulk cocoa and milk chocolate. Criollo beans produce the finest and most ...

Q. A chocolate cake recipe called for cacao nibs. What are those? Should I buy them raw or roasted? A. Cacao nibs aren’t new, but they’re a new use for something very old. They’re broken-up chunks of ...

What are cocoa nibs? In brief, they're a cacao bean product worth exploring. True, chocoholics with a serious sweet tooth might give them a hard pass, but home cooks and bakers who adore the bitter ...

It is a rare day our blender isn’t fired up at all, thanks to our favorite chocolate milkshake. I’ve heard that success is all in a name, so although our creation is more of a smoothie (it doesn’t ...