
Chocolate | Definition, History, Types, Production, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 22, 2025 · Chocolate, food product made from cocoa beans, consumed as candy and used to make beverages and to flavor or coat various confections and bakery products. Sweet chocolate is made …
Chocolate - Wikipedia
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree …
Guide to Chocolate | Whole Foods Market
Learn about common types of chocolate, like milk, dark, bittersweet and more, plus get must-try chocolate recipes.
13 Different Types of Chocolate—Everything to Know - Parade
Aug 21, 2025 · We talked to legendary French pastry chef and chocolatier Jacques Torres to find out all you need to know about 13 different types of chocolate.
The World’s Sweet Tooth: A Brief History of Chocolate
Jul 16, 2025 · Yet the sweet chocolate bars we know and love today are surprisingly new, historically speaking. Once used as a currency, and drunk as a savoury drink, the cocoa beans that form the …
Chocolate Science | MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science
Learn about the composition, production process, and scientific aspects behind chocolate that yield its unique flavors & textures.
Chocolate: Facts, History, and Factory Tour - Exploratorium
We'll examine the fascinating -- and often misreported -- history of chocolate, follow the chocolate-making process, and take an online visit to a chocolate factory.
17 Types of Chocolate: Buying Guide - Life Extension
Which types of chocolate are the healthiest? Our registered dietitian compares the nutritional and taste profiles of 17 chocolate varieties.
History of Chocolate: Cocoa Beans & Xocolatl | HISTORY
Dec 14, 2017 · Chocolate is made from the fruit of cacao trees, which are native to Central and South America. The fruits are called pods and each pod contains around 40 cacao beans. The beans are …
How to make hot chocolate the right way - Bergen Record
4 days ago · "The chocolate-houses are his undoing." So Macheath, king of the underworld, is described by one of the characters in John Gay's 1728 hit play "The Beggar's Opera." Not gin. Not whiskey. Hot ...