Many Different Types of Chocolate are Yours to Enjoy

Indulge

Learn

Have Fun

Shop

Celebrate

Keep in Touch

There are Lots of Different Types of Chocolate to Enjoy!

stack of white,dark and milk chocolate bars There are so many different types of chocolate and more being added all the time. Sometimes its hard to keep up with all the varieties. Here is a handy guide to help you on your chocolate adventure.

Where Does Chocolate Come From

Before we look at the different types of chocolate, let's start with the basics. Chocolate does grow on trees - Theobroma Cacao to be scientific - in the tropical climates of Africa, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Asia. After the harvesting, fermenting, roasting and processing of the cocoa beans we are left with cocoa liquor and cocoa butter which is mixed together with milk, sugar and other emulsifying agents. This combination makes up the percentage that you see on many labels of chocolate bars. The higher the cocoa percent, the less sugar it has and the more intense is the flavor.

Check out this page for a more detailed look at how chocolate is made. There is a great video there for you to enjoy also.

Dark Chocolate

Also called "bittersweet chocolate", it must contain a minimum of 34 percent cacao solids. The higher the percentage the more intense the flavor is. This is the type which we hear all about the health benefits of chocolate.

Dark Chocolate Traveler
Named "The Traveler" because of the exotic ingredients it has collected from around the globe. Chocolate from the Equatorial belt, ginger inspired from Asia, red currents from the New World and of course a mixture of roasted nuts that will inspire new adventures. 8oz.

Milk Chocolate

This is a creamy sweet chocolate that has extra cocoa butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla.

Prestige Milk Chocolate 10 Pound Block
Prestige Milk Chocolate is the same chocolate used in our fine confections. When you're not baking with it, it's a great chocolate to eat all by itself. Choclatique's Prestige Milk Chocolate is milk chocolate reinvented. It is made with liquid, not powdered milk, giving the chocolate a refreshing dairy flavor. It has an increased amount of cacao liquor and less sugar. Careful conching gives it the snap and velvety texture of our Private Reserve Dark Chocolate and the silky texture and coffee-caramel-creaminess of the great milk chocolates. There is a slight bitter-sweetness that pulls one back from the edge of too-sweet. You will immediately notice a mild, rich, milk chocolate flavor with light butterscotch accents, fresh dairy notes and just a slight hint of rain forest spices.

White Chocolate

Because white chocolate consists of the cocoa butter without the cocoa so it is not technically considered chocolate. It also usually contains sugar, milk, and other flavorings. Beware of cheap imitations that substitute vegetable oil for cocoa butter are often referred to as vanilla chips.

Snowy White Chocolate 5 Pound Block
Choclatique's Snowy-White Chocolate is made from 100% cocoa butter (not vegetable shortenings), fresh creamery milk, Hawaiian cane sugar and real vanilla. It has no chocolate liquor, hence the white or creamy color. Some mistakenly say, "It is not chocolate at all" because it doesn't contain chocolate liquor, but it is primarily cocoa butter--one of the two ingredients extracted from the cacao nibs. Our white chocolate has a snowy white color with fresh, clean, milk notes. It has a sweet yet subtle chocolate flavor with a touch of Tahitian vanilla... like no other white chocolate you've ever tasted.

German Chocolate

This is actually a brand of chocolate! And it has nothing to do with Germany! German Sweet Chocolate was formulated in the mid 1800's by S. German. This form of chocolate is sweeter and richer than semi-sweet chocolate, and is a special blend of chocolate, sugar and cocoa butter. This is the origin of the delicious German Chocolate Cake which we enjoy today.

Unsweetened Chocolate

Also know as "Baking Chocolate", this is the chocolate liquor that has been cooled and hardened. Chocolate liquor is not alcoholic, but is only the liquid that is pressed from the cocoa bean. It is chocolate in its most basic form.

Cocoa

Cocoa is the chocolate liquor with the cocoa butter having been removed, creating a fine bitter tasting powder. Technically, "chocolate" must contain both the chocolate liquor and the cocoa butter. If the cocoa butter has been removed and replaced with vegetable oil the result is, by definition, not chocolate, but we don't mind about the technicalities. This is the chocolate that we use in the creation of some great chocolate recipes and most importantly in the wonderful and satisfying cups of hot cocoa that we grew up with.

GAIA Organic Cocoa Powder
Our Fair-Trade certified GAIA Organic Cocoa Powder is a traditional, unsweetened cocoa powder that's perfect for baking. To use as hot cocoa, just add sugar to taste!

Dutch Process Cocoa

A special process used to neutralize the natural acids in cocoa powder. It has a much different taste then regular cocoa powder.

Confectioner's Chocolate

Also called "decorator's chocolate", it is not really chocolate but is instead chocolate flavored candy. It is usually used as a substitute to dip fruit.

As you can see, there is a wide variety of different types of chocolate. The best way to know what your favorite is - test them of course!

leave different types of chocolate