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Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring in other foods. The cacao tree has been used as a source of food for at least 5,300 years, starting with the Mayo-Chinchipe culture in what is present-day Ecuador.
It is typically prepared in unsweetened, [5] bittersweet, [3] semisweet [6] and sweet varieties, [7] depending on the amount of added sugar. Recipes that include unsweetened baking chocolate typically use a significant amount of sugar. [7]
Dark chocolate containing 70% cocoa. Dark chocolate is a form of chocolate made of cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. Dark chocolate without added sweetener is known as bitter chocolate, unsweetened chocolate, plain chocolate, or 100% chocolate.
Milk chocolate is a form of solid chocolate containing cocoa, sugar and milk.It is the most consumed type of chocolate, and is used in a wide diversity of bars, tablets and other confectionery products.
White chocolate is a form of chocolate made of cocoa butter, sugar and milk.Unlike milk and dark chocolate, it does not contain cocoa solids, which darken the chocolate.White chocolate has an ivory color, and can smell of biscuit, vanilla or caramel, although it can also easily pick up smells from the environment and become rancid with its relatively short shelf life.
A four-layer Black Forest gateau. Popular variants on chocolate cake include: Chocolate layer cake – Cake made from stacked layers of cake held together by filling; Black Forest gateau – Chocolate sponge cake with a cherry filling, often layered with whipped cream
Couverture chocolate (/ ˈ k uː. v ər. tʃ ʊər /) is a chocolate that contains a higher percentage of cocoa butter (32–39%) than baking or eating chocolate. [1] This additional cocoa butter, combined with proper tempering, gives the chocolate more sheen, a firmer "snap" when broken, and a creamy mellow flavor.
Early 19th century recipes for chocolate liqueur featured whole cocoa beans. [4] A basic modern recipe [7] for making chocolate liqueur at home lists the ingredients chocolate extract, vanilla extract, vodka, and simple syrup.