Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Abigail Abesamis Demarest is a writer who covers food and drink. Bean-to bar-chocolate makers from around the world are bringing ...

As I discuss in my book, Bean-to-Bar Chocolate: America's Craft Chocolate Revolution, chocolate is having a moment. Like craft beer and specialty coffee, the number of small-batch chocolate makers is ...

When John Nanci started his blog, Chocolate Alchemy, in 2003, he had been told that making craft chocolate at home was impossible. It was too technical, too difficult and there was no affordable ...

It was quite a while ago that chocolatiers realised the limitations of what you can do with chocolate in the factory. That the real scope for creativity and quality control lies within the fruit, ...

Premium packaging and label design, unique brand backstories, and products that evoke novelty and excitement are highly-sought-after product attributes for craft chocolate consumers, according to ...

At the quiet end of Gough Street, in Hong Kong’s Central district, stands a pocket-sized shop easily overlooked. A wooden bench outside tempts passers-by to pause, and if you peek through the picture ...

Kristy Leissle does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The upcoming craft chocolate festival in Bengaluru is for these curious chocolate lovers and makers.(The Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival) While commercial chocolates, which people often grow ...

The raw cacao fruit tastes a little like custard apple. You break the soft outer shell with gentle pressure and extract the individual pods, arranged in two rows inside, to bite into the flesh. It is ...

The Mast Brothers make a lot of noise in the city's chocolate scene but there are plenty of other places to find good craft chocolate in the city, too. Sometimes it's exactly where you'd expect it, at ...