The Chocolate School blog

One of the easiest things for people to start making at home is truffles. These can be made using very simple equipment that you will probably already have in your kitchen.

Two of Britain’a classic chocolate bars; Penguin and Club have had their cocoa mass (the chocolate bean) reduced to a level that doesn’t allow them to be called chocolate. In the UK, the cocoa content has to be a minimum of 20% to allow it to be called ‘chocolate’. The minimum level on the WU is 25% and in the USA it is 10%. So that catchy slogan: “If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our Club”, has now changed to: “If you like a lot of biscuit in your break,

People often ask me this question in workshops, and the short answer is… yes, you do! Tempering is what gives chocolate its lovely shine,...

You may have noticed that there are several chocolate themed events being advertised at the moment. This is because October 16th - 22nd...

It takes 5 years for a cocoa tree to produce it's first cocoa pods. This is why it is important to provide long-term support for farmers....