Listening to the World’s ‘Sweetest Melody’ Makes Chocolate Taste Better
A sound expert at the University of Bristol in the UK created a special song designed to enhance the sweetness and intensity of chocolate. The “Sweetest Melody” is the result of over 60 years of scientific research into a phenomenon known as “multisensory integration,” where taste and hearing influence each other. Apparently, music with soft […]
Blonde Chocolate, a Delicious Treat Created by Mistake
Blonde chocolate has yet to reach the popularity of milk, dark, and white chocolate, but it is already recognized as one of the most ingenious variations of white chocolate ever created. The history of blonde chocolate can be traced back to the year 2004 when French pastry chef Frederic Bau was busy showing off his […]
To’ak – The World’s Most Valuable Chocolate
Made with rare Nacional cacao harvested from just 14 farms in Ecuador’s Piedra de Plata valley, To’ak chocolate is undoubtedly the world’s most valuable chocolate. From truffle-infused ice cream to gold-plated sandwiches, the world is full of expensive sweets and treats. But while most of them are gimmicky creations designed to attract attention, a few […]
Chocolate Raining from the Sky in Swiss Town
Residents of an industrial area of Olten, a town in north-western Switzerland, have been reporting chocolate powder raining from the sky for several days now. If chocolate was ever going to fall from the sky anywhere in the world, it had to be in Switzerland. The European country is well-known for making perhaps the best […]
Swiss Cocoa Company Creates Naturally Pink Chocolate
Ever since Nestlé introduced white chocolate, 80 years ago, chocolate has been available in only three main varieties – dark, milk and white. Well, it’s apparently time to add a fourth type to the list – Ruby pink chocolate. Zurich-based Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest based cocoa processor, has apparently spent the last 13 years […]
Australian Cattle Farm Claims Feeding Cows Chocolate Is the Secret to Tastier Beef
They say chocolate makes everything better, and apparently premium wagyu beef is no exception. For the past 10 years, the Mayura Station Farm in southern Australia has been feeding its full-blood wagyu cattle chocolate and other sweets mixed with their regular feed, and the results have been spectacular. When Scott de Bruin, managing partner at Mayura […]
These Realistic-Looking Leather Shoes Are Actually Made of Chocolate, Cost More Than Real Shoes
Featuring perfectly replicated seams, soles and shoelaces, as well as impressively realistic finish, these life-size chocolate shoes seem made of genuine brown leather. The “Gentleman’s Radiance” chocolate line is the creation of master chocolatier Motohiro Okai of Rihga Royal Hotel’s chocolate boutique L’éclat, in Osaka, Japan. Each leather show measures 26 centimeters (10.2 inches) in length, and is crafted exclusively from chocolate, including the […]
This Meat Lover’s Chocolate Is 50 Percent Beef
Red meat hardly seems like the perfect ingredient for delicious chocolate, but a New Zealand-based food scientist is willing to bet that his high-protein, 50% beef chocolate recipe is going to be a hit. Mustafa Farouk, Senior Food Technologist at Ag Research has partnered with Auckland boutique chocolate maker Devonport Chocolates to bring meat chocolate to the masses. The quirky […]
Controversial Chocolate Snorting Device Gives You a Legal High
You’re probably not a true chocolate addict unless you’ve actually snorted the stuff. If you didn’t know that was even possible, well it is, thanks to Belgian chocolatier Dominique Persoone. He’s created something called a chocolate shooter – a device that launches small lumps of cocoa powder directly into the nostrils. While the health effects […]
World’s Most Expensive Chocolate Costs a Whopping $260 per 42-Gram Bar
If you’re looking for the finest dark chocolate money can buy, you might want to try , a delicate, handmade chocolate, made from the finest cacao beans Ecuador has to offer. At a hefty $260 per 1.5 ounce-bar, it is the most expensive chocolate in the world. According to the makers of To’ak, 95 percent […]
World’s First “Beauty Chocolate” Keeps Your Skin Looking Young
Developed by a Cambridge University affiliated laboratory, Esthechoc is being touted as the world’s first ‘beauty chocolate’. It’s a dark chocolate with 70 percent cocoa containing high levels of two powerful anti-oxidants which help reverse the skin’s natural ageing process. A 7.5g piece of Esthechoc has as many cocoa flavanols as a 100g piece of regular […]
Teapot Made Entirely from Chocolate Can Hold Boiled Water without Melting
You’d expect a chocolate teapot to be completely useless (except for devouring), but believe it or not, this one actually works. Engineered by Nestlé Master Chocolatier John Costello, this fully functional chocolate teapot is meant for brewing tea. It works exactly like a regular teapot – it won’t melt and the tea comes out tasting […]
Anus-Shaped Chocolates – The World’s Most Outrageous Treats
From cooked insects to fermented bird meat, humans have been eating all kinds of outrageous foods for hundreds of years, but there are some things that I just wouldn’t dream of putting in my mouth. One of them is the anus-shaped Belgian chocolates sold by a cheeky British chocolaterie. If you think the chocolate “Edible […]
Eat My Face – 3D Printed Face in Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
Nothing says “I love you” like your detailed mug rendered in delicious chocolate. At least that’s what the Japanese at 3D-printing firm KS Design Lab and FabCafe, in Tokyo, are hoping you’ll think, as they offer patrons the chance to “chocolatize” their faces as gifts for Valentine’s Day. Valenntine’s is big business in Japan. As we […]
Chocolate High-Heels – Probably the Best Valentine’s Day Gift for Women
Combining two of women’s favorite things in the world, chocolate and shoes, Texas chocolatier Andrea Pedrazza creates what can only be considered the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the ladies – chocolate high-heels. The two weeks before Valentine’s Day is the busiest time of the year for Dallas-based chocolate shop CocoAndre. I’m sure there are other great […]