I'll be honest here. For all these years of working with chocolate, I've only melted it. This recipe convinced me it is worth the effort to learn how to temper it. What is tempering, you ask? It's the ...

Knowing how to temper chocolate is an important skill for all people who bake with chocolate. Tempered chocolate can be used for several reasons, like dipping and coating sweet treats like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have you ever seen those ...

Take a minute to imagine your favorite chocolate bar. The smell of the cocoa. The fillings of the bar. The snap of the chocolate. It’s sheer perfection. But have you ever wondered how you can create ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. That glossy sheen of a fresh new bar of chocolate and the reassuring snap when you break into it are results of the chocolate being tempered ...

Breaking into a bar of chocolate is among life’s greatest simple pleasures. In fact, a shattering, melting piece of processed cocoa can turn a day around. That characteristic snap is the result of ...

Quick tempering couverture chocolate: This method must be used with already tempered chocolate. The idea is to melt it without having it become untempered. Tempered chocolate is glossy and snaps when ...

Tempering chocolate is the trick to juicy berries with a shiny shell — and it’s way easier than you think. By Eric Kim Remember the last time you bit into a chocolate-covered strawberry? If the shell ...