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The quality of the chocolates that you chose determines the common taste from the momentary life-altering melt-in-your-mouth moment. Whether that truffle is slowly melting on your tongue, or you are savoring that piece of white chocolate, quality matters!
And if you don't know which kind you prefer; white, milk, or dark. Try a bit of each. After all, there's a savory treat for everyone!
All about quality.
How can you tell if these delicacies are of quality? If they are of good and high quality, they should only contain the following ingredients: actual cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, vanilla, and lecithin. NO vegetable fats should be listed as ingredients!!!!
The cocoa percentages are also important as they will tell you which kind of delicious treat you are looking at. After all, no one wants to buy a
dark treat
when they're looking for
a milk delicacy,
right? And you'd want to make sure that you really are buying those
quality gourmet or fine chocolates.
(Wouldn't want you to feel cheated when you discover that what you are eating is of terribly low quality, that's never fun... and doesn't taste very good either!)
The higher the cocoa percentage, the deeper, darker, and more pronounced the flavor will be. After the cocoa percentage dips below 50%, this delicacy contains more sugar than cocoa.
If it contains 60% cocoa, the other 40% is sugar.
A quick clarification on what conching is.
You've probably heard about how certain companies use the conching method to refine their delicacies.
What does it mean?
Conching is when the mixture is heated in huge vats and rotated with large paddles to blend it. This is done in the final manufacturing process. Small additions of cocoa butter and lecithin are made to create the smooth, voluptuous qualities that are essential to the final product, nice, smooth, melts-in-your-mouth treat.
The conching process can last anywhere from a few hours to several days.
