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Pains au chocolat prior to baking. Pain au chocolat (French: [pɛ̃ o ʃɔkɔla] ⓘ; lit. ' bread with chocolate '), also known as chocolatine (French: [ʃɔkɔlatin] ⓘ) in the south-west part of France and in French speaking parts of Canada, couque au chocolat in Belgium, or chocolate croissant in the United States, is a type of Viennoiserie pastry consisting of a cuboid-shaped piece of ...
Molten chocolate cake or runny core cake, is a French dessert that consists of a chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate core. It is named for that molten center, [1] and it is also known as mi-cuit au chocolat, chocolat coulant ("flowing"), [2] chocolate lava cake, or simply lava cake. [3] It should not be confused with fondant au chocolat, a ...
Death by Chocolate. Lava cake has been described as a Death by Chocolate dish. Death by Chocolate is a colloquial descriptive or marketing term for various cakes and desserts that feature chocolate, [1] especially dark chocolate or cocoa, as the primary ingredient. The phrase is trademarked in some countries, and the dessert is a signature dish ...
Chou with chocolate ganache. A profiterole (French: [pʁɔfitʁɔl]), cream puff (US), or chou à la crème (French: [ʃu a la kʁɛm]) is a filled French choux pastry ball with a typically sweet and moist filling of whipped cream, custard, pastry cream, or ice cream. The puffs may be embellished or left plain or garnished with chocolate sauce ...
In 1957, a recipe for "German's Chocolate Cake" appeared as the "Recipe of the Day" in The Dallas Morning News. [2] It was created by Mrs. George Clay, a homemaker from Dallas, Texas, [2] and used the "German's Sweet Chocolate" baking chocolate introduced in 1853 by American baker Samuel German for the Baker's Chocolate Company. [3]
In 1875, a Swiss confectioner, Daniel Peter, developed the first solid milk chocolate using condensed milk, which had been invented by Henri Nestlé, who was Peter's neighbour in Vevey. [1][2] In addition to milk, a wide variety of ingredients other than cocoa are used to make the most popular chocolate bars.
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, [a] doing business as Lindt, [4] is a Swiss chocolatier and confectionery company founded in 1845 [5] and known for its chocolate truffles and chocolate bars, among other sweets. It is based in Kilchberg, where its main factory and museum are located.
Chocolate is a Spanish loanword, first recorded in English in 1604, [2] and in Spanish in 1579. [3] However, the word's origins beyond this are contentious. [4] While it is popularly believed that chocolate derives from the Nahuatl word chocolatl (the language of the Aztecs), early texts documenting the Nahuatl word for chocolate drink use a different term, cacahuatl, meaning "cacao water".