Happy Shiny Chocolate
While creating a delicious confection is a culinary challenge, making chocolate that looks shiny is actually quite a scientific process. The shiny chocolate we produce in our Bon Bons, Peanut Butter Cups, S'mores—and all of our confections—is produced through a process called tempering. To temper chocolate is to heat then cool it to specific temperatures which allow the fat crystals in the chocolate to align, thus creating a luxurious shine. Each particular type of chocolate, be it dark, milk, or white, has its own tempering temperature. Dark chocolate requires a higher temperature than milk or white chocolate. Chocolate that is...
The Room That Makes People Say “Oh!”
The Room That Makes People Say “Oh!” 05-08-2019 Not long ago I had lunch in Park Slope with Jon Armstrong, one of the hosts of the fun parenting podcast Turning This Car Around. Jon had recently moved to Brooklyn from Salt Lake City, so after lunch — because I wanted our conversation to continue, and because I wanted a cup of Dark Hot Chocolate — I suggested that we walk a few short blocks to The Chocolate Room on Fifth Avenue.Looking amused, he said, “The truth is, I don’t really get into chocolate, let alone hot chocolate.”I said, “Sure....
Our First Cookbook!
We're proud to announce the release of our first cookbook, There’s Always Room for Chocolate, to be published by Rizzoli in October 2016. Filled with 10 years of our favorite The Chocolate Room recipes and gorgeous photos by Ben Fink, this beautiful book is a great way to create many of our classic desserts right in your own home. Stay tuned for book signing event news.
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