CREATE YOUR OWN GOURMET CHOCOLATE

WHAT IS CHOCOLATE, AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? With this kit, you can make chocolate and white chocolate. The chocolate, as we are most familiar with is made from cacao beans which are primarily grown in Central America and Mexico. Chocolate as we know it has only been available for about the last 100 years. Spanish explorers who came to Mexico in the1500's first found the Aztecs drinking a beverage called "xocolatl" (pronounced "ho-ko-la-tol,")made from cacao beans, water, and sometimes hot peppers. The Spanish explorers brought the beverage back to Europe, but since it was so bitter, they added sugar and often vanilla flavor. Chocolate was a heavily guarded secret for about 100 years. The Spanish would not let anyone in Europe know how or where the chocolate grew. Cacao beans are comprised of about 50% fat (cocoa butter) and until a Dutch chemist, Conrad Van Houten invented the chocolate press, it did not taste that great. The Press enabled the cocoa butter to be separated from the cocoa powder. This is where our chocolate candy and hot cocoa, as we know it developed.

Kit Contains:
Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder, Confectioner's Sugar, Starter Crystals, Paper Candy Liners, Recipes and Complete Instructions.