Callebaut - (Belgium)

Tips for using a chocolate spray gun, including glossy and velvet effects. Chocolate tempering with cocoa butter, in the microwave, how to fix undercrystallized and overcrystallized chocolate, and learning about chocolate viscosity.

Cote d'Or - (Belgium)

Downloadable "History of Chocolate" (French)

El Rey - (Venezuela)

Three regions of Venezuelan cacao.

Felchin - (Swiss)

Scroll down to their chocolate training videos that show you how to temper chocolate by seeding or by tempering on a marble surface.

Freia - (Norway)

Chocolate recipes, from yeast breads to confections.

Ghirardelli - (USA)

Ghiradelli kitchen's video list on the basics of chocolate making and using chocolates, including a video on tempering chocolate. Chocolate vocabulary (scroll to the bottom)

Godiva - (Belgium)

Fun facts and chocolate history.

Guittard Chocolate Company - (USA)

Chocolate 101 - glossary of terms, science of chocolate, tempering and making chocolates, chocolate tastings, and FAQs.

Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company - (USA)

Step by step - the making of chocolate.

Ritter-Sport - (Germany)

The close up look of the basic parts of cacao - cacao tree, cacao pod, cacao beans, cacao pulp.

Scharffen Berger - (USA )

Chocolate pairings - Beverage pairings with beer, wine, coffee, and liquor suggestions. Food pairings with nuts, cheese, and fruit.

Stollwerck - (Germany)

Basic steps of chocolate production.

To'ak - (Ecuador)

Tree to bar chocolate, with notes on appellation, importance of terroir, and aging.

Valrhona - (France)

Recipes for using just about any type of chocolate you can think of. And if you want to learn more about chocolate, the list of chocolate classes are offered for both home and professional chefs.

Valor - (Spain)

Downloadable chocolate recipe book. (Spanish). Chocolate tips - lots of videos, from how to make chocolate threads, chocolate bows, and lattice from how to temper chocolate. (Spanish)

This article was first published on pastrysampler.com on February 10, 2005. It was updated on October 3, 2020.

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