The Choclate Prince

There are 6 main kinds of chocolates; they are the white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, sweetened chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate and bittersweet chocolate.

 

These kinds of chocolates can either be made with the ordinary Cacao beans which are cheap and are mass-produced, or the specialty beans which are more expensive and have the best aromatic smell.

 

This is how to identify and differentiate between each kind of chocolate.

 

White Chocolate

This is made with the combination of sugar, milk solids cocoa butter, and vanilla flavoring. Technically it is not even a chocolate as it does not contain cocoa solids. Due to the cocoa butter and milk solids, it is creamier with a white color, milder and has a sweet flavor. It is mostly used as a garnish or a coating. They are exclusive used for baking purposes.

 

Milk Chocolate

This sweet chocolate contains 10 – 20% of cocoa solids which has cocoa and cocoa butter. It also has 12% more milk solids and is seldom used for baking except for making cookies. The flavor is milder than the dark chocolate and sweeter than the semi-sweet chocolate.

 

Dark Chocolate

This sweetened chocolate has high content of cocoa solids with no or less milk. There are different kinds of dark chocolate; it can either be sweet, , bittersweet, semi-sweet or unsweetened. If you are trying to bake something which says dark chocolate, you must try using the semi-sweet dark chocolate first as you might not like the bitterness of the dark chocolate. The finish product would not be wasted.

 

Sweet Dark Chocolate

These are often used as commercial candies or chocolate bars as they are richer, creamier and milder than the other chocolate bars. This type of chocolate has additional cocoa butter and sugar which makes it sweeter.

 

Semi-Sweet Chocolate

This is the perfect garnishing and fondues as this type of chocolate only has a dash of sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla to give it a sweet taste. It has the same process as the unsweetened chocolate. This can be seen in most grocery as this is the classic type of the dark chocolate. It contains 40 to 62% of cocoa solids which would explain its taste.

 

Unsweetened Chocolate

This is the bitter chocolate that is not good for munching or for snacking as the flavor is not good. It is mostly used for baking purposes. It contains almost 100% cocoa solids and about half of it is composed of cocoa butter or fats.

 

Bittersweet Chocolate

It consists of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and sugar and it produces an even darker and more pronounce European chocolate flavor due to the higher chocolate liquor content. It contains 60 to 80% cocoa solids making it intense and bitter tasting.

 

Always remember that when there is a higher content of cocoa solids, the sugar added is less. These are most often used for baking or cooking

Now that you have all the information of all the types of chocolates, choose which one you would enjoy eating.