Chocolate Facts
Everything you wanted to know about chocolate, where it comes from, how we make it, recipes and more.
The History Of Chocolate
We chocolatiers at Prestat are as much fascinated by the history of chocolate as its taste! So let us indulge you here in a fascinating and interesting story on the birth of chocolate, 3,000 years ago, to this wonderful food that everyone loves to eat.
Surprisingly, it has only been in the last two hundred years that chocolate turned into the affordable hand-made chocolates that fill our shelves. For nearly all of the 3,000 year history of chocolate, chocolate has been consumed as an expensive drink that had a very bitter taste, and was nothing links the hot-chocolate drink that we are used to now. Chocolate : Read More....
How We Make Chocolate
Chocolate is an ugly-looking fruit whose content has to go through a long and arduous chain of events before it resembles chocolate in any way.
However, with human intervention at every stage of this process there is an opportunity to maximise the quality of the chocolate and create delicious bars of chocolate.
And here we will take you on a virtual tour of the chocolate chain. And it begins at the very beginning, with the cocoa tree.... Chocolate in the making : Read On
Chocolate Myths: Healthy Eating?
Here we answer the common questions about chocolate: is it good for you, will you put on weight. The answer is 'yes' and 'no', read on for more...
Cooking With Chocolate
We love creating delicious chocolates for you. But we're also delighted to recommend some fun and innovative recipes for you to cook at home. Need a great chocolate cake recipe? Find it here.
Chocolate Glossary of Terms
If you've got a term in your head about chocolate, find it here. We hope our index of useful things to know about chocolate will help: Chocolate Glossary
