It took a while after starting Chandi Chocolates to get to the point of being able to work with cacao closer to the source. Once I discovered cacao butter, I had to learn more: why are there so many different cacao products? Paste, butter, powder, nibs… how would I use them? I learned that theContinue reading “The Story behind our Chandi Bar”
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The Story behind our Kali Bar
Our 78% dark chocolate bar was a mistake at first. When I started making chocolates, I had started with Honey Mama’s list of ingredients which included coconut oil. After some experimenting because I didn’t have the recipe, I got a satisfactory bar in two flavors and began adding more flavors as requests came in. ItContinue reading “The Story behind our Kali Bar”
The Story Behind Our Peppermint Chocolate
Peppermint and Orange were the first two flavors we started with back in 2020. Back then, the chocolates were made with coconut oil and cacao powder. We had moved to Northern California the year before, and the little grocery store down the road sold Honey Mama’s, refrigerated, in different flavors. I was hooked. When covidContinue reading “The Story Behind Our Peppermint Chocolate”