way too rare for her, but perfect for me. Friend got the ham and cheese sandwich. It had a large amount of oil in the bread, but tasted quite good. We didn’t get dessert because we were headed to the 2:30 factory tour....

A rich, easy, no-bake dessert that combines chocolate wafers and blackberry liqueur.

Our #1 Favorite Chocolate (Flourless) Cake

We like our chocolate rich and a little bitter. Hold the marshmallows.

They’re just labels.

This week’s mission: An ice cream flavor I hadn’t tried yet and a controversial new candy bar.

This week’s mission: potato chips flavored like beer and Bloody Marys, and fancier M&M’s.

The week’s mission: bad chocolate candies, and an iced tea contraption.

The gourmet chocolate trend has spawned dark-chocolate snobs.

Americans have historically hated bitter tastes, while other cultures loved them. Until now. Chefs are playing with bitter in new ways, and U.S. diners are finally appreciating it.

Cookbook author and confectioner Alice Medrich talks about her love of simple, artisanal sweets.

Honestly, not much of a loss with Joseph Schmidt. I met him once, and he seems like a great guy, but I’ve never thought much of his chocolate, especially those grotesque truffles. Scharffen Berger was a big deal when it was...

Scharffen Berger was bought out by Hershey Company in 2005. and its founder, Robert Steinberg died late last year. Recently Hershely closed the factory in Berkeley and moved the remaining production to its plant in Illinois....

The cofounder of Scharffen Berger chocolates left the world a little sweeter.

The Pioneer Woman on baking chocolate: Does it really matter? Like, really?