Sad but true. Hershey’s is closing Sharffen Berger's factory. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/28/BU2F15I9DV.DTL Who else is going to open their chocolate factory doors to the public?? Hope that...

I’m hoping to take a tour at Sharffen Berger in Berkeley when I came to CA next month. Are there any restaurants around the factory that you would suggest for lunch? I know there is a Cafe at the factory, but I’ve...

Another store that carries Sharffen Berger and Valrhona and other high-end brands of chocolate (I’m not sure about Callebaut though) is Cost Plus World Market. They have four locations in Columbus (Lennox, Easton, Tuttle...

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.

I bought 2 of each to sample them since I had never eaten Sharffen Berger before. But honestly, they may be really inexpensive but they’re not really good to my taste. Even at that price, I won’t be buying them again.

Is Scharffen Berger Swiss? German? No matter how good the American chocolate, I always find the European (especially the Swiss and Belgian) are superior. Has something to do with the microgranularity produced by the...

I would caution against a knee jerk anti-corporate reaction here. Sure, Sharffen Berger has perfected the mixture of cacao, cacao butter, sugar and (too much?) vanilla in their rinky-dink organization. Sure, they have created...

I made these this afternoon, my last batch of cookies thank goodness. I’ve made these many times before and this time they are not as moist. In the past I have only used Sharffen Berger but today not wanting to drive across...

chocolate market. Once they bought Sharffen-Berger they were competing against themselves, and the Sharffen-Berger brand has a lot more cachet in that market segment.

My new favorite is el Rey if you can find it. I also like Sharffen Berger and Callebaut.

Look at the Chocolate Brownie Cookie recipe on Epicurious it is also in Caludia Flemming’s The Last Course. You can put in nuts, I use toasdted chopped hazelnuts, Sharffen Berger cacao nibs are good too, miniature chocolate...

hoarded tasso, and have made up my spice mix for Paul Prudhomme’s BBQ Shrimp and will put together a nice salad and maybe have a comparison of Lindt Excellence vs. Sharffen Berger in the continuing quest on dark chocolate....

Trader Joe’s in RO has Sharffen Berger bars.

Sharffen-Berger chocolate thagt I find to be quite fruity. The two paired wonderfully.

1 1/3 C. heavy cream 2 Tbs. butter dash of salt 1 kb. good quality dark chocolate...something like Sharffen Berger 70% flavoring of you choice, I never measure, maybe a Tbs. or so Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering...