NEWS
May 5, 2022
FAT-FREE CHOCOLATE?
Recently, a customer asked if I had any fat-free chocolate dessert recipes. While I’m unaware of any chocolate or recipes that contain ZERO fat, there are lots of low-fat options. Here’s a little information about the fat that is in chocolate, the best options for low-fat chocolate, and a couple of very low-fat chocolate recipes that this chocolate lover finds worth trying. These are wonderful treats for anyone who cannot process fat (or has other reasons for not wanting to eat fat).
Apr 14, 2022
All About Milk Chocolate
Tangle Chocolate recently began offering a creamy, deep, 52% cacao MILK chocolate for the many folks out there who haven’t yet made the switch to dark (we refer to our milk chocolate as the gateway chocolate, so beware!). Want to know a bit about the process involved in developing our milk chocolate formula as well as a thumbnail history of milk chocolate? Keep reading.
Mar 17, 2022
All About Salt and Chocolate
Salt and chocolate are as natural a pairing as peanut butter and jelly. The sweet, round, fruity, nutty complexity of chocolate sings when topped with clear, bright salt. As many of you know, I’ve been playing with different salts on my fine handmade Tangle Chocolate and getting lots of feedback from customers at pop-ups about which pairings work best, and I’m thrilled to bring to you the best of what I’ve explored. Here is some information about salt itself and all that needs to be considered when pairing it with chocolate. To read more about what salts you’ve helped me choose to use with Tangle, please check the website, https://tanglechocolate.com/.
Mar 3, 2022
How to Remove Chocolate Stains
A few days ago, a Tangle customer contacted me, upset because she had accidentally smeared some chocolate on her silk sofa. While I was unable to help her—a silk sofa stain of any kind would send me directly to a professional upholstery cleaner—I do have some suggestions for how to get chocolate out of clothing, and a professional dry cleaner and the Smithsonian Museum add their two cents as well.
Feb 17, 2022
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE AT HOME IN 4 STEPS
As a professional chocolate maker, I own a number of specialty pieces of equipment that you won’t find in your home kitchen. But did you know that you can make an approximation of chocolate yourself using what you likely already have? My introduction to chocolate making was in Belize, where I learned basic techniques that can be practiced almost anywhere. Keep reading, and maybe you’ll decide to give it a go yourself.
Jan 27, 2022
The Ultimate Valentine's Day Gift Guide
It's almost that time. You want to give your Valentine something that references Valentine's Day traditions, but that is also a bit surprising, a fresh take, an upscale twist on chocolate and flowers. We think you will find what you're looking for in this ultimate gift guide from Tangle Chocolate.
Jan 13, 2022
Two Love Stories
Valentine’s Day is just a month away and serves as the perfect excuse to look for and celebrate acts of love. Here are two that touch my heart.
Jan 6, 2022
Hot Chocolate Twists for 2022
Happy New Year! This one is off to a bang, thanks to Tangle's wonderful customers. We have several months of hot chocolate weather left this winter, yay, so we want to share with you some flavor twists for this heavenly elixir in case you enjoy hot chocolate as frequently as we do and want a little variety.
Nov 18, 2021
Sweet Birch Herbals and Tangle Chocolate Collaboration
Tangle Chocolate’s best selling Winter in New England gift box is full of products to keep you cozy and healthy and happy through a cold winter. One of the items in the box is Elderberry Syrup, an immune booster, made by local herbalist Hannah Jacobson-Hardy of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield, Massachusetts. Want to know more about it?
Nov 11, 2021
Best, Richest, Real Hot Chocolate Recipe
So your taste in hot chocolate no longer includes powders that come in envelopes, but you don't know how to make truly rich, real, exceptional hot chocolate yourself. You are about to read the best of the best of hot chocolate recipes.
Oct 28, 2021
Tangle Chocolate's 2021 Gift Guide
Something for him, something for her, something for them. Everything beautiful, sustainable, totally yummy, top-of-the-line quality with prices ranging from $5.90- $69.90. Please take a look at our 2021 Gift Guide and be prepared to order! All include Tangle Chocolate's handmade dark chocolate, organic and sustainable.
Oct 14, 2021
A Different Perspective on Child Labor in West Africa
As you may already know, the chocolate industry has a long and terrible history of using slave labor, including forcing children to work in ways that can harm them. Part of the driving force behind Tangle Chocolate and many other fine chocolate makers is to end such practices. But this issue is more complex and nuanced than it seems at first glance. I recently attended a panel discussion on child labor in west Africa that presented the issue in a cultural context and from the point of view of cacao farmers and the children themselves, and want to share what I learned.