It’s the most, wonderful time of the year. The weather is brisk, the leaves are colorful and it’s the season of delicious desserts. I don’t know about you, but to me, it doesn’t get much better than the smell of fall desserts filling the house. Whether you’re looking for Thanksgiving baking inspiration or are just […]
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Chocolate Compound Coatings – How Are They Made?
A chocolate coating is just what it sounds like – the chocolate coat or outside layer that covers some of our favorite treats such as candy or cookies. Chocolate coatings are made using a mixture of fat, emulsifiers, flavors and sweeteners. What is the difference between chocolate and compound chocolate? This is a good question! […]
What is Cocoa Butter & How Can You Use It?
Without knowing it or not, you’ve likely consumed cocoa butter in a food product or used it on your skin in a lotion of some sort. Cocoa butter is rarely the star of the show in recipes; however, its benefits both health wise and taste wise are significant. What is it? After farmers extract cocoa […]
Healthy, No-Bake Brownie Recipe
We’re pretty lucky that we have access to lots of chocolate and cocoa samples here at the office from our manufacturing partner, Cargill. We have a sample inventory so that our customers can test those samples in their product formulas during the research and development process. It’s also important for us to know what our […]
5 DELICIOUS CARAMEL RECIPES
Have you ever met a caramel dessert you didn’t like? We know we haven’t! At Gillco, we’ve been lucky enough to taste test the caramel that we source to our customers and we’ve found some of our favorite recipes along the way. WHY MERCKENS AND PETER’S? Merckens and Peter’s are two brands of chocolate and […]
WHAT IS CHOCOLATE BLOOMING?
Ever open up a chocolate bar, see some residue on your sweet treat and think, what the heck is that? Well, we’ve got the answers for you and the good news is, it doesn’t necessarily mean your chocolate has gone bad…so don’t throw it away! We’ll explain what chocolate blooming is and why it occurs. […]