CBTB’s Chocolatte

Had enough Knafeh yet?

Have I finally found the ideal pistachio chocolate combo?

Published 18 January, 2025

Break me off a piece of that

“Playful flavor adventures” await in the world of Japanese candies and snacks — or up your experience with some recommended SFBA replacements

Published 26 December, 2024

Hotsy-totsy hot chocolate

Looks like somebody took the saying — a good cup of sipping chocolate is like drinking a bar of chocolate — literally

Published 12 December, 2024

The Out of Towners, Fall 2024 edition

This blog focuses on SFBA chocolate, but we review chocolate from other places too. We compile single worth-a-mention-chocolate reviews into articles for our recurring “Out of Towners” series

Published 20 November, 2024

Bread & cacao

Thinking outside the bean — but staying inside the pod

Published 28 October, 2024

Craft chocolate party

This experience was so huge it took me months to digest

Published 10 October, 2024

Winning 2024 bars & “barks”

Good to excellent single origin and inclusion bars — plus one bar masquerading as a bark

Published 19 July, 2024

Chocolate surprises

Life is unpredictable — so were the entries in this year’s vegan chocolate competition

Published 19 July, 2024

RIP: Martha Shibata, original CBTB chocolateer

Looking back, it seems like she started everything

Published 28 June, 2024

White chocolate experts

I’m not trying to butter anyone up but some of this year’s white chocolate competitors were lapping the field

Published 6 June, 2024

Toffee talk

Is bigger better? This year’s toffee competition had me pulling out a ruler

Published 5 June, 2024

A month of chocolate

Published 4 June, 2024

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