It is with the choosing and blending of the various types and qualities of beans that the guarded secrets of the great chocolate makers begin. The two major parts of the cacao bean are the dark brown cocoa powder and the light yellow cocoa butter that can be pressed out of whole roasted beans with hydraulic equipment. Both must be present in a product for it to be called chocolate. However, one of its main ingredients is cocoa butter, the most expensive part of the bean. On the other hand, cheaper candies are often made with what is known as compound.
Compound contains cocoa powder but no cocoa butter.
A cheaper vegetable fat is substituted for the expensive cocoa butter. Compound cannot be called chocolate in the United States. This story is about a mortal sin. I know what you re thinking. It took 5 Chocolatiers working for 4 weeks, from 7 AM until 10 PM to create this car.