For a tasty treat at movie time, drizzle melted chocolate over plain popcorn. Stir the popcorn and let it cool for about 30 minutes. Cooking with Chocolate Field reporter Joe Lovitt visits with cooking expert Claudia Sutherland, who shares some ideas for cooking with chocolate.
White chocolate is more difficult to work with when making candies.
Be careful to closely monitor the heat, as overheating white chocolate will cause it to seize up. Always look for cocoa butter on the ingredient list when buying chocolate candies to cook with. Semi-sweet chocolate chips work best. Begin by melting chocolate in a double boiler. Despite the name, do not heat the water in the bottom of the boiler to the boiling point.