Chocolate is without a doubt one of the world’s best (and most irresistible!) products. The US has a particularly big stake in this sweet treat: according to Gitnux it accounts for 20% of the world’s total chocolate consumption the most of any country in the world. One of the reasons chocolate is so popular — besides its obvious deliciousness — is its incredible versatility.
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Candy vs Truffle
Whether you eat it straight from the block use it as part of a chocolate mousse recipe or drink it as an iced or hot chocolate there are certainly plenty of delicious options to choose from. One particularly delicious way to enjoy chocolate is in the form of a bonbon or truffle. These little treats are often confused with one another but the truth is that they are actually quite different. Bonbons are molded chocolates that usually contain fillings such as caramel fruit puree or liqueur while truffles have a chocolate filling rolled in ingredients such as cocoa powder chopped nuts or coconut.
Bonbons are the treat so delicious they’re named twice. Their name comes from the French word bon (meaning good) and is actually a collective term for all small sweets found in France. Generally speaking however bonbon refers to small treats covered in chocolate. The bonbon’s prestigious reputation probably stems from the fact that they were once enjoyed by the French royal family and exchanged as gifts among the wealthy; packaged in fancy containers lined with brightly colored tissue paper (the original chocolate boxes if you will).
Today’s chocolates may vary in appearance and flavor but they all have the same basic composition: a thin shell of tempered chocolate (chocolate that has been melted and then reset to create a stable glossy product with an audible snap when bitten or cracked) surrounding a soft center sealed with additional tempered chocolate to keep the filling fresh. Many chocolates use caramel while plain or flavored chocolate ganache fruit curd nougat praline and nut-based crèmes are also popular options.
