I sip their wares from paper cups, rims festooned with a candy cane, at the tree ... branded “cocoa” and others “chocolate.” While the terms are often used interchangeably, hot cocoa ...

If you are making it for kids or anyone who enjoys a gentler, more milky hot chocolate, add extra milk, to taste, for the final 30 minutes of cooking. Put the cocoa powder in a medium bowl.

Chocolate lovers might notice their favourite sugary snack could cost a bit more or be a bit smaller as climate change ...

The best variety, known as Caracas, is from Venezuela. Mix cocoa with hot milk or boiling water to make a drink, or add to cakes, puddings and icings to give them a chocolate flavour.

Whether it’s true hot chocolate — solid chocolate melted into milk or cream — or hot cocoa — sugar and cocoa powder frothed with milk — it’s your best beverage defense against winter.

So, as you savor chocolate, remember the fragile ecosystems behind it. The price of cocoa in early 2025 was near its all-time high, due in part to dry conditions in Africa. Without urgent action to ...

Meat and dark or unsweetened chocolate is actually a lovely combination; cocoa has an earthy character that works well with savory foods and a bitterness that helps cut any fatty richness.