Sunday, March 11, 2018

Question for Mom


Why does chocolate sometimes have a grayish cast or gray streaks when I take it out of its wrapping?  --Fred B.

Most likely there’s been a big change in temperature in the area where you’re storing the chocolate.  Experts call this color change “chocolate bloom.”  Technically the cocoa butter in the chocolate rises to the surface when the chocolate gets warm.  When it cools, the cocoa butter turns gray.  Another cause can be sugar rising to the surface of the chocolate when there’s high humidity.  When any surface moisture evaporates, the sugar crystals are visible.

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