Post by: MaverickMan on July 02, 2006, 09:10:24 pm
I have tried google, but couldn't find anything to explain this. I've searched the forums but come up with too many topics on 'White Chocolate'.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Post by: on July 02, 2006, 09:32:02 pm
Chocolate bloom.
Heat has got at the product at some point.
Safe to eat.
Post by: loulou on July 03, 2006, 01:01:06 am
Post by: goldencup on July 03, 2006, 10:13:39 am
I believe this is why Australian chocolate tastes different to ours - they add something to it so it doesn't do this, as they have to keep chocolate in the fridge.
Post by: smurfboy on July 03, 2006, 01:27:38 pm
Post by: minty on July 03, 2006, 01:29:34 pm
Post by: smurfboy on July 03, 2006, 01:31:51 pm
My dad is obsessed with chilling chocolate. I came home once and said I had a new chocolate bar for us to try and his first question was 'is it cold?' I said 'yes, I had my bag fitted with a fridge so I could chill it on the bus home'.
Post by: minty on July 03, 2006, 01:40:01 pm
Post by: Logger on July 03, 2006, 03:14:13 pm
I usually find that chocolate goes white when it has gone from hot conditions to cold. I had a box of Milk Tray a while back that had been kept in a warm room then put in the fridge and within a couple of days, there were white bits all over them.
I noticed last Autumn that quite a few chocolate bars i bought had the same problem. I assumed it was because the shops had been really warm over summer, then cooler.
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 03, 2006, 03:18:15 pm
Post by: loulou on July 03, 2006, 04:26:42 pm
My dad is obsessed with chilling chocolate. I came home once and said I had a new chocolate bar for us to try and his first question was 'is it cold?' I said 'yes, I had my bag fitted with a fridge so I could chill it on the bus home'.
Were you on young inventor of the year for that?
Post by: on July 03, 2006, 04:31:31 pm
It noramally occurs with poor quality chocolate.
Oh really?
"
Chocolate bloom is visible by whitish streaks or dots on the surface of the Chocolate and can be the result of two things. One cause of Chocolate bloom is Chocolate that is allowed to get warm, allowing the Cocoa Butters to separate from the Chocolate and rise to the surface in whitish streaks or swirls. This is not a sign that your Chocolate is inedible, just that it does not look as pretty.
Another type of Chocolate Bloom is "Sugar Bloom". Sugar bloom occurs when moisture is allowed to get to the Chocolate (such as in a refrigerator) and the water draws the sugar to the surface as it evaporates, leaving white dots of sugar crystals on the surface of the Chocolate. Though sugar bloom does not affect the taste of the Chocolate, it does result in a somewhat grainy texture"
http://www.chocolatefetish.com/chocolate_bloom.php
Poor quality chocolate doesn't tend to contain as much cocoa butter, instead it has veg fat. So explain again?
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on July 04, 2006, 11:11:24 am
My dad is obsessed with chilling chocolate.
my dad is exactly the same, even though he almost broke a tooth trying to eat the Toblerone I bought him for father's day chilled!
Today is my dad's birthday and I bought him some Thornton's fudge ... which he also put straight in the fridge!
Post by: on July 04, 2006, 08:26:09 pm
Post by: on July 04, 2006, 09:49:43 pm
Post by: kevvosa on July 04, 2006, 10:09:34 pm
Post by: smurfboy on July 04, 2006, 10:14:09 pm
Qualify "real chocolate".
Chocolate Utopia of course! I thought Bounty had mentioned it once or twice...
Post by: loulou on July 05, 2006, 01:11:47 am
Post by: kevvosa on July 05, 2006, 09:58:32 am
Post by: Jamsi on July 05, 2006, 05:54:22 pm
Post by: kevvosa on July 05, 2006, 06:18:49 pm
Post by: on July 06, 2006, 06:55:09 pm
Ripple, frozen.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Post by: oldspice on July 07, 2006, 08:42:46 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on July 07, 2006, 09:03:26 am
I have never seen chocolate bloom on real chocolate.
I bought a large box of Duc D'o assorted chocs and they had bloom on them. Still tasted great though 
Post by: kevvosa on July 07, 2006, 09:29:28 am
Post by: on July 08, 2006, 12:32:30 pm
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 08, 2006, 12:55:53 pm
Post by: on July 08, 2006, 02:29:36 pm
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 08, 2006, 05:02:08 pm
Post by: loulou on July 09, 2006, 12:03:06 am
Post by: phyllisbermann on July 09, 2006, 12:29:03 pm
Post by: on July 09, 2006, 08:12:01 pm