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Dutch Chocolates

Dutch chocolates, just like most chocolates, come in many forms. But did you know that the Dutch do some things with chocolate that we here in the United States may never have thought of? And some Dutch chocolates are shaped a certain way for a certain reason. Read on to find out more about these things.

A Different Way to Enjoy Chocolate

Dutch chocolate is actually processed using chocolate liquor and alkali to make the chocolate darker and bring out the flavor of the chocolate. It also makes it less bitter. Therefore, Dutch chocolates have more of a chocolatey flavor to them. This is why the Dutch enjoy it--are you ready for this?--sprinkled on bread and butter. That's right, the Dutch buy Dutch chocolate "sprinkles" to put on bread and butter. It sounds weird to most Americans, but should people who put peanut butter and bananas on bread really knock something like that before we've tried it? Probably not.

Form Fitting Dutch Chocolates

The shape of many Dutch chocolates is flat on the bottom with a rounded top--the perfect size to sit in between your tongue and the roof of your mouth to let the chocolate just melt in your mouth. Letting it melt in your mouth makes it last longer.

Although Dutch chocolates aren't as well known as other European chocolates or gourmet chocolates (like Belgian chocolates, French chocolates and Swiss chocolates) they are usually heard of in drink mixes, protein shakes and bars, ice creams and cake mixes because of the alkalizing process. All this process does is make your chocolate more chocolatey, and who's going to argue with that?

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