Chocolate Has a New Origin Story
New archaeological evidence suggests humans were cultivating and consuming cacao—the crop from which chocolate is…
Oops! A Tippy Truck Spilled Tons of Sticky Chocolate All Over the Road
When trucks full of stuff flip, they sometimes spill their contents on the ground. Sometimes it’s money. Sometimes it’s…
How to Turn All Your Leftover Easter Candy Into a Functional Chocolate Knife
Is “leftover Easter candy” an oxymoron? Does such a thing even exist? If, for some bizarre reason, you get tired of…
That 'Chocolate Extinction' Story Is Total Nonsense
I was hoping to start 2018 off with a positive blog, like some of my colleagues, but then I glanced at my feeds and saw…
I Can't Believe We Have to Tell You Not to Snort Chocolate
Snorting chocolate to get high lives alongside “Beezing,” butt chugging, and blumpkins as things that everyone talks…
We'd Rather Find This Chocolate Baby Groot in Our Easter Baskets Instead of a Bunny
‘Tis the season to consume chocolate effigies of bunnies, chicks, and gigantic eggs. But given the choice, we’d much…
Our Greatest Geological Discovery Is This Chocolate Boulder With Edible Candy Geodes Inside
If you thought Cadbury Creme Eggs were humanity’s greatest confectionery creation, Alex O’Brien Yeatts, a baking and…
Someone Made a Life-Size Bust of Star Trek's Scotty That You Can Eat (Finally!)
They can erect giant metal statues in your likeness, paint elaborate portraits, and maybe even make a movie about your…
The Problem With the New Chocolate Substitute Is the Problem With All Food Substitutes
There’s a new form of chocolate out there that wants to replace candy as we know it. The reason it’s not going to is…
How to Make Chocolate from the Fruit to the Candy Bar
Do you know where chocolate comes from? Apparently, not from the checkout line at grocery stores! How to Make Everything
Holy Snozzberries Universal Studios Is Building Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
Now that the mouse is converting big chunks of Disneyland and Disney World to ever-profitable Star Wars attractions,…
Chocolate Looks Like a Delicious Alien World Under a Powerful Microscope
The only thing cooler than a being an astronaut who gets to explore nearby worlds would be to one day land on a planet…
Seeing the Most Decadent Chocolate Cake Get Made Is Just Unfair
Had breakfast? Eat lunch yet? Have plans for dinner? I say stop eating and cancel all plans and purge yourself from any…
This Delicious Chocolate Sphere Melts Away to Reveal Ice Cream Inside
Desserts don’t need to be particularly fancy because even the simplest ones are delicious. But I do love it when…
Now We Can Use Microbes to Make Designer Chocolate Flavors
Chocolatiers use yeasts to ferment the cocoa when making their tasty confections, which helps guard against the…
12 Delicious Photos Of Your Snacks
There is no mindless pleasure better than snacking. And there is no better tribute to the crunchy, sweet, and cheesy…
This beautiful spinning chocolate cake hides hilarious animations
Oh, this is great. Alexandre Dubosc made this wonderful zoetrope that uses chocolate and popcorn to animate itself. As…
Please Let This Historical Murder Really Have Happened
I know it’s wrong to want someone to have been murdered—especially if that someone is a bishop—but hear me out. This is…
German Chocolate Cake Isn't From Germany and Everything You Believe Is a Lie
If you eat German chocolate cake, you might be under the impression that you’re eating a regional delicacy. What you’re…