Cocoa powder is an essential baking ingredient. Our brownies, cakes and cookies would be nothing without it. The thing is, though, cocoa powder also can be kind of confusing. There are two types on ...

Although many holiday baking recipes focus on sugar and spice, there’s also plenty of chocolate in the mix. Take chocolate crinkles, double chocolate chip cookies, and festive red velvet cookies, for ...

Can I substitute regular unsweetened cocoa powder for Dutch cocoa without any changes to the recipe? This is actually a very common question that we hear people ask all the time. The simple answer is ...

What’s Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder? It’s a cocoa powder that has been treated with an alkalizing agent to decrease its acidity, making it both darker and less bitter. I prefer to use it in my chocolate ...

Chocolate is what we eat when we’re stressed. In other words, chocolate shouldn’t cause stress. But it can when the grocery shelves hold not only our beloved semisweet chips, but chocolate labeled ...

Q: I found a chocolate-cookie recipe that called for "non-dutch" cocoa, like Hershey's. The recipe also calls for baking soda. Could I make it with Dutch-processed cocoa? I don't find cocoas like ...

It can be very fulfilling and very rich (in more ways than one) when you're baking with chocolate. However your chocolate cake, cookies, or truffles come out, they should taste rich and extremely ...