Chocolate Making
ChocChums™ uses two production methods to manufacture the various sizes and shapes of our chocolates: enrobing and shell-molding. Enrobing involves coating a formed center, like rich caramel, with smooth, melted chocolate. The shell-molding process is practiced extensively in Belgium, and across Europe, and it is the method used to manufacture most ChocChums™ chocolates.
Shell-molding begins with a mold composed of intricately designed "impressions." Each cavity is filled with melted, tempered chocolate. The mould is inverted and most of the chocolate runs out. It is then cooled, which solidifies the remaining chocolate, forming a "shell." The shell is filled with a center, allowing enough space for a thin layer of melted chocolate to be layered over the filling. After cooling, the chocolates are released from the mould. ChocChums™ produces some symmetrical shell-molded confections by "book-molding" two identical filled moulds together. The Heart, Walnut, Chestnut, Scallop, etc. are all book-molded.
The shell-molding process has enabled ChocChums™ to design unique molds, resulting in stylish, sophisticated confections easily recognized as "ChocChums™." When assortments of these shell-molded chocolates are then packed into ChocChums™'s distinctive gold ballotins and seasonal boxes, they are sought by discerning customers everywhere.
Ingredients
Our premium confections contain only the highest quality ingredients. Wholesome and delicious, they are made from the freshest milk, cream and butter and feature the strong true taste of the African cocoa bean. Variously flavored with pure vanilla, honey, fruits, nuts and liqueurs, every bite of ChocChums™ lets you experience the best chocolates this side of heaven.
Some of the distinctive ingredients of ChocChums™'s premium Belgian chocolates include:
All-Natural Ingredients
Pure cocoa butter
Pure sugar
Pure Vanilla
Fresh fruits and spices
Cocoa content ranges 50 - 72%
Rich African Cocoa Bean
Organic milk (no chemicals)
No artificial preservatives
Brand-name liquors for flavoring
Pure Almond Marzipan made according to the Lubecker method
Sugar-Free Chocolates
Our sugar-free products do not contain regular sugars and are sweetened with maltitol and sorbitol.