What the hell is White Chocolate!?

I've had this question even as a kid, I know they say White Chocolate IS chocolate, but aside from the colour, how come it tastes differently? It's more cream, like the filling on an Oreo cookie than chocolate, so why didn't they just call it "Solidified Cream" or "Creambar"?

 

sir cahos maybe saying white chocolate is coller than saying "Solidified Cream" or "Creambar"

 

By definition, white chocolate is not actually chocolate. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, a product of the cocoa bean that is also used to produce chocolate. The cocoa butter, which does have a faint chocolate flavor is combined with milk, sugar and often other flavoring ingredients such as vanilla in order to create white chocolate.

In order to be labeled chocolate a product must also contain cocoa solids from chocolate liquor. Chocolate liquor is not alcohol. Rather, it is the thick liquid produced when fermented, dried and roasted cocoa beans are shelled, then ground. This ground up inner bean is known as chocolate liquor and is the key ingredient in all of the chocolates on the market except for white chocolate.

When the chocolate liquor is pressed, the fat can be removed from it. This fat is called cocoa butter, and it is the primary ingredient in white chocolate. In plain chocolate, the cocoa butter is blended with the cocoa solids from the separation process in order to make unsweetened chocolate. It may also be sweetened and blended with additional ingredients such as milk to make the chocolate confection we commonly eat. However, with white chocolate the cocoa butter is not reunited with the cocoa powder. Instead, sugar and milk are added to create the final treat. Since the caffeine in chocolate is found in the cocoa solids and not the cocoa butter, white chocolate does not contain any caffeine.

Just like regular chocolate, white chocolate is then heated, cooled and processed to attain the desired consistency, texture and sheen. This processing is known as conching and tempering. The final product may then be placed into molds in order to attain the final shape in which the chocolate will be marketed.

 

Thanks for the info apophos, so it seems both chocolate extremes (white chocolate & dark chocolate) are healthier than regular chocolate? But still, white chocolate isn't quite my thing.

 

Yeah, I read the one Hershey's Kiss size piece of dark chocolate daily helps you. Any more, however, and the amount of sugar overtakes the health benefits.

http://longevity.about.com/od/lifelongnutrition/p/chocolate.htm

P.S. My retarded computer teacher doesn't let us use About.com or Wikipedia as sources of information, because they are "unreliable sources". We're still doing !@#$ing PowerPoints!

 

im not gonna read this. its just to long.
isnt white chocolate just chocolate that is white?

 

you sir, are an ignoramus

chocolate is something you would found in almost everything that is labeled 'chocolate'

if you just paid attention to what white chocolate is apophos said, white chocolate is made from the Fat of the cocoa, while normal chocolate you would found in stores is made from the powder, that's the main difference. their taste and texture are different too, white chocolate has a smooth taste to it, compared to the normal one. at least that's his point

 

i always though white chocolate is just milk bar.....i have no idea it was coco butter til now, thanks.

and thanks loony for dark chocolate info since its my favorite type, its good to know that it good for my health as well XD

 

thanks loony for this info, huzzah, i finally have one sweet that i can eat

 

haha i always thought white chocolate was a good tasting chocolate? isn't it?

 

Yes, white chocolate is very good tasting, but it's very fat. It is mostly creamy butter and milk.

 

i personally dont like it every time i see it i think of pigeon shit(sorry for the image thoug)

 

I like how seriously this man takes his chocolate.

That is all.

 

yeah HE LIKES TO LICK HIS FINGERS