While melting chocolate isn't completely independent of tempering, they are ultimately distinct processes. Here's what distinguishes the two and how to do them.

Chocolate is fun to eat but not so fun to clean up. At best, you're left with a decadent treat and a little residue, but at worst, melting chocolate can leave a burnt, gooey mess that doesn't seem ...

Lindt 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Excellence Bar: A strong contender with some fruity essence and a nice bitterness, though some tasters thought this bar had a waxy melt.

Chocolate tastes great, in part, because the cocoa butter and other fats in it melt quickly and smoothly in the mouth. Chocolate softens at about 28ºC (82ºF) and melts at 32 to 35ºC. (90 to 95ºF).

The Mast Brothers' chocolate looks elegant in designer wrappers that would look more fitting in an art museum than next to a Hershey’s bar. The Brooklyn based chocolate company, started by brothers ...

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar: 55%. Lindt Dark Chocolate Bar: 16%. The milk chocolate bar easily had the most votes out of the 128 total votes cast in the poll.