Life is too short to temper chocolate the traditional way when you can do it quickly in the microwave. I'll show you how so you'll have silky smooth chocolate to make chocolate bars, truffles and more ...

I'll be honest here. For all these years of working with chocolate, I've only melted it. This recipe convinced me it is worth the effort to learn how to temper it. What is tempering, you ask? It's the ...

If you've found a recipe that requires tempering chocolate, you may wonder if it's truly necessary. Can't you just melt it?

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Breaking into a bar of chocolate is among life’s greatest simple pleasures. In fact, a shattering, melting piece of processed cocoa can turn a day around. That characteristic snap is the result of ...

Tempering chocolate is the trick to juicy berries with a shiny shell — and it’s way easier than you think. By Eric Kim Remember the last time you bit into a chocolate-covered strawberry? If the shell ...

Tempering chocolate proved challenging for our bakers, but if you follow this recipe, it'll be a snap. The bakers tackled this classic cookie in the Technical Bake for Biscuits & Bars Week on The ...