Pralines & specialties
Manon, truffle, gianduja, cuberdon… the whole vocabulary of Belgian chocolate, explained bite by bite. 25 articles, updated every week.
Chocolate while pregnant: what passes, what snags
Chocolate and pregnancy: caffeine stays far below the 200 mg daily ceiling, the real exclusions are liqueur pralines and the raw egg in homemade mousse.
6 min · by Margaux
Pralines & specialtiesChocolate pistoles, callets and fèves: the difference
Pistoles, callets, fèves: one and the same couverture disc, 3.8 g at Valrhona, about 2 g elsewhere. Price per kilo surveyed on 19 October 2026, bag by bag.
19 October 2026 · 7 min
Pralines & specialtiesGianduja: what is it, and what's really in it?
Gianduja is chocolate blended with 20 to 40 g of hazelnut per 100 g. Turin origins, limits set by law, and how it differs from praliné and Nutella.
13 October 2026 · 6 min
Pralines & specialtiesChocolate in the fridge: the cold isn't the problem
Chocolate can go in the fridge if the box stays shut on the way out. Dew point calculated, five sources compared, heat thresholds spelled out.
3 October 2026 · 8 min
Pralines & specialtiesWhy chocolate turns white
That grey film is not a flaw: cocoa butter is sliding from one crystal form into another, more stable but duller, and sometimes fixable by retempering.
27 September 2026 · 7 min
Pralines & specialtiesDark chocolate benefits: only one is recognised
The European Union authorises a single health claim on cocoa: 200 mg of cocoa flavanols a day, provided by 10 g of high-flavanol dark chocolate.
21 September 2026 · 6 min
Pralines & specialtiesPolycarbonate chocolate mould: which one to buy
A polycarbonate chocolate mould costs 20.80 € at the Antwerp maker, contains BPA according to its own FAQ, and rescues no failed tempering at all.
19 September 2026 · 7 min
Pralines & specialtiesExpired chocolate: can you still eat it?
The date on chocolate is a best-before date, not a use-by date. How long it really lasts, how to check it, and the one chocolate that genuinely goes off.
15 September 2026 · 7 min
Pralines & specialtiesPraliné, praline, pralin: three words, three products
Praliné is a paste of ground caramelised nuts, pralin is crunchy shards, and praline does not mean the same thing in Brussels as it does in Lyon.
9 September 2026 · 7 min