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Summer 2022 is in full swing & the temperatures have rised significantly. We want to provide you tips so you are aware of how to handle your chocolate during the Summer & beat the heat!

If you live in an area with high heat & humidity, it may be affecting your chocolate. We want to give you as much information as we can to you to ensure your chocolate is away from the heat & moisture from the humidity. It's always good to make a note when you initially place your order to keep track of it. 

Couverture is the name that was given to a certain class of high-quality chocolate. Couverture chocolate is known as a higher-quality baking chocolate because it contains a higher percentage of cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Many bakers like about the quality is that it’s tempered with precision. When melted with proper tempering, this quality blend gives a more shiny appearance of the chocolate. Here at Stover & Company, our Eleven o'one Belgian Couverture Chocolate comes in five different variations, from our Thirty Three White to our Seventy Dark, you are sure to find the right high quality European taste for all of your treats! 

Sweet Shoppe Coating Wafers are a premium brand of chocolate melts perfect for making hot chocolate bombs, molded candy, cake pops, and anything and everything in between. They melt silky, smooth for the perfect consistency every time. Plus, you don't have to be a pastry chef to use them. There's no tempering! Just melt, and they're ready to use. 

Chocolate is a food that nearly everybody can agree is delectable and divine. It’s delicious, of course, but it also triggers the release of both endorphins and serotonin in the brain. Therefore, it makes our taste buds happy, our stomachs happy, and yes-- even our brains happy. It is an edible pleasure that nearly everyone enjoys.

How much could a banana cost, Michael, $10?

If you know where that's from - you know what's up.

Pro tip: freeze your bananas ahead of time
The next addition in our Easy Summer Dessert Recipes is an oldie but a goodie - Chocolate Covered Bananas.

As any baker knows, chocolate cake is a staple on the menu. It is a type of product that people will ask for even if they did not read the menu to see what the offerings were. It is just something that everyone expects to see in a bakery at this point. That is why it is so important for a bakery to have a solid understanding of how they will produce their chocolate cakes and cupcakes on a daily basis. One way that many professional kitchens have found success in preparing these cakes is by using Pillsbury chocolate cake mix as the base for their baked goods. It is a fantastic product that has a lot to offer you and your customers.

Whichever type of business you own, whether that be simply making yummy desserts like cupcakes, pastries, cookies, or things of that nature or a fancy chocolatier shop specializing in handmade chocolate creations, consider choosing Stover & Company are your default wholesale cake supplies distributors.

To help you make different types of decorations, you will want the best ingredients to work with. That especially includes versatile ingredients like candy melts for example. They are so easy to work with and flexible in what you can do with them, that they are a must-have for anyone decorating baked goods. If your bakery does not have a steady supply of bulk candy melts, then you are missing out.

Chocolate, being the universally loved ingredient that it is, is also extremely versatile. People’s love for chocolate has transcended into more than just a sweet treat that is occasionally eaten for dessert. Chocolate has become a multifaceted, multi-use ingredient that can be found in several different applications.