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At Stover & Company, we dedicate our business to providing a wealth of ingredients for baking and confectionery. Whether you run a professional operation or foster a personal passion for creating sweet treats, you can find whatever you need here, as well as a surprise from time to time.

Chocolate isn’t just an essential ingredient in so many baked goods and confections; it is also the preferred sweet treat of many people around the world. It is universally beloved and even comes along with a supposed list of anecdotal health benefits, ranging from claims that it contains high flavonoids along with plenty of nutrients.

Hopefully, you’ve never run out of one of these critical ingredients at the last moment while you were already deeply invested in a baking project. That happens to casual bakers more often than most of them would like to admit, but for a professional baker, a well-stocked pantry and well-organized kitchen are two closely guarded keys to success.

Whether you yourself are a professional baker or you just have a personal passion for delicious homemade baked goods and confections, a little clarity is helpful from time to time. The culinary world - and that includes the world of baking and confectionery - is rife with tall tales and myths, so today we’ll take a look at semi-sweet baking chocolate, what it is, and how you can use it.

Stover & Company offers a variety of ways to save our customers money on shipping.  We have partnered with UPS for our small parcel orders, but have partnerships with best in class LTL and FTL carriers to help support our volume customers and business partners. 

Professional chefs, bakers, and confectioners are always looking for the finest ingredients they can get their hands on. This is no surprise to you since you are already here at Stover & Company looking, but sometimes the question is a matter of price, sometimes a matter of quality, sometimes a matter of brand; and sometimes, a mix.

Beloved for its workability, consistency, and taste, Satin Ice Fondant is revered by bakers and confectioners for giving that beautifully finished sheen to their cakes - but that’s not the only way it can be used. Fondant actually has a number of uses and can be used in just as many ways, as you are about to find out.