Disclaimer: I know "chocolate liquor" has nothing to do with alcohol.
Some chocolate bars, even when the number of ingredients is low, have strong flavor that sometimes can taste similar to that of an alcoholic drink. Is it possible that during fermentation of the cocoa beans enough alcohol forms such that it is preserved during the whole process to make a chocolate bar?
- And then there'schocolate liqueur which has much to do with alcohol.Ben Voigt– Ben Voigt2025-11-27 19:17:07 +00:00Commentedyesterday
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Fermentation of cocoa beans does produce some ethanol. However, after fermentation the raw cocoa nibs are roasted, which would cause essentially all the alcohol to evaporate. So there’s no way for alcohol to be preserved through the whole process.
- So a driver failing a breath-test can't be blamed on that chocolate bar they ate recently. Good to know.Criggie– Criggie2025-11-27 00:14:05 +00:00Commented2 days ago
- 2@Criggie Unless they ate some chocalate confectionary that explicitly contains alcohol. But these have to be clearly marked as containing alcohol in the EU and afaik are illegal in the US.quarague– quarague2025-11-27 07:07:29 +00:00Commented2 days ago
- 3@quarague You can buy chocolate with alcohol in it in the US; mostly tiny chocolate bottles with alcohol inside. I see Anthon Berg Single Malt Scotch Chocolate Liquor Bottles and Asbach Brandy Cherries for sale in the US to the US, for some specific examples.prosfilaes– prosfilaes2025-11-27 08:04:32 +00:00Commented2 days ago
- 1What is generally illegal in the US is for a retailer not licensed to sell alcohol to carry such products. And that retailer must obey all the normal alcohol-related restrictions, age, not selling to obviously drunk patron, etc.SoronelHaetir– SoronelHaetir2025-11-27 19:04:30 +00:00Commentedyesterday
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