A chocolate bar singapore is a confection that contains chocolate and other ingredients like the layering of nuts, wafers, fruits, caramel, etc. People often confuse a chocolate bar with a candy bar, mostly used synonymously. But there is a major difference between the chocolate bar and the candy bar.
Chocolate bars are a sub-category of candy bars; however, they have different items as their major ingredients. Candy bars contain sugar or honey as their major ingredient to provide sweetness, whereas chocolate bars contain chocolate as their main ingredient. The chocolate in chocolate bars can either be in the form of melted chocolate or cocoa powder. Both serve as the sweetening element in a chocolate bar.
Most popular types of chocolate bars:
- Dark chocolate bars- These chocolate bars are made using dark chocolates. Giving them a dark and somewhat bitter taste. The cocoa beans are roasted until their natural oil is removed, and then a paste is made of them. It contains over 70-80% cocoa beans, which makes it a healthier choice than other types of chocolate bars.
- Milk chocolate bar- Here, the paste made from roasted cocoa beans is mixed with milk and sugar, giving it a highly sweet taste. The main ingredients are milk and sugar, which sweeten the roasted cocoa. It contains comparatively lower cocoa solids, 25-355, making it sweeter than dark chocolate.
- White chocolate bar- It does not contain any cocoa beans or chocolate, giving it a white colour. The ingredients used in its making are cocoa butter, milk, sugar, and sometimes vanilla extract to give flavour.