Cocoaphilia: Appreciation of Chocolate (Van Houten Made Me a Cocoaphile)

I would give you a bar of chocolate and 1 minute to finish it. That's quite easy, right? What if I let you stay in a room full of chocolate, but you have to eat those luscious chocolate in a Cocoaphilia way?


Cocoaphilia is a term used to describe appreciation of chocolate; it refers to the passion of a person, who is nuts over chocolate and someone who knows that Van Houten is a good chocolate! Van Houten, a popular chocolate brand who has been in the market for over 180 years, made us certified Cocoaphiles last week at Society Lounge in Makati and made us use our senses to better appreciate good chocolate.

Lori Baltazar of Dessert Comes First hosted the event and showed foodies, cocoaphiles and media how to better appreciate chocolate. Nope, it is not putting it straight in your mouth, you have to use your five senses.

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