MELTS IN YOUR HANDS

Everybody loves chocolate. And each one of us likes their chocolate in a different way.

Plain, with nuts, dark, bittersweet, white, chilled or not. But don't you hate it when you take it out of the refrigerator, and when the chocolate gets warm, it gets all gooey and sticks to the wrapper.

My friend Nova told me this about 2 summers ago, when we were vacationing at our friend Trina's beach resort in Batangas.

I incidentally just got some chocolate from the refrigerator, and in no time, it softened and was all over the wrapper.

Ever notice that all store bought chocolate are just on the shelves, and not in chillers? Putting chocolate in chillers moistens the chocolate, and when you take it out of the chiller into room temperature (obviously warmer than the ref's temperature), condensation happens and the chocolate "perspires".

So keep all your chocolate in room temperature, even after you've opened it and have some left over. That way, it will always "melt in your mouth, and not in your hands."

Unless you like your chocolate gooey, then go right ahead.