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Baking chocolate, also known as unsweetened or baker's chocolate, is a form of chocolate primarily used as an ingredient in baking. It is derived from cocoa beans and is characterized by its intense chocolate flavor due to its lack of added sugar.12

The process of making chocolate begins with fermenting and roasting cocoa beans. These beans are then ground into a paste called chocolate liquor. This liquor can be hardened into bitter (baking) chocolate, pressed to remove cocoa butter and create cocoa powder, or mixed with sugar and additional cocoa butter to produce sweet eating chocolate.2

While chocolate provides carbohydrates for quick energy and contains stimulating alkaloids like caffeine and theobromine, it's important to note that large amounts of baking chocolate can be toxic to pets.12

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