Whois & Analysis for ghirardelli.com

The cocoa bean, also called cacao bean, cocoa, and cacao, is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and, because of the seed's fat, cocoa butter can be extracted.

The "beans" are the basis of chocolate, and of such Mesoamerican foods as mole and tejate.

The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is a United States division of Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli.

The company was founded by and is named after Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli, who, after working in South America, moved to California.

The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was incorporated in 1852, and is the third-oldest chocolate company in the United States, after Baker's Chocolate and Whitman's.

Peppermint bark is a chocolate confection.

Generally it consists of peppermint candy pieces, such as candy canes, in white chocolate on top of dark chocolate, but peppermint bark can refer to any chocolate with peppermint candy pieces in it.

Caramel (or) is a beige to dark-brown confectionery product made by heating a variety of sugars.

It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard.

Dark chocolate (also known as black chocolate or plain chocolate) is a form of chocolate which has a higher content of cocoa butter and less milk than other forms of chocolate.

Government and industry standards of what products may be labeled "dark chocolate" vary by country and market.