The only thing white chocolate and ruby chocolate have in common is they start with the cacao plant.
White chocolate (the real thing) uses a cocoa butter base for a rich, creamy candy that doesn't have an overwhelming taste of its own so it works great as a carrier for other flavors.
Ruby chocolate is a deep pink with an intense sweet-sour fruity flavor and floral top notes. If you like fruit you will probably love this. It tastes like it has berries or something added, but in pure form it does not. Some manufacturers are making fruit-filled truffles with ruby chocolate and these are also delicious.
Ignore the people saying that ruby chocolate is the same as other chocolates; it is very different. Also ignore the ones saying it's not a "real" chocolate; it comes from cacao beans, so it is. But it's nothing like others, and thus, requires some different handling to use it in recipes. You can probably use ruby in any type of recipe as other chocolate chips or chunks, but you'll need to combine it with different flavors or an unflavored base. It won't go with exactly the same things as the others.
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Date: 2020-01-06 01:04 am (UTC)White chocolate (the real thing) uses a cocoa butter base for a rich, creamy candy that doesn't have an overwhelming taste of its own so it works great as a carrier for other flavors.
Ruby chocolate is a deep pink with an intense sweet-sour fruity flavor and floral top notes. If you like fruit you will probably love this. It tastes like it has berries or something added, but in pure form it does not. Some manufacturers are making fruit-filled truffles with ruby chocolate and these are also delicious.
Ignore the people saying that ruby chocolate is the same as other chocolates; it is very different. Also ignore the ones saying it's not a "real" chocolate; it comes from cacao beans, so it is. But it's nothing like others, and thus, requires some different handling to use it in recipes. You can probably use ruby in any type of recipe as other chocolate chips or chunks, but you'll need to combine it with different flavors or an unflavored base. It won't go with exactly the same things as the others.