Garten primarily uses Lindt Bittersweet Chocolate, favored for its balanced flavors, richness, and higher ratio of cocoa to sugar (generally 70% cocoa). Other chefs and bakers concur with Ina as ...

Any type of bittersweet chocolate will work, but for best results use one that’s tasty enough to eat out of hand and contains about 70% cocoa solids. Don’t use natural cocoa.

While it may not be fully traditional, Bittersweet Confections makes a chocolate king cake that may tempt chocolate king cake lovers to eat the whole thing.