Chocolate For Baking & Making

Firetree Easy Melt couverture is made using single-estate volcanic cocoa beans, selected for their depth of flavour and smooth melt. With a high cocoa butter content and expertly conched texture, it’s designed to perform consistently across baking, moulding, and chocolate work.

Each origin delivers a different taste profile, from the bright red fruit notes of Vanuatu 72% to the deep, mellow richness of Solomon Islands 100%. Easy Melt combines precision and flavour in equal measure, giving your recipes an elegant and professional finish.

You can, but you may not get the same results. Regular chocolate, especially bars intended for eating, often contains less cocoa butter and more sugar, which can make it harder to temper, unpredictable when melted, or overly sweet in recipes.

Couverture chocolate like Firetree’s Easy Melt is made specifically for baking and making. It contains a higher percentage of cocoa butter for better fluidity, and its flavour is more concentrated and balanced, especially important when working with delicate or layered recipes.

So while regular chocolate might work in a pinch, couverture gives you more control, better texture, and a professional finish, whether you’re enrobing, moulding, or baking.

Firetree Easy Melt is designed for easy handling and consistent results. To prepare:

• Melting: Gently melt over a bain-marie or in a microwave using short bursts, stirring frequently. Avoid overheating.
  
• Tempering: For chocolate work like moulding or dipping, tempering ensures a glossy finish and good snap. Use your preferred seeding, tabling, or temperature curve method — Easy Melt responds well to all.

Its high cocoa butter content provides excellent flow, making it ideal for precision tasks.

Yes, Firetree’s Easy Melt couverture is crafted to meet the high standards of professional chefs, chocolatiers, and pâtissiers.

Made from single-estate cocoa beans and refined in our bean-to-bar facility, it delivers precision flavour and consistent performance. Its high cocoa butter content ensures excellent fluidity for enrobing, moulding, ganache, or baking, while its complex flavour profiles allow chefs to create recipes with real character and distinction.

Most of the Easy Melt range is dairy-free, making it ideal for plant-based or vegan-friendly menus. However, our Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal 40% Milk Chocolate does contain dairy, offering a creamy option for recipes that call for milk couverture.

Yes, most of the Firetree Easy Melt range is naturally vegan and dairy-free. These couvertures are made from just a few simple ingredients: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, unrefined sugar, and sunflower lecithin. There are no dairy ingredients, no palm oil, and no unnecessary additives.

Each of our dark couvertures, from the bright, fruity notes of Vanuatu 72% to the deep intensity of Solomon Islands 100%, is suitable for plant-based diets and designed to let the character of our single-estate volcanic cocoa take centre stage.

The only exception is our Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal 40% Milk Chocolate, which contains dairy and is clearly labelled.

Yes, our Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal 100% Cocoa couverture is part of the Easy Melt range and contains no added sugar. It’s made purely from cocoa mass, with nothing else added - no sweeteners, no substitutes, and no additives.

This origin is carefully selected for its naturally smooth flavour profile, with notes of dates, black tea, and red fruit, offering deep intensity without the bitterness often associated with 100% cocoa. It’s ideal for baking and making where you want full control over sweetness or are catering to low- or no-sugar preferences.

Whether you’re making truffles, sauces, or enriched savoury dishes, this no-added sugar couverture delivers bold character, rich texture, and professional-grade performance - all from a single, pure ingredient.