Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes

Note: This edition of Baker's Famous Chocolate Recipes has been updated to include Metric equivalents.


The story of chocolate is a fascinating and romantic one! Cortez discovered it in Mexico in 1519, where it was used as a beverage by the Aztecs. He carried back some of the cacao beans to Spain, and this new and delicious beverage soon became the Spanish national drink. By the time of Marie Antoinette, chocolate, as a beverage, had become the sensation of the courts, the most fashionable drink of Europe, and its prestige had spread to civilized America as well.


The Walter Baker chocolate mills in Dorchester, Mass., occupy the original site of the little factory bought by Dr. Baker in 1780. The charming portrait of the dainty little Chocolate Girl that appears on all Walter Baker products, is that of a real person, Babette, who served in a quaint chocolate shop in Vienna. Handsome Prince Ditrichstein came to sip his chocolate there, and stayed to woo and marry her. His betrothal gift to her was this famous portrait by Liotard, of “La Belle Chocolatière,” the Chocolate Girl, who now stands for the best in all chocolate products.


There is ample proof that American housewives have known the lure and charm of Baker’s Chocolate for generations. I have a worn little diary which belonged to my husband’s great-great-grandmother. On one page she has written, “27 March 1798. Prepared sweet pasties this day, using the precious Baker’s Chocolate purchased for me in Boston town. Rufus and Abigail gave generous expression to their pleasure.” How many Rufuses and Abigails have expressed their delight with Baker’s Chocolate since those far-off days! And how your family, big and little, will love all the good things made from the Baker’s Chocolate recipes in this practical, helpful book.