The Blog

Hello, and welcome to the Keylink blog!

In this section of our website, you’ll find a wealth of inspiring recipes, industry insights, consumer trends and analysis, ‘food-for-thought’ articles, business strategy ideas and so much more.

We’ll be posting articles to our blog regularly, and, if you don’t want to miss out on the latest scoop, make sure to follow us on our socials where we’ll notify you of the latest uploads.

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Callebaut's New Taste Wheel

Callebaut's New Taste Wheel
Choosing the right chocolate is essential to crafting unforgettable flavour, and the Taste Wheel makes that easier than ever.
Dec 8th, 2025 | read
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Callebaut Chocolatier's Day 2025

Callebaut Chocolatier's Day 2025
Callebaut's Chocolatier Day returned this October in a blaze of flavour, insight and inspiration.
Nov 5th, 2025 | read
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Callebaut's New Low Roasting Process

Callebaut's New Low Roasting Process
In order to maintain the unique flavour and taste of the cocoa in each of their new Signature Collection chocolates, Callebaut has developed a brand-new roasting process. Keep reading to find out more...
Oct 20th, 2025 | read
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A Beginners' Guide to Matcha

A Beginners' Guide to Matcha
Known for its eye-catching, bright green colour, earthy flavour and abundance of health benefits, matcha has become the go-to choice for everything from drinks and ice cream to pastries and chocolate fillings.
Oct 10th, 2025 | read
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Boost Profits with Edible Decorations

Boost Profits with Edible Decorations
If there’s one thing that elevates an on–trend sweet treat to the next level, it’s that extra little finishing touch. Discover the wonderful world of decorations and level up your creations…
Oct 3rd, 2025 | read
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Masters of Taste: Callebaut's Bold New Identity

Masters of Taste: Callebaut's Bold New Identity
Callebaut, the Belgian chocolate brand trusted by chefs since 1911, has unveiled a bold new identity: Masters of Taste.
Oct 1st, 2025 | read
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Colour Your Creations: Van Houten in Cocktails, Mocktails & More

Colour Your Creations: Van Houten in Cocktails, Mocktails & More
Take your creations further with Van Houten chocolate powders, delicious in drinks, desserts, and everything in between.
Sep 26th, 2025 | read
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Trick, Treat & Trend: Halloween 2025

Trick, Treat & Trend: Halloween 2025
Halloween 2025 Lands on a Friday this year! So...get ready for Bigger Thrills with Bold Colours, Fun Flavours, and Creative Tools to Make Your Range Shine!
Sep 8th, 2025 | read
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All About Hazelnuts

All About Hazelnuts
One of our favourite flavours to pair with chocolate is the classic hazelnut – whether enrobed in caramel and encased in milk chocolate or ground into a sumptuous paste with sugar or chocolate to create decadent fillings for bonbons and bars. And don’t forget gelato and chocolate drinks!
Sep 1st, 2025 | read
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Introducing Ruby RB2

Introducing Ruby RB2
Discover the next generation of Ruby chocolate, Ruby RB2 offers an intense, fruity flavour with a vibrant ruby hue. Available now from Keylink!
Aug 20th, 2025 | read
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How to Clean Your Chocolate Moulds

How to Clean Your Chocolate Moulds
Beautiful, glossy chocolates start with beautifully clean moulds. Any smudge, streak or leftover cocoa butter will show up in the final shine—so giving your moulds some TLC between uses is essential. Luckily, it’s not complicated, and you don’t need a cupboard full of fancy gear. 
Aug 15th, 2025 | read
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Savour the Divine Taste of the First Ever Ruby Chocolate Drink Powder!

Savour the Divine Taste of the First Ever Ruby Chocolate Drink Powder!
See recipes for making hot or cold drinks with the new Van Houten ruby chocolate drinks powder.
Aug 13th, 2025 | read
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Embracing Ginger and Spices in Baking and Chocolate

Embracing Ginger and Spices in Baking and Chocolate
Discover how ginger and warm spices transform baking and chocolate, adding depth, comfort, and festive flair. From spiced drinks to perfect pairings, explore the magic these ingredients bring and uncover our range of flavourful products and recipes.
Aug 1st, 2025 | read
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Trending: Aerated Chocolate Fillings

Trending: Aerated Chocolate Fillings
The viral aerated chocolate fillings trend—sparked by creations like the Angel Hair bar—remains front and centre on TikTok and Instagram. For professional chocolatiers, it’s a playground to explore bubble dynamics, textural suspense, and video‑ready aesthetics.
Jul 30th, 2025 | read
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Ned's Christmas Story

Ned's Christmas Story
For our 2025 festive campaign, we wanted to take you on a journey to meet our newest chocolate moulds, discover new flavours and explore the nostalgic shapes, colours and decorations that bring back memories of Christmas past. Read on to explore our full Christmas range...
Jul 14th, 2025 | read
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Stay Cool with Callebaut ICE Chocolate this Summer

Stay Cool with Callebaut ICE Chocolate this Summer
When the temperature rises, there’s only one thing on everyone’s mind: ice cream! But what if you could take your frozen treats to the next level? You can with Callebaut ICE Chocolate: the perfect chocolate for ice cream and gelato makers. 
Jul 7th, 2025 | read
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Apple & Pear Flavours for a Refreshing Autumn

Apple & Pear Flavours for a Refreshing Autumn
Summer might be in full swing, but we're looking ahead to those cooler, autumnal days and celebrating apple and pear flavours: light, refreshing and full of possibilities.
Jul 2nd, 2025 | read
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Yule Logs and Holiday Flavours for a Magical Christmas

Yule Logs and Holiday Flavours for a Magical Christmas
The Yule Log is back—and it's more delicious than ever. This blog unwraps its festive roots, shares creative takes, and offers ideas to help you roll out a centrepiece your customers will love this Christmas.
Jun 30th, 2025 | read
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Festive Macarons

Festive Macarons
Discover festive macaron ideas with classic Christmas flavours, decorating tips and gift-ready packaging inspiration. Perfect for makers, bakers and festive treat lovers alike.
Jun 10th, 2025 | read
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Christmas Trends 2025

Christmas Trends 2025
Christmas 2025 brings rustic charm and creativity to the forefront. Expect flavours like gingerbread caramel, cherry, and swicy chilli-raspberry. Earthy tones, gold accents, eco-friendly packaging and personal touches capture the season’s woodland magic.
Jun 2nd, 2025 | read
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May's Flavour of the Month: Caramel

May's Flavour of the Month: Caramel
Rich, sweet and decadent with a nostalgic flavour; caramel is a staple of the chocolate and bakery worlds, and for good reason! Read on to be inspired by sugary, buttery brown flavours…
May 1st, 2025 | read
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Introducing Chocovic at Keylink

Introducing Chocovic at Keylink
Chocovic, a celebrated brand that has spent over 150 years empowering artisan chocolatiers, bakers, and pastry chefs around the world, is now available in the UK for the first time at Keylink.
Apr 15th, 2025 | read
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How Barry Callebaut Supports Farmers

How Barry Callebaut Supports Farmers
Barry Callebaut’s philosophy is to provide the needed support to empower cocoa farmers to leverage their cocoa farming expertise, to improve their yields and increase their financial resilience by diversifying their income. 
Apr 9th, 2025 | read
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April's Flavour of the Month: Berries

April's Flavour of the Month: Berries
April brings with it longer days and fresher flavours... and so do we with this month's flavour; Berries!
Apr 1st, 2025 | read
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March's Flavour of the Month: Almond

March's Flavour of the Month: Almond
With their distinctive fruity, nutty flavour and numerous health benefits, almonds are as popular as ever! Read our March Flavour of the Month blog to discover our favourite almond products, recipes and flavour pairings…
Mar 3rd, 2025 | read
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Modern Easter Chocolate Moulds for 2025

Modern Easter Chocolate Moulds for 2025
Bring your Easter chocolates bang up to date with our newest chocolate moulds! From abstract rabbits to a flat egg tablet, these modern moulds will make Easter a breeze this year.
Feb 12th, 2025 | read
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Everything You Need for a Sweet Valentine's Day

Everything You Need for a Sweet Valentine's Day
Roses are red, violets are blue. Boy, have we got a treat for you! Find everything you need for a perfect Valentine's range at Keylink.
Jan 17th, 2025 | read
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Experience the Unexpected for Spring 2025

Experience the Unexpected for Spring 2025
The latest spring trends, and Callebaut's new spring 2025 catalogue has arrived!
Jan 16th, 2025 | read
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A Day with Kirsten Tibballs

A Day with Kirsten Tibballs
When the Chocolate Queen and founder of Savour School, Kirsten Tibballs came to the Chocolate Academy UK & Ireland in November, we were lucky enough to be invited along for a demonstration of Kirsten’s chocolate and patisserie skills!  
Dec 5th, 2024 | read
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Flavour of the Month: Pistachio

Flavour of the Month: Pistachio
This month, we’re celebrating the humble pistachio and sharing our favourite products, recipes and flavour pairings with you!
Dec 2nd, 2024 | read
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Pairing Blue Fruits with Chocolate

Pairing Blue Fruits with Chocolate
Blue food is growing in popularity, especially with social media users, as it’s an eye-catching and unexpected colour in the world of chocolate and sweet bakery. Find out how to pair your favourite blue fruits with chocolate and other flavours.
Nov 22nd, 2024 | read
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Embracing the Blue Food Trend

Embracing the Blue Food Trend
The rising popularity of blue food has also led to an increase in more earthy, non-synthetic blue products. Read on to find out how you can use blue flavours and colours in your chocolate or bakery business...
Nov 15th, 2024 | read
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Callebaut Chocolatier Event 2024

Callebaut Chocolatier Event 2024
We had the pleasure of attending Callebaut’s first Chocolatier Event since 2019, and it was a whirlwind of ideas, inspiration, motivation, and even a sneak peek at some new product development. 
Oct 28th, 2024 | read
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The Callebaut by Keylink Web Shop is Open!

The Callebaut by Keylink Web Shop is Open!
Introducing our brand new collaboration with Callebaut, a dedicated web shop housing all of your favourite Barry Callebaut products!
Oct 4th, 2024 | read
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Prepare for a Hair-raising Halloween with Keylink!

Prepare for a Hair-raising Halloween with Keylink!
With October fast approaching, there’s still time to design a limited-edition Halloween product range that will appeal to customers and start off Q4 with a bang.
Sep 13th, 2024 | read
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Choosing the UK Finalist for the World Chocolate Masters 2025

Choosing the UK Finalist for the World Chocolate Masters 2025
We were honoured to be invited to the UK Chocolate Academy™ in Banbury on 30 May to witness the final of the World Chocolate Masters pre-selection for the UK and Ireland.
Jun 5th, 2024 | 9.9min read
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Shelf Life of Ganache: A Guide

Shelf Life of Ganache: A Guide
Looking for tips on how to extend your chocolate's shelf life? Read more to find out how!
Jan 12th, 2024 | 5.7min read
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Chocolate Mousse: A Potted History

Chocolate Mousse: A Potted History
The history of chocolate mousse and how you can add a range of chocolate mousses to your menu with very little effort!
Sep 12th, 2023 | 7.3min read
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The Complete Range of Cacao Barry Cacao Powders!

The Complete Range of Cacao Barry Cacao Powders!
Discover the full range of Cacao Barry cacao powders and find your new favourite for flavouring, colouring and texturising your creations!
Jun 4th, 2023 | 8.6min read
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The Barry Callebaut Salmonella Incident and what Keylink is doing to help

The Barry Callebaut Salmonella Incident and what Keylink is doing to help
While there are some short-term supply chain issues due to the Barry Callebaut salmonella issue at the moment, Keylink is here to help!
Aug 24th, 2022 | 2.7min read
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