Abstract: Improved granular cocoa which is sufficiently dense and stiff but nevertheless is readily soluble in water, even in cold water, can be produced without using any binder by subjecting a cocoa powder of which fat content is 12-29% to compression, feeding the compressed powder to a roller press thereby forming small plate-like agglomerates which are 0.5-3 mm thick, and crushing and sifting the agglomerates to obtain 10-30 mesh granules of cocoa. The physical properties of the cocoa granules are further improved by ageing the granules at temperatures below about 27.degree. C., most preferably at 15-25.degree. C., for a few hours to several days. the starting cocoa powder may have been added with powdered sugar and/or milk.

Abstract: A fruit chocolate containing at least one kind of dried or candied fruit in the form of uniformly dispersed fine particles is produced by freezing the dried or candied fruit together with at least one kind of edible oil or fat, or foodstuff containing oil or fat, finely pulverizing this frozen mixture and dispersing the resultant fine particles in a chocolate base to form a fruit-containing chocolate paste. The presence of oil or fat prevents the fine fruit particles from forming sticky agglomerates, so that a sufficient amount of dried or candied fruit can be incorporated into the chocolate to provide both the strong taste and aroma of the fruit and good sweetness, even when the chocolate contains neither sugar nor a sugar substitute.