| abstract |
The present invention, in embodiments, is a chocolate composition product that includes an outer shell having a legume flour and a hydrophilic binding agent, and an inner portion that includes a chocolate composition. In embodiments, the outer shell surrounds the inner portion, the product is a ready-to-eat food, an average moisture content of the outer shell is between 0.1% and 5%, and, when the chocolate composition product is tested by exposing the product to 37°C for 3 minutes, the chocolate composition product exhibits substantially no visible leakage. |