This article is from the Chocolate FAQ, by Monee Kidd faq@choco.com with numerous contributions by others.
Couverture is a special kind of chocolate that has more cocoa
butter than regular chocolate, anywhere from 33% to 38% for a really good
brand. This type of chocolate is used as a coating for things like truffles
("couverture" is French for "covering") There are two ways of coating
candies, either by hand dipping into melted chocolate or enrobing, gently
pouring chocolate over the treat.
 
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