But chocolate matzo isn't the exclusive purview of professionals. Rachel Wood, 16, of Orinda, got hooked on chocolate covered matzo last year during Passover.

Choose a high-quality semisweet or bittersweet chocolate for this recipe, ideally something in the range of 55% to 75% cacao depending on how dark you'd like your pudding to be.

Buying chocolate for baking used to be simple; there were semisweet, bittersweet and unsweetened varieties. No longer: Today, you can't be a true chocoholic without knowing about cacao.