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Last month when I visited Charles Chocolates in Emeryville I got a sneak peak at what the future held, including tastes of a few delicious new chocolates not quite launched yet.
Today I can tell you the new chocolates are caramels and marzipans. The caramels come in two flavors; fleur de sel and bittersweet chocolate fleur de sel. Each caramel square is coated with their 65% bittersweet chocolate blend. The distinctive marzipan which comes in two fresh fruit flavors; Meyer lemon and orange, is also coated in the bittersweet chocolate blend. Chuck worked hard to create a marzipan which is less pasty, fresher and more rough textured than the typical marzipan. Lee and I loved it.
As part of the introduction of these two new products, Charles Chocolates has created very special gift boxes for them made entirely of chocolate. The base is bittersweet chocolate and the cocoa butter decorated lid is El Rey’s very special white chocolate (this is the only white chocolate they use, it actually tastes like chocolate). Enjoy the candies, and then eat the box – how cool is that?
If you're looking for Passover treats, for the next two weeks, they will also be featuring chocolate covered Matzah. Their Pate de Fruit is another Passover favorite. These classic French fruit jellies are made with 45% real fruit, all natural ingredients, and no gelatin.
And the biggest news of all?
Charles Chocolates is opening their first “test” retail store. For the next two months (starting on Wednesday) you will be able to find them in the Laurel Village Shopping Center in San Francisco. In one place you will be able to find everything that they make, fresh from their kitchens in Emeryville. They will also feature products that aren’t available anywhere else.
Finally if you are a chocolate lover who has always dreamed of working in a chocolate shop and are available for the next two months, please let me know and I will get you in contact with Chuck. Here's hoping all your chocolate wishes come true...
Charles Chocolates
3527 California St (the old Home Chef store)
San Francisco
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM every day
Opening day is this Wednesday, April 12th
FOOD + CHOCOLATE + SAN FRANCISCO
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Charles Chocolates News
Last month when I visited Charles Chocolates in Emeryville I got a sneak peak at what the future held, including tastes of a few delicious new chocolates not quite launched yet.
Today I can tell you the new chocolates are caramels and marzipans. The caramels come in two flavors; fleur de sel and bittersweet chocolate fleur de sel. Each caramel square is coated with their 65% bittersweet chocolate blend. The distinctive marzipan which comes in two fresh fruit flavors; Meyer lemon and orange, is also coated in the bittersweet chocolate blend. Chuck worked hard to create a marzipan which is less pasty, fresher and more rough textured than the typical marzipan. Lee and I loved it.
As part of the introduction of these two new products, Charles Chocolates has created very special gift boxes for them made entirely of chocolate. The base is bittersweet chocolate and the cocoa butter decorated lid is El Rey’s very special white chocolate (this is the only white chocolate they use, it actually tastes like chocolate). Enjoy the candies, and then eat the box – how cool is that?
If you're looking for Passover treats, for the next two weeks, they will also be featuring chocolate covered Matzah. Their Pate de Fruit is another Passover favorite. These classic French fruit jellies are made with 45% real fruit, all natural ingredients, and no gelatin.
And the biggest news of all?
Charles Chocolates is opening their first “test” retail store. For the next two months (starting on Wednesday) you will be able to find them in the Laurel Village Shopping Center in San Francisco. In one place you will be able to find everything that they make, fresh from their kitchens in Emeryville. They will also feature products that aren’t available anywhere else.
Finally if you are a chocolate lover who has always dreamed of working in a chocolate shop and are available for the next two months, please let me know and I will get you in contact with Chuck. Here's hoping all your chocolate wishes come true...
Charles Chocolates
3527 California St (the old Home Chef store)
San Francisco
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM every day
Opening day is this Wednesday, April 12th
FOOD + CHOCOLATE + SAN FRANCISCO
- Fall Chocolate Salon Tickets Giveaway!
The Fall Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason in San Francisco offers a fantastic opportunity to try, buy and learn about chocolate in many forms from bars to confections to beverages. I've participated many times as a judge for the awards and moderating...
- Meet Alice Medrich At Charles Chocolates
Photo ©Abigail Huller Just in time for Valetine's Day! The Alice Medrich event at Charles Chocolates has been rescheduled. Meet Alice Medrich and perhaps do a little holiday shopping at a favorite local chocolate shop. Charles Chocolates has a lovely...
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Photo ©Abigail Huller Since the 1800's, the Bay Area has been a delicious environment for chocolate. Early on immigrants like Guittard and Ghirardelli made their fortunes not in gold, but in chocolate and their companies exist to this day. Our cool...
- Chocolatiers Come To Town
Ever since Lee's doctor told him to eat a little chocolate everyday, I've kept a stash of over 70% cocoa chocolate bars in a drawer in the kitchen. My everyday bar is Chocovic's Ocumare which uses Venezuelan criollo beans. That's probably...
- Richart Shop Closed
What's the most fun you can have with your clothes on? Quite possibly attending a chocolate tasting! Which is something I got to do this past week. As you may or may not know, I am very fond of chocolate. Some might say obsessed. What drew me to...