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While shopping, I was drawn to the two Easter-candy laden tables near the check out counters. Shiny paper. Pretty colors. Can't resist.
I mostly grabbed candy for Alex and Matt's Easter baskets, but then I saw a small box of chocolates, colorfully-wrapped squares. Somehow, it ended up in our basket. And as Matt always says, if it's in the basket, what can you do but buy it?
I so rarely eat chocolate. Heck, I rarely want chocolate. But there's always that 'must-have' moment, so it's good to keep some around.
I had one of those moments not long ago, so I broke into my box of Lake Champlain Chocolates.
The first square was milk chocolate, and it was decent. Not eye-openingly amazing, but a nice, sweet flavor. The next bite was dark. And...I almost thought I was eating nothing. I mean, there was no flavor. No deep, intense chocolate. Nuthin'. It could have been edible plastic, except I think the plastic may have tasted better!
I guess the lesson here is to never judge a chocolate by it's wrapper, eh?
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Chocolate + Gourmet + Sweets + Shopping
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While shopping, I was drawn to the two Easter-candy laden tables near the check out counters. Shiny paper. Pretty colors. Can't resist.
I mostly grabbed candy for Alex and Matt's Easter baskets, but then I saw a small box of chocolates, colorfully-wrapped squares. Somehow, it ended up in our basket. And as Matt always says, if it's in the basket, what can you do but buy it?
I so rarely eat chocolate. Heck, I rarely want chocolate. But there's always that 'must-have' moment, so it's good to keep some around.
I had one of those moments not long ago, so I broke into my box of Lake Champlain Chocolates.
The first square was milk chocolate, and it was decent. Not eye-openingly amazing, but a nice, sweet flavor. The next bite was dark. And...I almost thought I was eating nothing. I mean, there was no flavor. No deep, intense chocolate. Nuthin'. It could have been edible plastic, except I think the plastic may have tasted better!
I guess the lesson here is to never judge a chocolate by it's wrapper, eh?
Tagged with: Food and Drink + Chocolate + Gourmet + Sweets + Shopping
- Antoine Amrani Chocolates
Sour cherry, Grand Marnier, coffee and dark chocolate. That was the bon bon that won me over. I'm not sure what the inspiration was for the combination, though I was intrigued because coffee beans come from fruit called coffee cherries. I've...
- 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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Don't you just love those stories about people who come to a crossroads in life and find true fulfillment? Stories with the ultimate sweet ending. This is one of those stories. Michael Freeman was a passionate chocolate lover who had what might...
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My original plan for Alex's birthday cake was to create candy (wafer chocolate) heroes to place on the tiers. They came out pretty good, I like to think. However, as I discovered around one in the morning...day of party...that they were just too...
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A few weeks ago while shopping, I saw a container of chocolate malt powder next to the usual malted powder. Of course I had to buy it. Matt's a big chocolate malt fan...when we still lived in Oakland, we loved to walk down to Barneys for burgers,...