Captain's Log, Stardate 11.05.2009
Those of you on Twitter and Facebook saw mefreaking out patiently waiting for my chocolate to arrive. Well, they came on Wednesday!
Isn’t this pretty? I love pretty packaging.
You can order the chocolates here if you can’t help yourself. Just to warn you, they’re a bit pricey and contrary to how they look, each truffle is only a little bigger than a marble.
The flavors are very intense, however, so actually I don’t think I’d have been happy with a larger piece of candy—it would have been too much. When I eat some truffles from a local chocolatier, they’re too much for me, and I end up only eating 1/4 or 1/3 of each truffle in each sitting and putting it back in the fridge. But it doesn’t taste as good when I pick it up again.
Anyway, here are the flavors of the truffles (because of course I already tasted each flavor as soon as the box arrived!):
Mascarpone and Ceylon Cinnamon Snap: Italian mascarpone + Ceylon cinnamon + organic sour cream + 45% deep milk chocolate
This is by far my favorite flavor. I love the combination of cinnamon and mascarpone and sour cream.
Candy Cane Peppermint: All natural candy cane + peppermint + 65% dark chocolate
This ties with the eggnog (below) for my second favorite in the box. The ganache in the middle is sinful! I also tend to like mint chocolate, so this was really yummy to me.
Eggnog and Jamaican Rum: Appleton Estate rum + Grenadian nutmeg + ginger + Dominican Republic white chocolate
Very tasty! The white chocolate is a tad sweet for my taste, but the combination of spices is excellent!
Holiday Plum Pudding: plum + French Armagnac + Sicilian almond marzipan + 65% dark chocolate
My least favorite in the box, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it. The Armagnac gives it a really decadent kick.
There you go! The chocolate I wasscreaming about patiently waiting for!
Those of you on Twitter and Facebook saw me
You can order the chocolates here if you can’t help yourself. Just to warn you, they’re a bit pricey and contrary to how they look, each truffle is only a little bigger than a marble.
The flavors are very intense, however, so actually I don’t think I’d have been happy with a larger piece of candy—it would have been too much. When I eat some truffles from a local chocolatier, they’re too much for me, and I end up only eating 1/4 or 1/3 of each truffle in each sitting and putting it back in the fridge. But it doesn’t taste as good when I pick it up again.
Anyway, here are the flavors of the truffles (because of course I already tasted each flavor as soon as the box arrived!):
Mascarpone and Ceylon Cinnamon Snap: Italian mascarpone + Ceylon cinnamon + organic sour cream + 45% deep milk chocolate
This is by far my favorite flavor. I love the combination of cinnamon and mascarpone and sour cream.
Candy Cane Peppermint: All natural candy cane + peppermint + 65% dark chocolate
This ties with the eggnog (below) for my second favorite in the box. The ganache in the middle is sinful! I also tend to like mint chocolate, so this was really yummy to me.
Eggnog and Jamaican Rum: Appleton Estate rum + Grenadian nutmeg + ginger + Dominican Republic white chocolate
Very tasty! The white chocolate is a tad sweet for my taste, but the combination of spices is excellent!
Holiday Plum Pudding: plum + French Armagnac + Sicilian almond marzipan + 65% dark chocolate
My least favorite in the box, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it. The Armagnac gives it a really decadent kick.
There you go! The chocolate I was
Last year I made rum balls for my family for Christmas. After looking at the decriptions, I think I'll use the last of my Appleton Estate rum for those...they should be yummy ;)
ReplyDeleteOooh, that sounds good!
ReplyDeleteCamy
They all sound good, with the exception of the peppermint one. I'm not a big fan of peppermint candy!
ReplyDeleteActually, I don't like peppermint candy either, but mint chocolate is a different story. I'm not sure why.
ReplyDeleteCamy