I’d never indulged in chocolate from Charm School Chocolates. I’d also never tasted cocoa sourced from Belize. So this 70% dark chocolate treat was a 100% new for me when I happened upon it at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. I really adore how small batch chocolatiers are starting to stamp and mould their bars. The tasting notes […]
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Chocolate in bed
I’ve decided that living in a single room with approx 620 square feet of space makes it perfectly acceptable to eat chocolate in bed. While working, of course. 😉 And especially when I’m savouring this tasty, tasty bar from Fruition Chocolate. I grabbed this limited edition 68% along with their Maranon 76% at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. I […]
I’d never heard of today’s chocolate indulgence, Dandelion Chocolates, before happening on their booth at the Northwest Chocolate Festival. I went straight for their Ambanja, Madagascar (of course and always). The chocolate was exceedingly smooth and bursting with fruit notes; the raspberry almost overwhelming. Though perhaps I shouldn’t have eaten so many pieces in such a short period […]
I was totally planning to blog about these super tasty Fleur de Sel Caramels that I picked up at the Northwest Chocolate Festival from Jonboy Caramels. But then I ate them all.
I was lucky enough to attend the Northwest Chocolate Festival this year [Saturday, October 3, 2015]. The event was overwhelming but completely fun. Chocolatiers from all over the world had tasting booths spread over two floors of the convention centre. Today’s chocolate indulgence – TCHO – was on the top floor. And, even though I was in the first […]