Perfect gifts for the Chocoholic girl who has everything!
February 11, 2009
Thanks to Cocoa-Heaven for finding these fun gift ideas!
Can’t afford real diamonds? No problem…. Buy her some chocolate ones!
Does she just LOVE shoes? How about these pretty chocolate shoes?!
Or is she the intellectual type that loves puzzles? How about chocolate Scrabble tiles – don’t like your letters? Well just eat them instead!
Have you found any other really cool gifts made from chocolate? Post a link below!
Chruffles – Part 2!
February 2, 2009
In one of my previous posts about Chruffles, I happened to mention that I would like to try a few more of the flavours.. And guess what arrived this morning?! You guessed it! Those wonderful Cholive people sent me a few more chocs to try!
So here goes… All of the Chruffles are encased in the same 55% premium dark chocolate. Not too dark, not too light!
First up today is Orange. Wow, that is good! There is a real strong orange taste – and it is perfect with the dark chocolate. Great balance and combination. This one is jumping up into my top 3 I think!
Next is.. Butter Pecan. Mmmm.. not as intense a flavour as the orange, much more delicate. You get the creamy, buttery taste first, and then the pecan flavour creeps up on you, fading away to leave you with the dark chocolate flavour, and a slightly sweeter aftertaste.
What’s next? Hmmm, how about Black Forest? Ha – that’s exactly a Black Forest taste! A good, strong black cherry hit – not too sweet, slightly alcoholic flavours. Like taking a big fat spoon of a Black Forest gateaux! Yum!
My next victim is Irish Cream. Surprisingly strong, yet soft flavour. I was expecting more of an “alcoholic” taste (like the Lir Baileys truffles, or the Butlers irish Cremes), but this is actually much nicer than I expected. Its a really smooth, velvety taste. Very good with the dark chocolate.
I am saving the Toasted Coconut till last. I am curious about the combination of coconut and dark chocolate as I am used to it with milk chocolate (ie Bounty bars!!). I could taste the toasted coconut flakes decorating the outside first, and that gave me a hint of what was to come. Then the dark chocolate hit me, and a few seconds later, I got more of a coconut taste from the ganache. It’s not strong when you first eat it, but the flavour grows more intense in the aftertaste.
So I think my newly revised top 3 are…
Orange, Cappuccino and Irish Cream.
Another totally delicious experience! Go and buy some Chruffles now!!!