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April 3, 2009

Easter Time And Irresistible Chocolate Easter Eggs

Filed under: Chocolates — @ 9:29 am

Spring and Easter bring in their joyous moments. Especially with the Easter festival all the pastry shops and sweet stores get an attractive window display done. The display shelves look pretty and laden with colorful Easter eggs which are hard to miss by.

Well, in United Kingdom too, you have a specialized range of chocolate Easter eggs which taste divine and heavenly ….Attractively packed in gift boxes; they can be gifted to family and friends too.

Well, each chocolatier has its own unique range of chocolate Easter eggs. You need to browse and check around certain stores and check for your self what each one offers. Pick out a cocoa rich chocolate Easter egg or a white chocolate Easter egg. The degree of sweetness varies. If you like vegan or dairy intolerant, you can get special dairy free Easter eggs too.

Tesco’s white chocolate egg has it share butterscotch tidbits within and is for those who really have a sweet tooth meanwhile Sainsbury’s Easter egg is laden with chopped nuts and raisins – quite a regular fare. If you want to try something truly special and handmade, a must check out on the list is the Chouchoute, Birmingham whose Easter Eggs are handmade and do have French touch to it. They come attractively packed too so you can always gift them to your special friends.

Are you still looking for something still more special or suitable for corporate gifting, you can always try out £18.99 priced stem ginger and dark chocolate organic truffles from Booja Booja – they are packed in hand painted wooden eggs specially flown in from Kashmir. In the similar price range, you could also try out L’Artisan du Chocolat Eco Chick Egg which contains a chocolate egg made from Peruvian beans within pastel colored shell which very well resembles an egg of the wild bird.

You can yet check out the top of the range eggs which could cost almost £25, pricey enough!! The Charbonnel et Walker Rose and Violet Plain Chocolate Egg which as the name suggests contains Classic rose and violet creams inside a plain chocolate egg. Another chocolate egg in the same category is the Amedei Chocolate Egg filled with House Dark Truffles from William Curley – A whiff will suffice and you will make your decision to buy… Simply smells heavenly and lets your Easter spirits soar high.

The well made and decorated Easter Eggs look pretty enticing and tempting that all the diet plans and resolutions go for a toss. Even you feel like grabbing and savoring them just like a little child who savors it with relish and great sense of satisfaction, not bothered about the calorie count. Well, enjoying a chocolate Easter egg naturally preps up your mood and you begin to feel happy.

February 26, 2009

Knipschildt Chocolatier: The rich taste of life

Filed under: Chocolates — Tags: , — @ 10:52 am

Knipschildt Chocolatier, New York City is the place you should head for if you truly love the chocs. Hand made and exquisitely crafted, the chocolates of Knipschildt Chocolatier are divine and heavenly. They are so special that you will drool and swoon over them barely at a mere sight of them, the efforts and experience of Maitre Chocolatier is simply marvelous.

Offering you the best in quality and taste, Knipschildt Chocolates are exclusively designed to suit all occasions and events. You will find special Valentine Day’s Chocolates, Easter Chocolates and even specially designed Wedding Favours.

Though all Knipschildt Chocolates are exotic, their Classic Truffle Box is out of the world. Trust Fritz Knipschildt to make these truly special chocolates with Valrhona 71% Grand Cru and a final roll in cocoa powder. Get enticed by the rich dark creamy chocolate and experience the ultimate bliss.

Wanna try something different than truffles, pralines or even nut filled chocolates…then check out the Chocopologie Bars, they are available in varied an unimaginable flavours such as Burnt Caramel and Sea Salt Bar – it contains Hawaiian Sea Salt!! The Rosewater Bar is made with 80% Ghana Omahene Single Bean Dark Chocolate blended with Rosewater while the Fresh Mint Bar has crushed fresh mint leaves infused in 64% Costa Rican Single Bean Dark Chocolate

You are definitely missing out on the ultimate experience if you do not visit the Chocopologie Café if in New York. Not only you get to try out some freshly prepared chocolate preparations but also appetizers, shakes, desserts and salads A must try item is the spicy chocolate fondue along with hot sandwiches. The royal and aristocrat ambience makes you feel special and well treated. What more you can see the entire chocolate making process as it is being made right from preparing the fillings, raw chocolates, cleaning of molds, filling of moulds and so on.

A truly chocolate connoisseur is definitely going to pay a visit to the Knipschildt Chocolatier and not miss out the opportunity to experience the ultimate and divine feeling for savoring nothing less than the best.

February 2, 2009

Chouchoute Chocolaterie.. Tantalizing and Tempting chocolates

Filed under: Chocolates — Tags: , , — @ 10:47 am

Chocolatee and Chocolatee… chocolates galore…Feeling hungry or depressed or wooing your partner and spouse ….. try doing it with a chocolate and watch their anger melt faster than the chocolate in your mouth.

A chocolate – be it a piece or a simple mention of it merely uplifts your spirits and sets you craving for more. Gifting a chocolate though seems to be a regular feature but it probably is still most favored and opted for. Though chocolates can be gifted on any and every occasion, you yet need to choose the right tasting and right shaped chocolate to suit the occasion and person whom you are gifting it.

As an ideal Valentine day gift, chocolates or even ganaches, pralines and truffles come in heart shaped or are presented in heart shaped boxes which reflect your love for each other. Other occasions on which chocolates truly deserve gifting include mother’s day, father’s day, teacher’s day and on festivals such as Christmas and Easter too.

Meanwhile chocolates can be gifted for corporate purposes as well. A box of well gifted exquisite and luxury chocolates when gifted to business clients goes a long way in appreciating the interest shown in the company. Similarly when you present a box of chocolates to employees as token of appreciation for the hard work and effort undertaken by them in the interest of the company, they feel truly elated and build within them a certain degree of loyalty and dedication towards the company.

For a connoisseur of chocolates truly knows what a real chocolate tastes like… you really need to develop a taste and fascination of them. You will be amazed to know what these chocolates are filled with cocoa butter, pralines, hazelnuts, plum wine, rum, mint liqueur, whiskey, apricot coulis, black currant, fresh mint, passion fruit and vanilla to name a few.

It’s best to opt for local made chocolates or specialized chocolate stores who do not compromise on quality and taste rather than mass made chocolates which are extremely sweet and the real flavour of chocolate is lost. Most of truffles and ganaches do contain herbal infusions and also alcohol which you do need to bear in mind too

Lastly, always store the chocolates at room temperature; in case of extreme hot weather you can store them in the fridge provided you remove them in advance so as to enjoy their actual taste at room temperature.

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