The founders of Wired magazine have started a specialty chocolate company, Tcho, that "aims to do for cacao beans what Starbucks did for those other beans." per the article in the most recent issue of Wired. It looks pretty good to me. Not too expensive for a treat ($4 for a 50 gram bar), but the shipping charges ($5 flat rate) make ordering just one bar a bit prohibative. I do want to try some!
Trader Joe's 72% Dark Chocolate Pound Plus Bar is the best value - high quality Belgian chocolate, large quantity (17.6 oz or 500 grams), and low price ($3-$4 I think). Put a square into your mouth and its like you own big piece of heaven!
Are you a cereal addict? The try Cereality's Threes A Charm combination (General Mills® Cocoa Puffs® and Nature’s Path® Panda Puffs™ with Cereality Charms and triple chocolate chips) or Devil Made Me Do It (Cocoa Puffs®, Lucky Charms with chocolate, malt balls, and chocolate syrup). I've had the Devil, and it is not only very chocolate satisfying, it will wire you up for hours.
Need some finer chocolates for home? If you're in Canton, OH, try my favorites, Ben Heggy's and Harry London's. Heggy's is by far the better of the two, and just walking into the store the aroma will put you in chocovana. They make the best dark chocolate Easter bunnys. London's offers a factory tour and a huge gift shop. If you're in the Allentown, PA, area, then go to Josh Early Candies. Mmmm, if I had to pick a way to die, then it would be drowning in a vat of dark chocolate (which raises new and troubling questions, often baffling and perverse).
Need to fill your chocolate blog reading for today? Try David Lebovitz's Chocolate FAQ. Or get a fix at Never Go Hungry Again, where the wonders of Valrhona are explained. (Speaking of which, the guys at the homebrew store said that I should try Valrhona next time when I brew a chocolate beer.) And then there's Chocolate Blog. And Chocolate & Zucchini (I think I'm in love). And Chocolate Obsession. And Chocablog.
Is it too much to want to go to the Hotel Hershey and experience the Chocolate Escape Package at the spa? Hershey's also has a great website Allchocolate. Can't make it there? Then go to Origins and pick up a few of their Cocoa Therapy products. I can personally vouch for the body butter. They used to have a cocoa soap, but I don't see it on the web site.
Oh, man, I need some milk...
7 comments:
Too many folks focus on the whole relationship things around v-day and not enough time is devoted to chocolate, good call
I love to receive, but not chocolate :-)
And Happy Hallmark Day to all of us whose hands have done more for us than any partner ever imagined. :)
I think I am in love with you Sheen V. Any man that know their way around chocolate the way you do, is the man for me.
The only thing that could make you more perfect is...well, let me just ask how you feel about dancing? If you say you love to dance, I will leave my husband for you (not that you have asked but...).
xo
Chocolate rules. One of my faves has to be Dan's Chocolate. Man that's some good stuff!
evening, I'm blushing! As for dancing, I love to do it, but I have two left feet. I hade taken some lessons a few years ago. They helped, but I just didn't keep up with practicing.
Yup, TJ's big bar is a must have... I have to try that cereal though, sounds amazing! How do you feel about caramel? You should try an "alfajor"...
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