TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Chocolate Ganache Pups

If you know a mom who loves chocolate and dogs, is there a better Mother’s Day gift than these chocolate pup bonbons? Made by hand by Gearhearts Chocolates, the milk chocolate bonbons are filled with silky chocolate ganache, which is lightly infused with handmade peanut butter. And they’re guilt-free: Five percent of sales of Peanut…
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EASTER: Jelly Bean Chocolate Bar

Why make a decision when you can have both, our favorite thinking goes. Edward Marc Chocolatier is obviously of the same mind, with this jelly bean chocolate bar. It’s $3.50 for a 2.5-ounce bar at EdwardMarc.com. If you want to create your own jelly bean bar, head to Chocomize.com. For $4.75, you can make a…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Blue Bandana Chocolate Bars

New artisan chocolate bars. Photo courtesy Lake Champlain Chocolates.   Looking for an Easter gift for a chocolate connoisseur? Check out Blue Bandana chocolate bars from Lake Champlain Chocolates, one of our favorite producers of fine chocolate candies. Third-generation chocolatier Eric Lampman developed the bean-to-bar chocolate, using single origin cacao beans from Guatemala and Madagascar.…
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PRODUCT: Lindt Wasabi Chocolate Bar

Imagine being the master chocolatier for the world’s largest prestige chocolate company. Management is always looking for something new and different. You already have chocolate bars in Blackcurrant, Chili, Coconut, Cranberry, Orange, Passionfruit, Sea Salt, plus traditional flavors like Almond, Mint and Toffee and plain chocolate bars in a range of cacao intensities. What do…
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PRODUCT: Sarments de Médoc, Chocolate Twigs

In French, a sarment is the graceful, slender shoot of the grapevine. The Médoc region of Bordeaux knows all about them: It’s perhaps the most prestigious area of the most prestigious wine-growing region in the world. The Médoc is home to four of the five “first growth” Bordeaux wines: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château…
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