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Best Holiday Chocolate
It wouldn't be the holiday season without chocolate! From festive parties, to small family gatherings, or maybe just enjoying a quiet moment with someone you love, chocolate is a great addition to your holiday season. And of course, chocolate gifts are always very well received!
Each year, we love to share some of the fun and creative holiday products that we come across from the fabulous chocolatiers and chocolate makers we know in the fine chocolate industry. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or another cherished holiday, there are lots of options available. Here are just a few of the great examples we found this year! This is definitely NOT an exhaustive list, or we'd be writing this blog post well past New Year's Day!
Best Holiday Chocolate Collections
Stick with Me Sweets
Anyone on your list would be thrilled to receive bonbons from Susana Yoon at Stick with Me Sweets. Limited edition flavors such as Santa's Milk and Cookies, The Nutcracker, and Mont Blanc, this collection is sure to delight kids and grown ups alike!
Roselen Chocolatier
We always love seeing what Giorgio Demarini ofRoselen Chocolatier in Lima, Peru, comes up with each holiday season. How gorgeous are these chocolate pointsettias?
Stubbe Chocolates
This limited edition painted chocolate dreidel from Stubbe Chocolates is the perfect addition to your Hanukkah celebration!
Holiday Chocolate Bars
Soma Chocolatemaker
Toronto's Soma Chocolatemaker created this special edition chocolate bar for the holiday season called the Spark of Joy. This beautiful creation starts with salted caramel chocolate, topped with a fresh baked chocolate tree. Next is a flutter of pumpkin seeds slow-roasted with wildflower honey until crispy. It's finished with a twinkle of sea salt crystals. You will definitely need to buy one to gift and one for yourself!
Pump Street Chocolate
Another classic holiday tradition is panettone. Suffolk's Pump Street Chocolate is also a well-known bakery, and they have spent years perfecting their recipe. Any odds and ends left over from their best selling panettone are combined with chocolate made with cocoa beans from Grenada to make their Panettone Bar. We love this twist on a classic holiday dessert!
French Broad Chocolate
When you are serious about fine chocolate, one bar just won't do! We love this holiday bar collection from French Broad Chocolate . This three bar set includes Peppermint White Chocolate with Cacao Nibs; Gingerbread Milk Chocolate with Cookie Crumbles; and Orange Rosemary Dark Chocolate with Pine Nuts. These bars are beautifully packaged and perfect for gifting!
Creo Chocolate
Mint and chocolate are one of those pairings that are just classic for the holidays. The Minty Dark bar from Creo Chocolate takes this classic pairing to the next level, with a fresh flavor of NW peppermint, paired with a perfect 73% dark chocolate from Ecuador made with heirloom cacao. It is one of our favorite bars, and as you can see from all those award stickers, we are clearly not alone!
Drinking Chocolate
Moka Origins
This Mexican Spice Drinking Chocolate from Moka Origins is the perfect blend of sweet and spicy, sure to warm you up on those cold, wintery days ahead.
Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate
In case you haven't noticed the theme, we love mint and chocolate for the holidays! This drinking chocolate from Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate is the perfect balance of minty goodness with rich chocolate flavor and is sure to become a new favorite all season long.
Nibblette
And of course, we couln't wrap up our blog post on holiday chocolate without mentioning hot cocoa bombs. These literally exploded onto the scene last holiday season and quickly became the newest and hottest trend in hot cocoa enjoyment. We love these beauties from Nibblette and they come in a delicious flavors such as chai spice, salted caramel and fudge brownie.
What to look for when you're buying fine chocolate
So, you step into a chocolate shop looking for a great gift - what should you be looking for? How do you know if what you're buying is of high quality? We tackled these questions and more in one of our Chocolate Masters Hangouts! Before you head out shopping, watch our hangout and let Megan Giller of Chocolate Noise, Eagranie Yuh, author of The Chocolate Tasting Kit & Jessica Ferraro of Bar Cacao share their expertise with you.
Happy Holidays from everyone at Ecole Chocolat!
We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and wish you the very best!
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