Chocolate(s) of the Day: Guppy's Chocolates
Dark Chocolate with a hint of Raspberry bar
(See yesterday's entry)
Timothy Adams Chocolates
Coconut
Good +
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) in 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories in 1 pieceCost: $2.25 (estimate) for 1 bonbon
Purchased from: Timothy Adams Chocolates
Coconut Caramel
Good ++ - Very Good
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) in 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories in 1 piece
Cost: $2.25 for 1 bonbon
Purchased from: Timothy Adams ChocolatesToday was the last day of Chocolates of Northern Yorkshire Theme Week, and Day #1 of Chocolate, Coconut and Vanilla Theme Week.
Guppy's Chocolates, Yorkshire Puddings
I used yesterday's Guppy's Chocolates (York, Northern Yorkshire, U.K.) dark raspberry bar as the basis for a chocolate sauce over gluten-free Yorkshire puddings. I added smoke-infused olive oil and sea salt to the puddings. And to the chocolate pieces I melted for the sauce, I added fresh English lavender buds, lemon infused olive oil and butter, to this chocolate to make a fruit and floral warm chocolate sauce. Apologies to those who find this California deviation from the original Yorkshire puddings offensive. But, they did taste good.Timothy Adams Chocolates
And now, I move on to chocolate, coconut and vanilla. A holy trinity to some, and not so much to others (who dislike coconut). Timothy Adams Chocolates, a new shop in Palo Alto, CA, had on display several interesting chocolate covered bonbons.Two coconut flavors caught my eye. The Coconut bonbon, drizzled with a slender thread of white (vanilla?) icing offered a concentrated tasty burst of finely shredded tropical coconut flavor and texture.
And the Coconut Caramel chocolate had a wonderful layering of fresh caramel, chocolate and coconut flavors. I commented to Timothy Woods (the "Timothy" in Timothy Adams) that I loved the layering of these flavors and he mentioned his background as a chef. No surprise then. I look forward to trying other flavors soon.
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