Chocolate of the Day:
Valenza Chocolatier
Fennel - Dark Chocolate
(part of 6-piece Holiday Italian Cioccolato Sleeve assortment box)
Good +++
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) in 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories (estimate) in 1 piece
Cost: $15.00 for a 6-piece assortment box
Purchased from: Valenza Chocolatier, Costa Mesa, CA
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Italian Holiday Theme Week.
This week I'm making my way through a Holiday Italian Cioccolato* Sleeve assortment box from Valenza Chocolatier (Costa Mesa, CA). Created by Amy Jo Pedone, this Italian inspired collection was filled with rich holiday flavors that were cross-culturally delicious.
Today's chocolate was Valenza Chocolatier's Fennel holiday chocolate. This attractive, glossy dark dome with green was filled with a dark chocolate ganache and infused with roasted fennel seeds.
The flavors unfolded nicely so I could taste the chocolate, a very light herbal infusion note, and then a nice seed and fennel finish.
*Cioccolato is the Italian word for chocolate.
Valenza Chocolatier
Fennel - Dark Chocolate
(part of 6-piece Holiday Italian Cioccolato Sleeve assortment box)
Good +++
Weight: .4 oz. (11.32 g.) (estimate) in 1 piece
Calories: 60 calories (estimate) in 1 piece
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Purchased from: Valenza Chocolatier, Costa Mesa, CA
Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Italian Holiday Theme Week.
This week I'm making my way through a Holiday Italian Cioccolato* Sleeve assortment box from Valenza Chocolatier (Costa Mesa, CA). Created by Amy Jo Pedone, this Italian inspired collection was filled with rich holiday flavors that were cross-culturally delicious.
Today's chocolate was Valenza Chocolatier's Fennel holiday chocolate. This attractive, glossy dark dome with green was filled with a dark chocolate ganache and infused with roasted fennel seeds.
The flavors unfolded nicely so I could taste the chocolate, a very light herbal infusion note, and then a nice seed and fennel finish.
*Cioccolato is the Italian word for chocolate.