Friday, June 5, 2020

Nuance Chocolate - Ginger (vegan) truffle, Grand Marnier truffle - June 5, 2020

Chocolate(s) of the Day:

Nuance Chocolate
Candied Ginger (vegan) truffle
Good +++
Weight: .44 oz. (12.45 g.) (estimate) in 1 truffle
Calories: 66 calories (estimate) in 1 truffle
Cost: $3.80 for 1 truffle
Purchased from: Nuance Chocolate, online order

Grand Marnier Orange Truffle
Good +++
Weight: .44 oz. (12.45 g.) (estimate) in 1 truffle
Calories: 66 calories (estimate) in 1 truffle
Cost: $3.80 for 1 truffle
Purchased from: Nuance Chocolate, online order

Toasted Almond and Apricot Truffle
Good +++
Weight: .44 oz. (12.45 g.) (estimate) in 1 truffle
Calories: 66 calories (estimate) in 1 truffle
Cost: $3.80 for 1 truffle

Welcome to Day #2 of Chocolate, Ginger and Citrus Theme Week.

Today's truffle trio: Candied Ginger (vegan/dairy free), Grand Marnier Orange, and Toasted Almond and Apricot truffles were all made by Nuance Chocolate (Fort Collins, CO).

Candied Ginger (dairy free) Truffle
Ginger and dark chocolate pair well together. Both are strong flavors and balance is key to be able to enjoy both. Truffles are often too sweet, with sugar squashing any flavor nuances of chocolate and inclusion items.

These concerns were put at ease when I bit into today's plump Candied Ginger (vegan/dairy free) truffle with rich dark chocolate truffle flavor depth and texture I could sink my teeth into. Nutty, roasted coffee and true chocolate notes were followed by just the right amount of natural ginger flavor. Balanced rich flavors that lingered into the finish. 

Nuance Chocolate makes bean to bar chocolate and also offers single origin truffles (currently, Ghana and Nigeria truffles). And this comes through in the flavor depth of their confections. No bland mass-produced chocolate here.

Grand Marnier Orange Truffle
I found the same rich, deep chocolate flavor profile (rich, well balanced with slightly tart orange Grand Marnier liqueur) when I tasted Nuance Chocolate's Grand Marnier truffle. Again, it was a confection, but it wasn't too sweet; thank you!). Its strength was in the powerful and perfectly balanced flavors. 

Toasted Almond and Apricot Truffle
Last, but not least, I also enjoyed a flavorful Toasted Almond and Apricot truffle with visible bits of bright orange fruit. (I grew up in California surrounded by apricot orchards, ate chocolate covered apricots as a child, and I appreciate this sassy, tart fruit.) An apricot may have more fruit pulp pectin,* but it's only one small flavor jump away from a tangerine; and it may be the closest a stone fruit gets to being citrus. (Both apricots and citrus fruit originated in Asia/China, and it's thought that apricots were brought to Persia later. They arrived even later in California via Spanish missionaries.) 

* Pectin is a naturally-occurring gel-like substance and form of soluble fiber, that is found in some fruits (apples, apricots and some others) and citrus peels. Harnessed properly it puts the "gel" in jelly and jam. Fruits high in pectin also tend to make great fruit leathers.


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