Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Sugarpova - Dark Chocolate Cafe Mocha + Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Truffes

Chocolate(s) of the Day

Sugarpova
Dark Chocolate Cafe Mocha Truffles
Good +
Weight: .74 oz. (21 g.) / 4.1 oz. (116 g.) in total package of truffles
Calories: 110 calories in 2 pieces
Cost: N/A - gift from a friend (Thank you Bill) 
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Sugarpova
Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
Good
Weight: .77 oz. (22 g.) / 3.9 oz. (110 g.) in total package of truffles
Calories: 120 calories in 2 pieces
Cost: NA - gift from a friend (Thank you Bill)
Purchased from: Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #13 of Chocolate and RSTU Theme Week, featuring chocolates with origins and flavor inclusions that start with the letters R, S, T and/or U

Sometimes the type of chocolate itself deserves a shout-out. For example, chocolate truffles. "Truffles"* in the U.S. are usually round chocolate shells that surround and seal in creamy, chocolate ganache (fillings)--often infused with flavor additions.

Today's 1.) Dark Chocolate Cafe Mocha Truffles and 2.) Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles were created and distributed by Sugarpova LLC (Coral Gables, FL). The company's CEO behind this brand is tennis star, Maria Sharapova.

Dark Chocolate Cafe Mocha Truffles

These almost silky, smooth dark, sweet chocolate truffles had a faint ground nut nougat and dark chocolate aroma, flavor and texture (with hints of nut cookie, coconut, sweet dark chocolate (fudge brownie) and smooth coffee). Tasty.

Milk Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles

A whiff of these milk chocolate truffles revealed a whipped hazelnut butter and sweet milk chocolate aroma. The texture was very creamy; and the flavor was reminiscent of Italian gianduia/gianduja (creamy chocolate and hazelnut blends found in confections, gelatos, chocolate bars and baked good fillings/spreads). These truffles were a bit sweet for me, but it's hard to deny the seductive power behind this flavor fusion.

Ingredients: Dark Chocolate Cafe Mocha 

Dark chocolate (cocoa liquor, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, ground vanilla beans), organic coconut oil, coffee beans, canola oil, natural coffee flavor. (Cocoa solids 50% minimum.)

Allergen-related information: "Contains soy, coconut" "Processed in a facility where peanuts and tree nuts are present with wheat, barley and egg products."

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate Hazelnut

Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate liquor, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier) and vanilla), sugar, palm kernel oil, hazelnuts, canola oil, palm shortening, cocoa powder, non fat dry milk, milk, soy lecithin (and emulsifier), maltodextrin, salt, silicon dioxide, natural flavor.

Allergen-related information: "Contains milk, soy, hazelnuts." "Processed in a facility where peanuts and tree nuts are present with wheat, barley and egg products."

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*Traditional, French-style chocolate truffles are hard to find. (In San Francisco, CA, there is a shop called XOX Truffles/cafe that makes/sells them.) XOX Truffle cocoa-dusted chocolates look more rough-hewn, and more closely resemble their namesake: the prized, tuberous truffle (fungi) hunted by men (and trained dogs and/or pigs) in the countrysides of France and Italy--and in the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. 

A doff of the hat to the Savory

Both types of truffles are quite wonderful. For a real gastronomic treat, try hunting down the one or two chocolatiers/artisan chocolate makers that make (fungi/savory) truffle-infused chocolate truffles/bars. Savory and sweet. Bella. (Xocolatl de David in Portland, OR, has produced some fun, savory chocolate flavors in the U.S. in the past.)



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