Lula's Chocolates - Dark Macadamia Turtles - Feb. 26, 2023

Chocolate of the Day

Lula Lund's Chocolates, LLC
Dark Macadamia Turtles 
Good ++
Weight: 3 oz. (85 g.) in total package
Calories: 445 calories (estimate) in 1 turtle
Cost: $7.95 (estimate) for 1 package/turtle
Purchased from: Lula's, The Crossroads (shopping center), Carmel, CA

Today's Dark Macadamia Turtle was from Lula Lund's Chocolates, LLC (Monterey, CA).

Aroma notes for his luxurious take on a milk chocolate, caramel and pecan classic confection included: buttery caramel, sea salt, roasted nuts (macadamia), and dark chocolate.

This turtle offered a thick textural feast and satisfying flavor with softly crunchy jumbo mac nuts; soft, thick and chewy caramel; and smooth dark chocolate. Occasional sparkles of sea salt.

Warning: the sweet-salt and creamy caramel, nuts and chocolate combination can be addictive.

Ingredients: Dark chocolate (cocoa mass (chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter), sugar, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural flavors); macadamia; caramel (non-GMO corn syrup, pure cane sugar, heavy cream, butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla); sea salt. 

Allergen-related information: Made in a facility that processes peanuts and other nuts. Contains milk, soy and tree nuts. "Always gluten free."

Lula's Chocolates - Marshmallow Treat Dark Chocolate Valentine heart

Chocolate of the Day: 

Lula's Chocolates

Marshmallow Treat Dark Chocolate (Valentine Heart )

Good +

Weight: unknown

Calories: unknown 

Cost: $6.50 for 1 package/heart

Purchased from: Lula's Chocolates, Crossroads Shopping Center, Carmel, CA

Happy Valentines Day to all who celebrate!

Today's heart-shaped, marshmallow-filled dark chocolate beauty, from Lula's Chocolates (Monterey, CA), was a perfect way to celebrate.

A fluffy, fresh-tasting marshmallow filling was encased in a generously-sized, dark chocolate heart decorated with pink decorative sugar icing. All this was wrapped in a clear wrapper with a red ribbon bow. 

Lula's Chocolates - Wine Truffles - Mar. 15, 2017

Chocolate of the Day: 

Lula Lund's Chocolates, LLC
Lula's Chocolates - Wine Truffles
Good
Weight: 1.1 oz. (31 g.) / 2.2 oz. (62 g.) in total box of 4 pieces
Calories: 165 calories (estimate) in 2 pieces
Cost: $10.99 (estimate) for 1 box of 4 pieces/truffles
Purchased from: Lula's (shop), Monterey, CA

Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and STUVWXYZ Theme Week, the last in our chocolate alphabet series.

Today "w" stands for wine. With the proper pairing, wine and chocolate can make wonderful tasting companions. Or, one can infused chocolates with wine flavor, like today's Wine Truffles from Lula's Chocolates (Monterey, CA).

These attractively packaged box of four good-sized chocolates were made with pure dairy cream and "wine and natural flavorings."

The company's full name is Lula Lund's Chocolates, LLC.
Lula's founder and owner, Scott Lund, named the company after his grandmother Lula, who also made confections and toffees.

If you're visiting in the Monterey or Carmel area in California, Lula's shops are worth a stop. (Their Baja toffee is a great take a traditional toffee; it's spicy enough to be flavorful without being too hot.)

Lula's - Baja Chili Toffee - Feb. 10, 2017

Chocolate of the Day: 

Lula's Chocolates
(Lula Lund's Chocolates LLC)
Baja Chili Toffee
Good+++ - Very Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 3.5 oz. (99 g.) in total package
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) in 1 oz. piece
Cost: $7.95 ?? (wild guess) - find receipt? for 1 package
Purchased from: Lula's, Carmel-by-the-Sea location, Carmel, CA

Welcome to Chocolate and Chili Theme Week! When well balanced, the blend of rich chocolatey, cacao (with fruity acid) with a hint of pepper (alkaline heat) can liven up and enhance flavors of both these plant-based staples...like yin and yang, or Bonnie and Clyde.


With luck, we can enjoy the seven chocolates for this week and avoid getting burned by the fiery tiny vegetable outlaw beasts, that can make grown men shudder in their boots: ghost pepper, guajillo, jalapeno, habanero, and chili pepper blends.

We start today's theme week in Carmel, the California coastal hamlet. Former mayors of Carmel include Western star (and successful director) Clint Eastwood. I can hear the outlaw music swelling.

I bought today's Baja Chili Toffee at a Lula's shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea (that was decorated for Valentines Day). Lula's is based in nearby Monterey, CA; and owner Scott Lund is their chief chocolatier and head honcho.

The packaging described today's toffee as "the wild child" of the company's toffee family.

Well, was it? Was it kid? Go ahead, and make my day...I'll admit it. My loopy courage was fueled by the fact that I have a cold. Chili can't really hurt me, because my taste buds are turned down a notch, right? I needn't have worried. This Baja Chili Toffee was very good, with only a few pockets of feisty heat. Not too spicy, and robustly flavorful.

The generous slab of buttery toffee, was coated with chocolate and roasted nuts and covered with chili powder the color of sunset. It was good, with a pleasant chili flavor and bite. One of the better toffees I've tasted.

My cold gave me chili eating super powers this week and may encourage me to fly too close to the sun. Well, it's time to say adios and to ride back to the ranch to rest up for tomorrow. But, before I do, I'll just take one more bite of this tasty toffee.