French chocolatier Michel Cluizel cranks out an amazing selection of fine chocolates, from single-origin bars to hot chocolate. The family-run business even processes its own cocoa beans, so you know quality is the name of the game.
I have been lucky enough to try a small selection of Cluizel chocolates. I’ve had some of the single-origin dark chocolate bars, the dark milk chocolate bar, the little coffee cups, and les champignons, otherwise known as “super tasty little chocolate mushrooms.” These mushrooms are flat-out incredible. The combination of flavors and textures is genius, pure genius! The mushroom cap is filled with a crunchy almond nougatine (it’s like toffee) and the stem with a rich caramel. You pretty much have to pop the whole thing in your mouth at once to get the full effect. It’s a mouthful, to be sure, but it’s worth it–the chewy, buttery caramel will mix with the sweet, crunchy almond nougatine and the chocolate shell to produce a shock of chocolatey paradise. Yum.
These little guys aren’t cheap (a box of four will run you anywhere from $8 to $10), but I think they are worth it. One mushroom may not look that huge, but it satisfies, and you probably won’t want to eat more than one per sitting. Geez, I’m kind of salivating just thinking about them!
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I love the Cluizel mushrooms. They were one of my favorite items I got from CocoaBella last year.
March 26th, 2007 at 10:00 pm