The Chocolatier's Collection

$46.95
This delightful and distinctive 15 piece array features five variations, each showcasing the richness and complexity of the chocolate blends we love the most. With nearly every origin and percentage of cocoa imaginable to choose from, unconstrained by any preconceived flavor palette or theme, this is the collection that our talented chef and her tireless chocolatiers introduced in 2019 - a chocolatier's chocolate. From a reverence towards modern-day dark chocolate's roots with our Guanaja ganache to a nod to nostalgia with our Milk & Cookies, we invite you to explore our favorites - three apiece in each 15 piece box.

Manjari Muscovado - A rich, 64% dark chocolate ganache, featuring fruity, single-origin Manjari chocolate from Madagascar and unrefined muscovado sugar from the island of Mauritius. This is the same 64% dark chocolate featured in our Dark Chocolate Ladybugs, showcasing its silkier side in this lusciously enrobed ganache square, set off by the crunch and toffee-like sweetness of the muscovado sugar on top.

Cappuccino - Inspired by the classic coffee drink, this carefully hand-filled piece features a layer of white chocolate ganache atop a layer of milk chocolate & espresso ganache within each molded milk chocolate shell. The bold full flavor of espresso, mellowed by the mix of milk and white chocolates, shines through remarkably in this piece, a mocha lovers dream!

Lemon Vanilla - Bright and fresh, with light and tangy lemon and Tahitian vanilla bean white chocolate ganache encased in a white chocolate shell. Our lemon vanilla is custard-smooth, readily reminiscent of lemon-meringue pie, and a remarkably refreshing complement alongside the deeper flavors of darker chocolate ganache.

Milk & Cookies - To make this bite-sized take on a delicious treat, we crumble pieces of crunchy cacao nib cookies into each molded milk chocolate shell, smother them in mild and creamy milk chocolate ganache, and drizzle each finished piece with a quickly-piped criss-cross of dark chocolate. Our nod to nostalgia, this classic combination offers a tantalizing touch of texture in each bite.

Guanaja - Lastly, we finish our collection with a history lesson in flavor with Guanaja ganache. This decadent square showcases Valrhona Guanaja 70% dark chocolate, the deeply robust and bittersweet blend Valrhona developed in 1986 as the first ultra-dark chocolate of its time. Guanaja set the bar for dark chocolate - spectacularly rich and warmly intense, without the tangy acidity of Manjari, this unadorned square of ganache is the perfect piece to round out the finished collection.

Enjoy!

SHELF LIFE — Items containing ganache are best enjoyed within 10 days when stored at room temperature, or may be stored for up to 5 weeks in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATIER COLLECTION INGREDIENTS — Heavy Cream, 40% Milk Chocolate (cocoa butter, whole milk powder, sugar, cocoa beans, brown sugar, natural vanilla extract, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, barley malt extract), 62% Dark Chocolate (cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), 35% White Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), 64% Dark Chocolate (cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), 70% Dark Chocolate (cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), 31% White Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), 46% Milk Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa beans, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract), Butter, Invert Sugar, Lemon Puree, Glucose, 33% Milk Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa beans, dried skimmed milk, natural vanilla extract, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), Muscovado Sugar, Colored Cocoa Butter (cocoa butter, one or more of the following FD&C lakes or dyes: Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, mica and/or titanium dioxide), Coffee Beans, Flour (wheat), Salted Butter, Raw Sugar, Brown Sugar, Cacao Nibs, Star Anise, Tahitian Vanilla Bean, Salt, Espresso.

CONTAINS — MILK AND WHEAT. Made on shared equipment with tree nuts, peanuts, sesame and egg protein.
*May contain SOY - as we switch from using chocolate made with Soy Lecithin as an emulsifier to Sunflower Lecithin, individual boxes may list soy as an ingredient depending on the production batch.

SHELF LIFE — Items containing ganache are best enjoyed within 10 days when stored at room temperature, or may be stored for up to 5 weeks in the refrigerator.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS

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AMAZING
By Misha Comninos
Received these chocolates as a gift Wow Best Chocolate I have ever ate! Definitely buying myself more.

Agree on "Exceptional"
By Avid Consumer of Chocolate
I bought this box for the lemon ganache. It is exceptional. So is the guanaja. The cappuccino is a treat. The milk and cookies flavor is cute. Muscovado was my least favorite of the five... I'd have preferred a salted flavor to round out the collection. Still, this new quintet of flavors is special. I'd buy this box again, for myself or as a gift for someone else. One more note: unlike other painted chocolates, I did not pick up any bitterness from the colors in this collection. A+

Devouring them in Los Angeles...
By Susan Dukow
My dear old friend Dina started sending me John & Kira's a few years ago for special occasions... they are truly some of the most amazing chocolates ever! Now I am about to send some to another mutual friend back in Philly area. Something to cheer her up! Thank you for your incredible work and pride in what you do!