With the shelves piled high with chocolate this month, it’s the ideal time to discover new flavours. Dark chocolate with smoked salt or fennel seeds, or a classic Valrhona chocolat noir? Blocks, bars, beans and barks – in case of emergency, here are our picks of the best top-cupboard cacaos.
Amedei
Amedei
Toscano Black 63%, $9.50 for 50gm
Dark Cioccolato Fondente Extra 70% Chuao, $19.50 for 50gm
Belle Fleur
Belle Fleur
Single Origin Peru 64% Cocoa, $8.25 for 90gm
Single Origin Costa Rica 64% Cocoa, $8.25 for 90gm
Bibelot
Bibelot
Flavours include Milk Chocolate with Caramelised Almonds, White Chocolate with Green Tea and Raspberry Crunch, Dark Chocolate with Peanut Caramel and Pink Salt and Dark Chocolate with Caramelised Cocoa Nibs; $13.50 for 95gm
Cioccolato Lombardo
Cioccolato Lombardo
Sourdough Milk Chocolate Bar with dark chocolate Easter decoration, $19.50 for 150gm
Fortunato No 4
Fortunato No 4
Organic Peruvian Pure Nacional 47% Milk Couverture Chocolate, $13.50 for 100gm,
Hunted + Gathered
Hunted + Gathered
70% Dark Organic Chocolate with Fennel Seed, Sesame Seed, or Macadamia and 85% Dark Chocolate, $7.50 for 45gm
Ladurée
Liefje
Liefje
80% Pomegranate and Pepperberry, Hazelnut Crunch, Cacao Smoked Salt and Spice Trial, $8.95 for 55gm
Monsieur Truffe
Monsieur Truffe
70% Organic Dark Chocolate with Smoked Almonds, $11.95 for 80gm
70% Organic Dark Chocolate with Salt Roasted Pistachios, $11.95 for 80gm
72% Organic Dark Chocolate with Tasman Sea Salt, $11.95 for 80gm
Sue Lewis Chocolatier
Wawa Chocolatier
Wawa Chocolatier
Flavours include Dark Mint Caramel Crisp, Dark Toasted Sourdough, Balsamic Salted Caramel, Fried Almond and Smoked Saltt, Blueberry and Blue Corn, and Lavender Honeycomb and Cocoa Nib, $14.95 for 90gm
Winnow Chocolates
Winnow Chocolates
Flavours include Organic White Chocolate with Blackberry and Lime, and Strawberry and White Pepper, Organic Milk Chocolate with Fruit and Nut, and Organic Dark Chocolate with Summer Berries and Raspberry & Coconut, $9.95 for 80gm
Zokoko
Zokoko
Pure Origin 72% Cacao Bolivia Tranquilidad, $15.95 for 85gm
Pure Origin 45% Cacao Solomon Islands Chale Milk, $13.95 for 85gm
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