Showing posts with label gianduja. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gianduja. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2014

Baci Perugina Double Layer Candy Bar

You probably know Perugina from their famous Baci chocolate hazelnut-filled "kisses":



But they now have a NEW product, called a Baci double layer candy bar, and they sent us a few bars to try because they are awesome. So this package showed up in the mail:



What is inside the package? These things!



And what is inside that wrapping? This!



As you may have predicted from the name "double layer candy bar," these bars have, ahem, two layers. In the dark chocolate bars, one layer is dark chocolate, the other is hazelnut chocolate, and in the middle are actual hazelnuts. The milk chocolate bars are the same, only with a milk chocolate layer in place of the hazelnut layer.



The hazelnuts added a great textural element, making this extremely edible. I went through a bar much faster than I'd anticipated. It is very much for candy lovers: the chocolate is sweet and straightforward. Even the dark chocolate bars are only 51%, and they're counterbalanced by the gianduia layer, making this a bar that's much better for the milk chocolate fan than for someone looking for an intense dark chocolate flavor. I could see this going over big with the Toblerone crowd.

BOTTOM LINE: A classy candy bar perfect for fans of sweet chocolate, and of chocolate with pieces of hazelnut in it.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Christopher Norman Chocolates Hazelnut


This was a gift from a friend of my mother's. He heard I ran a chocolate blog, so he gave me a Christopher Norman bar from Hudson Chocolate Bar, which is part of Verdigis Tea Shop. It's in Hudson, which is about two hours upstate from NYC.

I have never been to Verdigis Tea Shop, but after eating this delightful treat, I'm thinking I should probably make a pilgrimage there.


Pretty simple: fine, rich chocolate on the outside; smooth, creamy chocolate flecked with hazelnut on the inside. Handmade in New York. Classy presentation, clean flavors. Just really quality chocolate done right.

BOTTOM LINE: The perfect high-class bar for gianduja fans.