CHOCOLATE
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CHOCOLAT MODERNE
Avant-Garde Bar—Blood Orange Bergamot Dark Chocolate Flavor
WHEN JOAN COUKOS TODD LEFT A CAREER IN BANKING to become a
chocolatier, her goal was to create beautiful, innovative chocolates. With
Chocolat Moderne celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and winning its
second sofi Award in a row for Outstanding Chocolate, it's easy to see the
decision was a good one.
Chocolat Moderne makes all products by hand in small batches. Valrhona
chocolate serves as the base for each, and the company sources more than 100 natural
ingredients from around the world, including the real fruit purees that flavor the caramels.
Coukos Todd launched her company with a grapefruit caramel and has continued
paying homage to citrus, much to her benefit. The toffee-filled Lime Moderne bar took
home the sofi gold in 2012. The Avant-Garde bars also use citrus as an anchor fruit; this
year, blood orange helped score the win. "It has a little more flavor, offers more contrast
with the caramel," she says. "And I added bergamot, which not many people know is a
citrus fruit. I thought it would be interesting." And with a dripper-splatter painter on staff
to ensure the product resembles the Jackson Pollack paintings that inspired the founder to
create the line, it is safe to say this chocolatier has beauty covered as well. Suggested retail
price: $8/2.5 ounces. Contact: Joan Coukos Todd, Chocolat Moderne; 212.229.4797; joan@
chocolatmoderne.com; chocolatmoderne.com.—C.C.
➊ BELGIUM'S CHOCOLATE
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Dolfn Milk Chocolate Bar
with Apricot from Morocco
Contact: Christophe Van Riet
781.283.5787
christophe@nirvana
chocolates.com
belgiumschocolatesource.com
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➋ OLIVE & SINCLAIR
CHOCOLATE CO.
Mexican Style
Cinnamon Chili
Contact: Scott Witherow
615.262.3007
scott@oliveandsinclair.com
oliveandsinclair.com
➌ THE TEA ROOM
Chamomile & Honey Organic
White Chocolate Bar
Contact: Ethan Ash
510.567.8868
ethan@rimann.com
tearoomchocolates.com
