Nicole Potenza Denis is a contributing editor to Specialty Food Magazine.
PHOTOS
(CLOCKWISE
FROM
TOP
RIGHT):
CASTRONOVO
CHOCOLATE;
ONLY
CHILD
CHOCOLATE
CO.;
DICK
TAYLOR
CRAFT
CHOCOLATE;
CHOCOTENANGO;
MARIA
SAN
ANDRES;
THE
FRENCH
FARM;
MAYANA
CHOCOLATE
buyers' picks
Cathy Leland, Market Hall Foods,
Berkeley, CA
• Chocolate Makers Studio Fennel Pollen Caramel Bar
• Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate Brown Butter
with Nibs & Sea Salt
• Francois Doucet Pâtes de Fruits
• Giraudi Chocolate Cremini
• Nathan Miller Chocolate
72% Peru Bar
Marisol Slater, The Chocolate
House, Washington, D.C.
• Charm School Chocolate Vegan
Coconut Milk Chocolate
• Chocotenango 73% Arabian Nights
Cardamom in Dark Chocolate
• Les Chocolateries Askanya Wanga
Nègès 50% Bar
• Potomac Chocolate San Martin Bar
65% Dark Milk Bar
• Raaka Chocolate Cabernet
Sauvignon 68% Cacao Bar
Kaitlin Hansen, The Meadow,
Portland, OR
• Castronovo Chocolate Honduras
Dark Milk with Fleur de Sel
60% Bar
• Creo Chocolate Raspberry
Dark Bar
• Only Child Chocolate Co.
Hedgehog in the Fog White
Chocolate
• Oregon Bark TomBumble Peanut
Butter Flake Candy
• Sacred
Summit
Chocolate
Peru 70%
Bar
Julia Hallman, Formaggio Kitchen, Cambridge, MA
• Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate Brown Butter with Nibs & Sea Salt
• Mayana Chocolate Kitchen Sink Bar
• Potomac Chocolate Duarte Dominican Republic 70% Dark Bar
• Pump Street Bakery Rye Crumb, Milk & Sea Salt 60% Bar
• Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé Dark Chocolate 77% with Cardamom
"Dark-milks (60% and above) are definitely on
the rise because they give customers the best of
both worlds and are not overwhelmingly sweet.
Flavor-wise, cardamom is definitely trending."
—Marisol Slater, The Chocolate House, Washington, D.C.
Diane Dean, Epicure Market,
Miami, FL
• The French Farm L'Abeille Occitane Honey Pearls
Candy with Lemon
• La Maison d'Armorine Coeur de Celtes—Fleur de
Sel Caramel in Dark Chocolate
• NutriCenter Chocolate Covered Açaí Bars
• Pacari Lemongrass Organic Chocolate Bar
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