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Soma Peruvian Chocolate 64% & Peru Cacao Nib Bar 67% Chocolate Reviewed

Lost for 100 years, rediscovered in Peru is a pure Nacional cacao with 40% white beans. It really is an unprecedented discovery for a country to find something so rare, but as cacao becomes a more valued commodity the value ...

Reiko Stewart

The Chocolate Lab at Trump Towers Toronto

There are few words in the English language which, when placed in consecutive order can elicit as strong a response in me as “chocolate” and “lab”. The others are “free” and “champagne” and “lottery” and “winner” but you know, the ...

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Xococava Chocolates Reviewed (not all of them obviously)

So I went back to Xococava to re-try their chocolates because things can change in 2 or 3 years…. While they were nice and used Valrhona, they also use Callebaut and you can taste the difference. I think the Canadian ...

La Chocolateria Shop Chocolate Reviewed

I’m not sure whose chocolate BlogTO were trying (nor any of the other magazines) when they gave favourable coverage to La Chocolateria but in my opinion they must have been eating someone else’s because only someone eating something completely different ...

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Caramel Chocolate Pecan Apple Review

Few things evoke childhood memories like a caramel apple. Surely as this is one of my 5-a-day I can eat one of these every day and get healthy? Right, mom? What’s that mom? No way Jose? No way could I ...

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Dufflet Confectionery By The Box Reviewed

It was a warm day in Toronto, as most days in Toronto are when I’m in Toronto (largely due to the time of year I go…) when I walked into a Dufflet café I’d never been in before. It was ...

Tasty Tours Toronto Chocolate Tour Reviewed

When I was back home, I was invited as a guest of Tasty Tours to try out their Chocolate Tour. I was on one of the first tours, it having been created only two month prior but the tour guide ...

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Matcha Tea Cheesecake Pop Reviewed

I have before extolled the virtues of Chef Patrice’s One Pop cheesecake lollipops. They are, perhaps, the ultimate item to have at your birthday party or corporate function. I cannot imagine anything better than a function with cheesecake lollipops and ...

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Chef Patrice Shortbread Reviewed

Have you ever had a childhood memory tied up in food? I have that with shortbread. To me, it is part of the agonising countdown to Christmas. Shortbread is part of the long wait as they age to a degree ...

Soma Chocolate Exploration Box Review

One of the things I love about Soma is that they care about chocolate. The passion I see is amazing and I can imagine they are constantly meting people who are just discovering their chocolate. It is that constantly ...

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