These unique delights by Cluizel are both delicious and enchanting!
The mushroom's dark chocolate cap is filled with a crunchy almond nougatine and the stem is made of butter caramel surrounded in a white and dark chocolate shell. Each generous mushroom is the equivalent of two chocolates. We find everybody loves these.
Cluizel of France
Often referred to as 'The Goldsmith of Chocolate', Cluizel is one of the finest chocolate makers in the world today. Creating superior quality chocolates since 1947 and as a true 'cacaofevier' (bean to bar maker). Producing single origin chocolate bars & gifts made with only high quality, pure ingredients, without vegetable fats and using only 100% cocoa butter and Bourbon vanilla pod in replace of flavouring.
I was a little disappointed in these. They are very pretty and very delicately made that's for sure, They feel hand made actually. The dark chocolate is rich with cocoa and flavourful, but I found the white a bit lacking. There was some faint vanilla to it, but nothing much else. For some reason (though don't know why) I was expecting a different texture... like some runny caramel somewhere. The butter caramel was firm, chewy butter caramel; not too dissimilar to those left over chocs in your regular mass market tubs. The caramel nougatine was the best bit and very nutty with a good roasted flavour to it. I just felt however that I wanted, or perhaps expected something else. It was chewy, teeth stickily so, and this I don't usually opt for.
Great service by CTC as ever, but I do wish I had opted to spend my money on something else instead.