Ghirardelli chocolates aren't my favorites. I'd rather have a Milka or a Ferrero Rocher. Yesterday, though, I DID have Ghirardelli because my boss gave me some small samples -- or "Fun Sizes," as the candy world likes to call them. I wasn't expecting to be swept off my feet. But swept off, I was. I scanned the wrappers in the order of best to . . . least best. I'll cover the main points below.
- Milk Chocolate with Double Chocolate Filling. This piece was brilliant. There was just enough filling to make each bite the perfect moistness. Now -- nearly two days later -- I can't recall what kind of chocolate was in the middle -- sweet or semi-sweet? Whatever it was, it was gooooood.
- Milk Chocolate with Caramel Filling. The effect here is kind of like those Nestle Treasures. The Caramel isn't chewy, but syrupy -- just how I like it.
- Dark Chocolate with White Mint Filling. This was actually not that tasty to me. As I get older, I am developing a taste for dark chocolate, but I'm still pretty particular about the amount of dark chocolate in a candy. For example, dark chocolate tastes great with mint. Look at the York Peppermint Pattie or the Junior Mint -- peanut butter and chocolate is perhaps the only flavor pair that tops the dark chocolate/mint combination. The problem with this Ghirardelli version, I think, is that it just has too much dark chocolate. To put it another way, Ghirardelli didn't use enough filling.
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me things Ghiradeli are the best. Lindsey and I had a chocolate sunday in San Francisco at their factory there and it was teh best thing i've ever tasted.
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