Mail order chocolates

[Holly Moore]

Chocolate Fudge Royale:

Sugar, milk, semi-sweet chocolate, butter, mazetta, walnuts, sucrovert, pure vanilla.

Mazetta = invert sugar, corn syrup, egg white.

Sucrovert = glycerine, aqueous extract of invertase from yeast and sodium citrate)

Enjoy

[Fat Guy]

I ordered Katie a chocolate assortment from Le Maison du Chocolat and it arrived in the nick of time!  Oh man, that is great stuff.  Great rec FG!  So far we have tried: Plain Dark Ganache, Ganache w/ rasberry puree, dark chocolate covered praline, fresh coffee ganache, and caramelized butter ganache.

Ben

Ben, I really think these are the best chocolates in the world if you limit the inquiry to what is available on an international scale. There may be some local producers who turn out slightly better product -- Bernachon would be an example of a company that beats La Maison in a head-to-head on a single product: truffles -- but La Maison is about as good as chocolate gets.

If you want to delve into the whole La Maison cult, you should acquire the beautiful book by Robert Linxe, published by Rizzoli.

Another rock-solid provider of chocolates in the United States is Wegmans. Their line of chocolates, by Pierre Herme, are in my opinion the best mass-market chocolates available.

[Wimpy]

Godiva chocolates made in the US are not of the same quality as those made in Belgium. Those rushing off to Belgium to invest in Belgian Godiva chocolates should also be aware that although superior to American Godiva, the Belgian brand is only regarded as so so among commercial Belgian chocolates. For my money, Pierre Marcolini has the best chocolates in Belgium, but I have not tried every chocolatier. Nevertheless, his must be sampled if one is serious about very fine chocolate. Admittedly, his style may be seen as a cross between French and Belgian styles. Unfortunately, his chocolates are not available by mail. Neither are those of Bernachon in Lyon, who is also a must for the serious student of chocolate.

Bux-

I recall reading an MBA case study that Godiva was owned by the Campbell Soup Company, which turned me off instantly. I always felt the quality did not do justice to its great brand equity.

We get Michel Cluizel assorted pralines and bonbons here in Singapore in a shop just across the street. They're pretty good. Has anyone tried?

[KatieLoeb]

But as this fudge rated a capitalized and bold face AWESOME and as it is made by genuine monks I had to order some in.

Just arrived and, yep, it's AWESOME.

Holly:

Glad you liked it. This fudge is the most oxymoronic combination of rich and delicate I have ever had the pleasure of trying. REALLY yummy stuff, n'est ce pas? Deadly dark and delicious chocolate fudge hand made by those whose hands do God's work. There's something oddly poetic about that, I think.

Alas, as it's also way off my diet, I'm giving most of it away

Sigh - it's a sad thing, isn't it Those things that are the best are often immoral, fattening, or both!

[Holly Moore]

Alas, as it's also way off my diet, I'm giving most of it away

Sigh - it's a sad thing, isn't it Those things that are the best are often immoral, fattening, or both!

One out of two ain't bad. Fortunately I'm just concerned with my diet.

[KatieLoeb]

Sigh - it's a sad thing, isn't it    Those things that are the best are often immoral, fattening, or both! 

One out of two ain't bad.  Fortunately I'm just concerned with my diet.

My apologies - I didn't mean to imply that you should be avoiding the former. I stopped worrying about my moral rectitude, as well as my caloric intake (most of the time) quite awhile ago. It shows both in my waistline, and in the big grin on my face...

Here's to hell with calories and moralities...

[awbrig]

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[Rachel Perlow]

This isn't chocolates, per se, however, the fudge from the Briggitine Monastery is truly AWESOME.  I have given this as a gift and always gotten raves for it.

Briggitine Monastery Fudge

I ordered some after reading all of your's & Holly's raves. It is very good fudge and packaged attractively so it would make a great gift for a far off friend. As a fundraiser for a worthy cause it may beat out some other mail order fudge operations and makes a good gift to boot. However, if you are looking for fudge for personal consumption, it is probably just best to stick with a local candy shop, since it isn't so "AWESOME" IMO as to place it above all other fudges, when the price, with shipping, is over $11/lb.

Speaking of, has anyone ever mail ordered fudge from The Fudge House? They have a great variety of flavors. Maybe next time...

[Gifted Gourmet]

Elbow Chocolates

Not only are these chocolates a delight visually, they are equally startlingly delicious ...

[PassionateChefsDie]

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