I was there today, out and about on assignment. As soon as I turned into the manufacturing facility, I could smell the cocoa in the air. Hmmm, with a hint of mint. That’s probably what they were cooking! The flags were all flying high. Ghirardelli was ready for the next big chocolate event. Can you guess what that is? There were simple hints as you got to the store. Ghiradelli is almost synonymous with the city of San Francisco. The Ghirardelli Center is always one of the fun places to visit and buy souvenirs (if you’re a tourist to the area). Their chocolates are simply one of the best you can get around town and they always come up with cool variations. And bite size squares. My favorite.

Eureka! I found GOLD! Errrr..and I ate it! Thanks to Goldkenn for helping me feel temporarily wealthy! I even was nice enough to share my loot! Based near Geneva, Goldkenn was founded in 1980 to bring innovation to the world wide tradition of Swiss chocolate. To achieve this, four of the best Swiss Maitre Chocolatier joined the Goldkenn team, each one specialized in one of the techniques necessary to develop each of the recipes and product lines. Combining two famous Swiss symbols, Banks and Chocolate, Goldkenn created the world famous “GOLDBAR”, rapidly followed by several other original product lines, inventive, yet respectful of their Swiss chocolate heritage.

Tweet TCHO is flavor driven … because flavor – not terms like “dark, ” percentage,” or “origin” – is the real key to savoring chocolate.  Their dark chocolates are based on the intrinsic flavors found in the cacao beans they source; there are no nuts in their “Nutty,” nor fruit in their “Fruity”.  Just the
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