Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Sophisticated Chocolate with John Kelly




Say hello to fudge, classy style!  Edible Skinny was lucky enough to encounter the world of John Kelly Chocolates during the Holiday season and all we can say is Yummm (with 3Ms)!!!

John Kelly’s succulent candy is the perfect ratio of rich chocolate, gooey caramel, and tongue pricking sea salt.  Unlike other less superior chocolates (I'm talking to you Trader Joes sea salt caramels...) this chocolate has been balanced with Walter White precision resulting in heavenly velvet perfection!  This is chocolate that enrobes your mouth with rich creaminess that whispers luxury into every taste bud of your mouth. 

Made with high-quality Belgian chocolate and hand crafted in small batches, John Kelly opened a small chocolate factory in Hollywood in 2004. Armed with nothing but determination and a recipe for an amazing, gourmet chocolate fudge, the company have since turned John Kelly Chocolates into an award-winning national brand sold in high-end department stores, specialty shops, hotel gift shops, grocers, and online.

John Kelly now makes 17 variations on that original recipe, something they call “truffle fudge”, along with an array of other products, such as walnut caramel clusters, molded chocolates, salted caramels, chocolate-dipped fruit, and more.  Edible Skinny was able to experience John Kelly's most popular salted chocolate box Dark Chocolate with French Grey Sea Salt. 

Each piece was a glistening jewel of taste.  Truffles usually have creamy ganache centers, but John Kelly Chocolates makes its product using old-fashioned fudge instead of ganache which only takes the level of creaminess up to 11.    

And for John Kelly it’s not just about what’s on the inside, the company believes in sophisticated chocolate in sophisticated chocolate boxes. Each bite is hand-lettered in chocolate or sprinkled with salt.  And the packaging that houses their candy are paper architecture for the art of elegance. 

So if you’re looking for the ultimate sophisticated chocolate, John Kelly is your bite of luxury!





Thursday, July 3, 2014

European Craft meets Funky Fusion with Alcove Chocolate

Edible Skinny was recently introduced to the whimsical wheelhouse dozen of Alcove Chocolate.  Alcove’s twelve confectionary delights are delightful in quality ingredients, flavor profile style, and packaging that steals the eye with its whimsical design based on 1960s mod wit.

Crafted chocolatier specialist and entrepreneur, Tom Trellis, reveals Alcove Chocolate's diverse palate of tastes, which incorporate various fruit zests and unconventional spices into 12 powerful chocolate combinations.  These ingenious creations have placed Alcove Chocolate as the frontrunner of the Southern California boutique chocolate movement (when I tried to grab one at Kitson in Santa Monica they were sold out of most flavors)!

Palette profiles include Red Velvet - a smooth milk chocolate layered with flavors of cheesecake frosting and chocolate cake (it’s like biting into the game Candyland!), Fleur de Sel - a dark chocolate temptation of 64% cacao complimented with sea salt, and the Fleur de Pretzel - rich milk chocolate paired with New York pretzels and enrobed in swirls of Fleur de Sel sea salt.

Riding on the heels of his highly successful Los Feliz eatery Alcove Café and Big Bar, Tom Trellis was inspired to immerse himself in the science of chocolate and figure out how to create some of the best chocolate in L.A. 

"I was fascinated by how strongly people around the world revered chocolate," explained Trellis.  "That obsession, plus the unique prospect of chocolate as a new business venture, inspired my creation of Alcove Chocolate."

In 2008, he launched Alcove Chocolate amidst a budding trend in boutique confections popping up in SoCal.  Trellis diligently honed his expertise and incorporated European chocolate with blends of unique ingredients to produce 12 clever and creative creations (six dark chocolate, six milk chocolate) that span a palate of sweet, savory, and everything in between.  

Along with being delicious, Alcove Chocolate boasts a one-year shelf life, does not contain any harmful preservatives, and is certified 100% kosher.  It is manufactured in an environmentally responsible facility utilizing co-generated power and recyclable materials.