Dark Chocolate

[rydesteel]

I'd like to get some some good, as in outstanding dark chocolate as a gift for one of the twins and for a good friend who are both severe chocoholics. Ideas, suggestions, websites would all be appreciated. Thanks all,

Frank

[velocolour]

You can't beat Toronto Chocolate. Well you probably can though this place is incredible.
We've never ordered from here as we usually just ride over for a chocolate shot and a tasty nibble or three.
Awesomeness!
They have huge windows in to the kitchen where you can watch them making all sorts of amazing stuff.
noah

[ron l edmiston]

james candy company --- atlantic city n.j.

family owned/operated --- bout as good as ya get..

ronnie

[sevencyclist]

My favorite dark chocolate is Isis from Belgium.

Isis Luxury Belgian Dark Chocolate 70% Cocoa ~ Choco Check

Very smooth and a little bit of smokey taste.

[happycampyer]

Some favorites

Jacques Torres Chocolate
Mast Brothers Chocolate
L'artisan du Chocolat
La Maison du Chocolat

for truffles
Teuscher Chocolates

There was a thread about artisanal chocolate a while back...

http://www.velocipedesalon.com/forum...ate-12363.html

[davids]

The opposite of pretentious and so, so good: Holiday Chocolate Gift Baskets - Chocolate Turtles & Fudge - Chocolate Gift Baskets and Fall Chocolate Custom Chocolate Gifts - PhillipsChocolate.com

[Too Tall]

Vermont Chocolate -Chocolate by Mail Order -Vermont Chocolates -Mail Chocolate

WOW.

[happycampyer]

Fran's in San Francisco also has excellent chocolate:

Fran's Chocolates

[GSmith]

Taza Chocolate. Great people and they sponsor the Embrocation Journal Cycling Team.

[scrubadub]

I thought I'd revive this thread as I've been hitting up The Chocolate Garage in Palo Alto regularly. And there's nothing better than coming home after a long day and sitting back to enjoy a lovely small piece of chocolate!

Rogue Chocolatier (Three Rivers, MA)
- Hispaniola and Jamaica. These two are my favorites so far, we can't get enough of these two. They made an even better bar called the Silvestre but that was apparently a limited run and no longer made.

Patric (Columbia, MO)
- Madagascar w/ Habanero sea salt, Red Curry Chili, Piura Peru. I'm normally not fan of "flavored" chocolate but these are great. The Red Curry Chili is particularly good.

A couple of others
- Francois Pralus Cuba Trinitario 75%
- Domori Chuao and Guasare
- Lonohana Cafe Au Lait

[treadonme]

Éclat
In West Chester PA
Perfect ride distance from House Industries in Yorklyn, amazing roads.
Two world class joints, with world class folks doing them - Rich @ House, and Chris @ Éclat.
Chris was a big time racer, and still heads back to Boulder to hang with folks we all know.
https://www.eclatchocolate.com/about-eclat/

[j44ke]

Taza Chocolate. Great people and they sponsor the Embrocation Journal Cycling Team.

Taza is produces a really interesting Mexican-style chocolate with rough ground cocoa and granular sugar. The flavors are nicely balanced I think and entirely edible. Some of the Mast Brothers flavors, for example, seem somewhat arduous. And the Taza chocolates come packaged as segmented disks in paper wrapping, which is really pleasing. Plus you can melt whole chunks to make some pretty terrific hot chocolate, very similar to the stuff you find in places like Oaxaca and Mexico City. Their 85% Super Dark and Cacao Puro are dark chocolate to make any chocoholic swoon.

[Matthew Strongin]

I like to drop a small chunk of the Taza Chipotle Chili discs into a doppio in the morning for a little extra kick.

[prcrstn8]

Winner

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First runner-up

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[zachateseverything]

I'm partial to Videri. I make it a point to go to the factory in Raleigh whenever I'm in town visiting my parents. Their 90% bars are very good.

https://viderichocolatefactory.com/

[guido]

Another vote for Taza. I'm also a big fan of Dagoba Xocolatl

[pdxharth]

Not the high end the OP was seeking but worth mentioning as a good bang for the buck chocolate:

Equal Exchange Very Dark (71%) Very rich, complex flavors and often on sale.

[Alistair]

I've always got a bar of Theo's 85% Dark on the go, https://www.theochocolate.com/product/22

For me, it's the perfect balance of bittersweetness. Good medicine.



Alistair.

[s_curran]

LA Burdick, Mast, and Taza all are really good if you ask me.

We always seem to have a large block of Callebaut around for making something from scratch.

[ericpmoss]

Has anyone (else) seen the BBC presentation "Chocolate Perfection"? It's about getting a bespoke chocolate designed. Personally I'm happy with Guittard Gourmet Bittersweet -- it tastes the way baking brownies smell. But, if I ever one the lottery...