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bespoke chocolates: a new truffle favorite
despite my pretty heavy duty chocolate obsession, it took me quite a while to track down bespoke chocolates, a shop with hand crafted artisan chocolates which opened up this winter in the east village.
run by impressively young (at least by my standards as ) chocolatier rachel zoe insler, bespoke chocolates seeks to match chocolates from around the world with the local flavors that are being used. so, for example, the luscious milk chocolate truffle uses a 40% cocoa from a french chocolate source, and the rosemary vanilla is comprised of dark 72% (note the exact percentage) of venezuelan chocolate. now i would have no idea how to figure these things out but i sure am glad that bespoke’s chocolatier uses her vast scientific skills (she is a former neuroscientist) to get these formulas just right.
bespoke chocolates’ signature chocolate is the dark chocolate covered sea salted caramel coated in pretzels. this one bite oozy wonder reminded me of a much richer version of general greene’s salted caramel ice cream with fresh pretzels, which was good, but the chocolate version was much much better. and while bespoke chocolates’ name suggests that it might be possible to get a chocolate made to order while you are in the store — that is not really possible unless you want to camp out for a few days . with a little notice, the shop can definitely develop your own signature treat.
while j and i chowed down our bespoke chocolates all in one night, and they were definitely good. maybe not better than kee’s chocolates, which are a little finer, a little fancier, a little bigger, but still very very good.
my number one favorite at bespoke was the strawberry balsamic truffle which i thought there was no way i would like. it just looked a little too fussy, and i didn’t like it’s powder coating, and i generally only like strawberries on their own, in ice cream or with sour cream and brown sugar but not in chocolate treats. so i was definitely surprised. this little ball (pictured above) was super, and even though they are not cheap (at $2.25 each) i think i might need to indulge every once and a while. bespoke chocolates, 6 extra place off of 1st street between the bowery and 2nd avenue, manhattan, new york, .
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Oooh, I just got some of these chocolates as an engagement present. I had never heard of them before, but they look amazing. I’m saving mine for later. yum!
You are a lucky duck! Don’t wait too long and congratulations.