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The Splendid Table's First Ever Blind Chocolate Candy Tasting Listen to this feature (How to listen) As a public service, we decided to taste-test for chocolates that would be worthy of gift-giving. We picked chocolatiers from across the country and asked each to send up samples of their three most outstanding creations. Eleven chocolatiers responded, which means we sampled 33 different filled candies. And we did it blind—as in blindfolded. Pure taste was what we were after. Tasting comments ranged from, "Tastes like Lemon Pledge" to "Wow, I want more," from "The bomb!" to "An insult to human life." Sadly, all the hazelnut chocolates tasted of stale nuts. And interestingly, the topping-chocolates-with-coarse-salt trend that started five years ago is going strong, with good results. I was surprised at how many salted caramels got us raving. We came up with a handful of outstanding gift possibilities. These are our picks:
Contact Information for Our Selections:
For your reference, this is the list of all eleven chocolatiers who submitted samples:
Some photos of Lynne and crew conducting the highly unscientific and thoroughly non-quantitative taste testing in The Splendid Table studios.
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