Remember when I looked up all the large quantities of things that are for sale at Costco? Last week someone told me they had to throw out an enormous jar of Mayonnaise because of how far it was beyond its best before date. Doesn't that make for one of those creepy scenarios of picnics with egg salad sandwiches baking in the sun? A culinary-themed horror movie.
That won't be the case with chocolate - well, dark chcolate. Chocolate lasts a long time on the shelf (not in the hands). So the 1.3 kg jar of M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candy beside the 1.6 kg bag of Swiss Delice Milk Chocolates at Costco might be worthwhile. That's if you look at the products by most viewed. Go sort by most expensive to cheapest and there is $82.99 worth of Theobroma Chunkies. Most of the chocolate bars come in counts of 48 items. But nothing pops out at $500 or so price point. Like the caviar which is listed at $849 to $1,4999.99.
Costco just isn't into chocolate like cavier. But then the products at Costco generally aren't the luxury items in the world.
For chocolate? That would be:
The To'ak chocolate from Ecuador is the most expensive chocolate in the world. That's different than the most awarded in prizes. Its website says it charges over $300 for a single bar of chocolate. The public relations story of this chocolate is HERE.
They age their chocolate with wood barrels that have been used for whisky making. They also are experimenting with Cambodian Kampot pepper and Ecuadorian Palo Santo wood to extract aromas and create flavour. Their chocolate is aged up to six years. You can store dark chocolate much longer than Mayonnaise, as there is no milk in it.
They list the experiments so far - here. These are things like French oak, ex-Cognac, American oak, ex-Scotch Whisky. And the types of Ecuadorian Wood: Spanish elm, Andean alder. And then their other aging media - Madagascar Vanilla Bean - of course.
I am sure you can get a sample of something - at the bottom are featured products in the $15.00 USD price range. I expect these are "flakes" of chocolate. Still would be fun.
There are many plants with heart-shaped leaves. These at Longwood were perfect.
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