Marti Chocolatt continues to inspire me for the third year in a row at the LA Chocolate Salon. Chocolatier Tonet Tibay, always friendly and enthusiastically engaging, encourages everyone to sample each of her delicious creations. These traditionally French style chocolates have some of the creamiest ganache centers I have ever tasted and many of the unique flavor combinations are inspired by Tonet’s Filipino heritage. After sampling around 8 different flavors I hand selected this 6 piece box for further enjoyment.
From left to right flavors include Kalamansi, Jasmin Citron, Cafe’ Baraco, Rose Raspberry, Rum Raisin and Chevre. I did discover that I prefer her hand cut truffles to the molded ones because the ganache is so exquisite and in the molded pieces it is lost within a thick shell. The Kalamansi for example is made with a zesty Philippine lime, a flavor which was hard to distinguish next to the strong and bitter dark chocolate shell. A greater balance is achieved within the Rose Raspberry piece, with a stronger flavor and delightful tartness enrobed in a much thinner shell. Rum Raisin fascinatingly includes black currants, although they totally taste like raisins! The Chevre, includes a unique combination goat cheese and mint in a white chocolate ganache with a dark chocolate shell. The hubby said it reminded him of mint chocolate chip ice cream, although true I thought the goat cheese was a bit dominant. I do love mint in combination with white and dark chocolate.
Marti Chocolatt continues to make an impression with their unique and flavors and sweet personality!