Special chocolates to buy at local WF?

[joebelt]

What would your pick be for the wife?

[aurorakat]

anything by Vouges...they have all kinds of crazy interesting flavors, including a bacon Choclate bar (though that may be more appropriate for the hubby...)

[steve999]

"Crazy" flavors just don't seem to work in chocolate. I received a assortment of flavored bars that had 2 different hot pepper varieties, 1 coconut, and 1 something else I don't recall. They were awful. The only one that was remotely edible was the coconut one. I threw them out and would have been better off with a plain old Hershey bar.....

[mjg0725]

Steve999, what works for one, might not work for another. I find these bars to be wonderful, especially the Bacon bar. The only issues that keep me from buying Vosges Chocolate bars on a semi regular basis are the prohibitive $7 price point and my weight problem!

[kobuta]

While the "crazy" flavor of the bacon bar may be too much of a novelty for the unintiated (and they truly don't taste bad), the Red Fire Exotic bar with cinnamon, ancho, and chillies in dark chocolate is wonderful! Good rich chocoloate taste with warm spices and a nice kick from the chillies. This is high-quality stuff. The $7/bar is steep, but pretty reasonable for the special occasion treat, considering some high-end chocolatiers sell mini-boxes of 4-6 pieces for like $20.

[almansa]

Christopher Norman choclates, hands down.

[finlero]

I've seen Joseph Schmidt chocolates at WF in the past. They're a little "polished" for my personal tastes (I'm partial to the earthiness of Burdick), but they are excellent.

You might also consider Pemberton Farms on Mass Ave. They always have a great chocolate assortment, and the free parking makes life a little easier.

[joebelt]

Thanks!

PS: who pays for parking at WF?

[finlero]

Nobody, I hope. I just meant that if the parking situation was a factor in your decision to go to WF, you had another viable option in the area.

[mjg0725]

Lake Champlain Chocolates - Truffles

[joebelt]

That's what I ended up getting. thanks

[mjg0725]

We toured their factory in Burlington, Vermont about five years ago. We fell in love with them at that moment. They have become much more mainstream since then because I seem them all over now.

Did you try them yet?

[joebelt]

No I didn't, they were for my wife...

[galleygirl]

Which Whole Foods is local to you? Woburn has an outstanding chocolate bar....

[joebelt]

It would have to be Fresh Pond or Bedford base on my travels today.

[galleygirl]

Fresh Pond will definitely be better; they probably have special stuff coming in for the holidays, I just don't know what,not being a chocolate afficianado...

[joebelt]

Why would it be better? Because the other one is in the suburbs?

[galleygirl]

No, because Fresh Pond was recently remodeled, and they have a much more extensive specialty department, which is where the chocolate is carried.