Taste Test: Chocolate Dot U.S. against the French chocolate

Not long ago I was at The Chocolate Show in New York, which is also held in Paris and Cairo. I decided that the Chocolate Show was the perfect excuse to get a taste of the virtual kind to compare the French and American chocolate. American chocolate could possibly hold up spectacular chocolate was part French? I felt like I'd be biased, so I brought a couple, Karen and Kathryn – hardcore Francophiles and fellow bloggers – to give me a hand. Karen brought a whole team of assessors, and we had ourselves a little party with chocolate.

We tested six chocolates on a scale of 1-10 based on taste (the most important, of course), packaging, creativity and artistic talent. If you can not get to Paris anytime soon, this is the way to go.

By Doni Belau & Girls Guide to Paris

THE FRENCH

1) Michel Cluizel of Paris is a name you see a lot in the city of lights. They have been working with chocolate since 1948 and clearly know what they are doing. I gave them a 7. great flavor, a broad product line, but I've never been crazy about their packaging. This area is probably less important, but lets face: When you purchase a gift of chocolate, it must be nice. They have recently opened in New York.

2) Boissier chocolate made in Paris since 1827, and their packaging was the most spectacular of all the ones we tasted. Very feminine and very classic. I bought a box of chocolate petals in a variety of colors: chocolate pink, white, and green, but it was wonderful – but since the colored petals are made of white chocolate was not a big fan. But if you're white, this is for you. I give a 6 Boissier petals. The team of Bonjour Paris concluded: ".. Ah – the petals were seductive chocolate Boissier" The judges felt their unusual and intriguing, but received a thumbs up and a score of 8 Kathryn said Boissier chocolate white petals "They were lightly flavored chocolate into small delicate leaves. The beautiful presentation mean that you can enjoy many pieces and not feel like you've loaded on chocolate."

Boissier added up to a 7 with a star for the beauty and inventiveness. True, chocolate girly.

Hard to understand about this, but I think No truffles chewing add up to a 7 as well.

AMERICANS

1) Maha chocolate from San Francisco. I tried the dark chocolate covered roasted almonds with ginger. I rated this an 8 though I think I would have preferred them without the ginger. They come in a package of skin with a purple label and would be a nice little hostess gift – and at $ 10.95, is a big deal. The team does not like Paris so much, "Maha chocolate with almonds toasted almonds had too many and not enough good chocolate." Thumbs down, scoring 3. Reichert took the view that Miss Maha SF chocolate were strong but not bitter, dark chocolate with hazelnuts – almost too many nuts. He wanted more chocolate! But given their points of beautiful presentation of several pieces in a small string-tied bag.

Overall, it seems scores 6 for Maha and the taste for more art & packaging.

2) Two girls from New York Chocolate is a mother / daughter team. They were named one of the top ten chocolatiers in the United States in 2009. I tasted the wine flavored chocolates, cinnamon and a chocolate peanut butter bon bon and a blueberry too. They also had pumpkins for fall. These are the lowest ranked 5. Points for creativity, marketing and a great name, but the taste was too simple for my taste. I think my daughter might look like, but a connoisseur of chocolate – I had to go. . Bonjour Paris but had a different take from 2 girls find chocolate taste the clear winners in 9. They were decadent second team of tasters. But he felt that the box was not up to snuff. The brown color was boring and why the company opted for the cartoon? It seemed amateurish. And yet different, Kathryn scored two girls with chocolate this way: these pieces came in a beautiful box of four small pieces of chocolate with unusually good combinations of flavors as unusual, such as cinnamon and chocolate. Overall, very creamy and tasty.

Incredible as it may differ so 3 teams tasting. The addition of things we take two chicks to 7 with 2 (not 3) thumbs down to packaging.

3) Sweet Riot was the last American maker that I've tasted. I must admit bias here because I heard the founder Sarah speak at a conference on women have recently been to her and is absolutely adorable. E 'was hard not to like his chocolate. E 'intense and very dark. There's a bar choc full of nuts and fruit and everything is very tasty and the company supports fair trade, so their cocoa farmers make a living wage. Aware of chocolate. There is a kind of Whole Foods in sensitivity to the product and their marketing. No fantasy art, looking for candy bars here, just serious or pieces of chocolate that they call chocolate peaces. I was not a fan of the packaging as I prefer a more luxurious look – but for a chocolate treat every day that you can carry in your bag – this fits the bill. Sweet Riot rated a 6. Karen and her judges had much nice to report when it came to chocolate from Sweet Riot rating only 2. They hated the packaging and thought the chocolate tasted like there were too many additives.

Showing the diversity of our cultures (Kathryn has lived mainly in the U.S. over the past 15 years and Karen in Paris), Kathryn had this to say about Sweet Riot "Riot Sweet Chocolate is cool, packaging pop culture and some different combinations, including dark chocolate with raisins, which just tasted odd to me. The bar of dark chocolate with cocoa nibs was yummy, and the dark chocolate with espresso nibs were a little 'taste of the coffee too. "

Overall we give Sweet Riot a 5 star for taste and packaging – If you love pop culture, that is.

Bottom line: U.S. chocolate manufacturers have come a long way. But in the end, for me France again wins the first prize.

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