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| - With Valentine's Day around the corner, now is the time I start warning my husband NOT to buy me chocolates. Somehow I believe that giving them up is going to miraculously result in a 20 lb weight loss. One can always hope.
This year is different. After sampling these delightful confections at the DBG Chile and Chocolate Festival, I was hooked. At the time, I sampled an itsy bitsy bite of the passion fruit chocolate, I was sold. I wished I had a trunk full of disguises readily available so that I could eat each and every morsel on that tray. It was too early to buy chocolates for the holidays, but we did go to the boutique at the Montelucia a month later. I'm sure the valet appreciated parking our vehicle with it's sweet scent of our Chompie's leftovers in the back seat.
We selected several different boxes for ONLY the people I thought would appreciate such exquisite chocolates. Anyone that I've witnessed shoving an entire chocolate in their mouth with 2 chews at best was off the list. That left a small list which was great for me considering these pricey little gems. And despite my faint-hearted protests, my husband smartly insisted on choosing a box for me. There are actually only a handful of selections, but truthfully, the flavors are so brilliant, you will not need any more. My favorite is the passion fruit, followed closely by the French caramel truffle. I usually don't even like caramel, but this toffee covered truffle is filled with the creamiest caramel you can imagine.
The boutique is open every day, until 10 pm Wed-Sat! We had the pleasure of meeting Julia on our visit and she let us know they offer chocolate and wine pairings as well!!
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