We asked Steve Almond, author of Candyfreak: A Journey Through
the Chocolate Underbelly of America, to name five chocolates on his
all-star list. Here’s what he said:
- The CF Signature Piece I was lucky enough to
get a shipment of Candyfreak Signature pieces. A few months ago, a
bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, called Changing Hands asked me to
design a piece of chocolate, which was then made by Granny’s
Chocolates in Gilbert, Arizona. They did an amazing job. The piece
is this: a soft caramel, infused with cocoa and cinnamon, enrobed
in dark chocolate, with Rice Krispies. It was an effort to recreate
the now-extinct Caravelle bar, my favorite as a kid. The piece is
mind-blowing. It tastes like you’re licking the brownie bowl when
you eat these suckers. - The Grenada Chocolate Company (60%) Bar
Grenada grows its own cocoa organically and makes the chocolate the
old-fashioned way. - Lake Champlain Five Star Bar Any variety. Just
insanely good. - Mother Myrick’s Chocolate-Covered Butter
Toffee Made by a wonderful chocolatier in southern
Vermont. - Kit Kat Dark Not as fancy, but I worship
them.
