Highlights From the New York Chocolate Show

by Lauren Salkeld

on 11/10/11 at 05:21 PM

Each year we take one for the team and head to the New York Chocolate Show to sample the latest sweet offerings. A few trends popped up, including blueberries, almonds, raw, gluten-free, various drinking chocolates, and long thin bars, "fingers," or in one case, bacon strips. What follows are the high points from the show, the companies and chocolates that caught our eyes, er, palates.


Les Cinq Amandes
In addition to Sicilian almonds covered in very thin layers of colorful sugar, Les Cinq Amandes' collection (above) includes unexpected chocolate dragées featuring rhubarb, meringue, and apple. (Fivealmonds.com, 877-328-6757; phone orders only)
Maha Chocolate
Almonds also take center stage at Maha Chocolate where the specialty is rich dark chocolate clusters. Their lavender version is pleasantly floral and not soapy. (Mahachocolate.com, 866.969.6242)
Fika
A Swedish espresso bar with three New York locations, Fika has a limited online shop featuring Håkan Mårtensson's chocolate confections. Keep an eye out for the newest truffle, a knockout combination of dark chocolate, goat cheese, and sea salt. (Fikanyc.com, 646-837-6588)

Prestat
As the Queen of England's Royal Chocolatier, Prestat has held the "Royal Warrant" for 35 years but is just arriving on U.S. shores. Focusing on the New York market for now, Prestat will hopefully expand to the rest of the country in the near future. Their English Mint Crunch is bright with mint, and gets its crunchy texture from Demerara sugar. (Prestat.co.uk, +44 20 8896 8699)


Gnosis Chocolate
Gnosis Chocolate bills itself "the world's most nutritious chocolate" and can check off the organic, raw, and vegan boxes. All skepticism aside, they make a mean hot chocolate (above). Samples of the Mayan style one were warmly infused with cinnamon and cayenne. The immunity version wasn't on tap but boasts ginseng, echinacea, and lucuma. (Gnosischocolate.com, 877-4466747)
Xocolatti
At their Soho location and in their online shop, Xocolatti (choco-latti) offers chocolate in unusual guises. Coconut pineapple crumbles are like a fancy-pants trail mix, while slates are the thinnest of all chocolate bars and feature international ingredients and flavor profiles that include saffron, rose hips, tiramisu, and masala spices. (Xocolatti, 212-256-0332)


Co Co. Sala
This chocolate lounge in Washington, DC has an online chocolate boutique offering their solid Co Co bars (above) and specialties like chocolate covered bacon strips (smoky and thankfully not chewy) and their new gingerbread Hot Co Co Pop for making hot chocolate at home. (Cocosala.com, 202-347-4265)

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