Chantal Coady, the only chocolatier to be made an OBE for services to chocolate, started Rococo 40 years ago. Then, a few years on, things went a bit sour. If you want to read more about it you can Google it. Now, Coady is back at Rococo (hurrah for karma!) and has launched the most expensive chocolates, gram for gram, in Great Britain.
I’m not usually a fan of expensive chocolates per se, but these are £3.50 a truffle so, while small, it is possible to sample them for a not huge outlay. The Cru Criollo truffles are being launched to celebrate Rococo’s ruby anniversary. Criollo is the rarest of beans, making up just 0.01% of cocoa in the world, and the truffles come in three permutations, from a dark milk at 38% to a 75%.
It’s hard to fault them. They are delicious. Very probably perfect. And if you forgot someone over Christmas, a box of these at £33 for nine, presuming they like chocolate of course, will make you popular again.
Another set of really good truffles were the single-origin ganache ones by Coco Chemistry. I wasn’t expecting much, as I find cream truffles (which these are) very hit and miss. Either the shell is so thick to contain the ganache that you have to practically unhinge your jaw or they just hope that using the word ganache on a label makes up for all manner of ills. But these were memorable. Now for the bad news: they are only available as part of the subscription club, from £60 for three months. Other truffles are available from Coco Chemistry at £6.95, but I’ve not tried them yet.
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