Fat City caught up with Christopher Elbow to find out about a small-batch release of chocolate bon bons for Valentine's Day. For the effort, he teamed up with Patric Chocolate out of Columbia, Missouri.
"I have used Patric chocolate before to make some small batches of bon bons. Last year was the first year that Alan [McClure] from Patric and I decided to do something on a little bigger scale and we sold out of the chocolates very quickly," Elbow writes in an e-mail.
Patric Chocolate is a micro-batch maker of dark chocolate, and this year's bon bon is a chocolate ganache. It's made from 70 percent chocolate as well as cream and butter -- meaning you might be full after one small square.
"His 70-percent Madagascar chocolate is one of my favorite chocolates due to
the intense fruit flavors that he is able to get out of it," Elbow says.
The Madagascar dark chocolate has notes of citrus and berries as well as hints of caramel and cream -- providing a nice balance to the bite of the cocoa. The chocolate bon bons are available in a four-piece box for $12 from Patric Chocolate's Web site -- they'll ship on February 8 or 9 to ensure freshness, so you still have time to order -- or sold by the piece at Elbow's shop downtown at 1819 McGee.
You can also win Valentine's chocolates by sending a virtual love letter through a fun application on Elbow's Web site. The Love Letters application lets you send an e-card wherein it looks like you're stamping a box of chocolates with a note to a special someone. It will make you want to eat candy -- you've been warned.
Look for more on Patric Chocolate in next week's print edition of The Pitch.
[Image courtesy of Christopher Elbow]
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