Gourmet French Chocolates

Yet another post on the treasure trove of tidbits from France... this time, it's gourmet chocolates.

It was a mix-and-match bag, so whatever looked interesting was picked. And indeed, I love the aesthetics of it... from the quail egg-like one to the dark mussel shell. Even the coloured round ones are interesting, especially that reddish one with green blotches.

I'll just post about the interesting ones...

Apologies that these images tend to be out of focus. I was struggling to hold them to the light, keep them from melting off my fingers, and trying to hold the phone steady all at the same time. Well, that in itself speaks of the quality of the chocolates... they were all so melty!

Lemon Yoghurt Chocolate

At least, I think that's what it was. The inner most kernel is a candied lemon, I think. It's coated in chocolate (I think dark), which is then coated with this layer of yoghurt-like chocolate.

Really nice medley of flavours. The slight tartness of the lemon and yoghurt were tempered by the earthiness of the chocolate.

Candy-Coated Hazelnut Praline

This is the quail egg-looking one.

Surprisingly, it was the candy shell that impressed me. The hazelnut praline filling was good, but the crunch of the candy shell gave it that extra pop. Like a super crunchy Ferrero Rocher.

Mussel Shell Praline

This one was almost exactly like those Belgian shell chocolate pralines. Except that the outer layer of chocolate appeared thicker and firmer. And of course, its shell was darkened, perhaps to look more like a real mussel.

Yoghurt-Coated Almonds with Candied Orange Peel

Well, I *think* it's candied orange peel. But it was definitely a candied citrus fruit. Nice combination of flavours, with a mix of crunch and chewiness.

The rest of them were either generic, or else I couldn't make sense of them heh. But overall, they were all good, as expected of French chocolates!

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