353. Truffs

Dark chocolates. Sometimes, I think taking dark chocolates do curb hunger pangs and stops me from having sweet cravings and sometimes helped to de-stress, not sure if it works for others.

Truffs, with handmade chocolate truffles, made her way into the CBD area 6 months ago, just across the Amoy Food Market. The boss is a guy who gives up a stable job for his passion for chocolates. To be exact, dark chocolates. He gives loyalty to just dark chocolates, there is no other kinds of chocolates in his shop.

I had the 66% antilles dark chocolate and 70% honduras dark chocolate. The 66% antilles had a tinge of sweetness. The other, the honduras, was more to my liking. I personally felt that it was bittersweet. The ganache in the truffles was delicately flavoured with mild richness in butter. Dark chocolates can be very alluring too, not to mention handmade ones.

I ate a piece of the chocolate fudge cake. The sponge was moist and soft. The finished ganache was nicely spread over the sponge. It was smooth and not any bit like the jello kind.

9 pralines @$24

They have a double-decker box which could contain double the amount of pralines if you find that 9 is not enough.

Thanks to Ei Liang, Hui Ling and Indra for hosting.

Truffs
179A Telok Ayer Street
S068627

Opens:
Mon-Fri : 12pm-7pm
Sat: 12pm-4pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

http://www.truffs.com.sg

184. The Cocoa Trees

My company allows outside vendors to come into the company's compound to sell their products. Today's chocolates from The Cocoa Trees. Well, they were slightly cheaper than those sold at the outlets. A few items caught my eyes. Frey's surprise citron & poivre and passion pecan & caramel @$3 each.

Surprise citron & poivre - It's not a surprise to find citron or commonly known as lemon in chocolates but what surprised me was the addition of black pepper. The fruity touch of lemon appeared as lemon salts in the chocolates. The black pepper was crunchy and surprisingly didn't have a strong pepper taste. The aftertaste was a mild peppery taste.

Passion pecan & caramel - It was meant as a gift. Comments reserved.

Goldkenn's cappuccino filled crispy crepes @$4. My brother once tried it and said it was very nice. So, when I saw it was available at the sale bazaar, I decided to get a box. I thought it was rather expensive for just 4 rolls of crepes. The crepes were crispy and light. The cappuccino filling wasn't too strongly flavoured. It was slightly bitter. It wasn't to my liking though I'm pretty much a coffee addict.

Available at The Cocoa Trees

151. Dubai - Daiela

Sweet treats from Dubai. My makan kaki's colleague got this chocolate bite from Dubai. So, it was thanks to her I got to taste it. I believed it isn't imported into Singapore. It was so nice. An almond was wrapped in the date and the date was coated with chocolate on the exterior. The texture was like crunchy then soft and marshy then sweet. It was a bit like eating the soft nougat. If you have got a chance to go Dubai, be sure to get this, you will sure like it!

45. Chocz

Chocolates from chocz. It ain't cheap. However, the nice and exquisite designs on them will appeal to you so much. Haha. I liked the coffee one. The one with 3D-flowery design too.