Monday, August 27, 2007

Lindt Gourmet Truffles

There are few foods that give you that overall good feeling like a piece of fine chocolate. The most perfect treat I can think of is a really good truffle. To experience this most extraordinary confection in its most extraordinary form, you have to try Lindt Gourmet Truffles.

Each creamy, silken center is surrounded by a fine milk, dark, or white shell, delicately decorated to create the ultimate luxury. The unique double-dipped chocolates with smooth, creamy insides come in many varieties. Manufactured by Lindt & Sprungli, Stratham, N.H., my favorite is the white chocolate with a white center. Other available truffles include milk chocolate with a milk center, dark chocolate with a vanilla-flavored center, hazelnut, mint, peanut butter and dark chocolate with raspberry center.


The candy should be exceptional, as Lindt & Sprungli have been making chocolates for 160 years, with Rodolphe Lindt pioneering the process of conching, the lengthy procedure of churning and stirring the chocolate paste until it develops a dark velvety texture that slowly melts on the tongue.

Though others tried, they were unable to reproduce Lindt's unique quality. To this day, the confection is made according to the same top-secret recipe as the very first chocolate bar.

Lindt Truffles are a necessity around my home especially at Christmas time. Everyone expects a package of these truffles in their stocking Christmas morning. And of course I always add a bag to my stocking as well. Needless to say, you can't eat just one!

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