CHOCLAT SIN..#8

One for you, one for me!
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THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR LAST...TOP TEN CHOCOLATES OF 2009!
Warning: It's going to cost you in calories and moola!!
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1. Godiva/ Dark Lion of Belgium...Butterscotch caramel in a dark chocolate shell.
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2. Godiva/ Raspberry Caramel Duet...tart raspberry caramel layered over caramel, in dark chocolate shell.
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3. Payard/ Masterpiece I...Box of your choice: Degas/ Dark and milk chocolate ganache with coffee beans. Picasso/ Dark chocolate ganache infused with Earl Grey Tea. Palet d'Or/ Vanilla rum ganache covered with dark chocolate...plus half a dozen others too fab to miss.
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4. XOX Truffles/ Storefront in San Francisco, North Beach/ traditional hand made chocolate truffles. Listed in "Chocolatier" as one of top 10 chocolates.
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5. La Maison du Chocolat/ Coffret Maison Dark/ Assortment: dark chocolate, ganache, praline, creations fron Paris' best. In NYC...4 locations/ Madison Ave, Rockefeller Center, Wall St.,
5th Ave. Plan your next visit overindulging in chocolate!
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6. Romanicos Chocolate/ Most decadent chocolate truffles, handmade! Custom Chocoholics Box, not cheap. Located in Miami...air conditioned, so you won't melt. Neither will the chocolate!
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7. Vosges Chocolates/ Extra special chocolate combined with Mexican chili, or blood oranges, or pumpkin, or hazelnut, or honey, or caramel, etc. Top seller/ Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix. In NYC...at Bergdorf Goodman. Oh, don't forget chocolate marshmallows.
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8. MarieBelle/ In NYC, Soho...at Broome St. Tea Salon that brings to mind the cafes of Paris, Vienna, Budapest. Delicate, handmade with the finest cacao. Flavors such as saffron, cardamom, lemon, spices. Try Aztec Hot Chocolate in 4 flavors...Original/ dark/ mocha/ spicy. Don't try to resist.
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9. Jacques Torres/ Watch chocolate being made by the famous Jacques at Water St. in Brooklyn, and at Hudson St., in NYC. Interior of shop is designed to look like you're inside an enormous cacao pod! I've died and gone to heaven!
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10. Lindt Chocolate/ A special salute to a popular brand..and my fav. Intense Orange Bar/ dark chocolate, orange pieces, almond slivers. Buy it anywhere...I do, and carry it for my next fix! Nothing fancy shmancy here, $3.50 a pop!
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You can Google any of these sites..no harm in looking!!
Disclaimer: I do not get a kickback from this compilation! Why not?

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