One can never get enough of chocolates. It is an indulgence that leaves you wanting more with every tiny bite of the dark, intense and, sometimes, sweet delight. As the Indian market for handcrafted, artisanal chocolates is rapidly shaping into a promising playground for local, luxury chocolates, we list some of the most exotic bestsellers that the brands like Naviluna, Fabelle, La Folie, Royce’ and Ether Atelier are making. Try these!
One of the most loved varieties of Naviluna’s monsoon collection, Mango chili chocolate is handmade from Karnatakan cacao, tarty mangoes fused with sweet red peppers, red chilis and fresh vanilla. Every bar is crafted in small batches at a low temperature to preserve its nutritional goodness.
Chockriti is known for its all-natural fine chocolates made from cacao from sustainable, organic farms in South India and Belgium. One of their mantras is, ‘Saving Good People from Bad Chocolate’. Specialising in diverse Indian flavours, Kashmiri Kahwa is a rare chocolate by Chockriti. Their Belgian dark chocolate is filled with creamy, hand brewed Kahwa tea ganache, with underpinned flavours of rose, saffron and cinnamon.
All Things Monday is a classic, fancy spin to a typical Monday mood. Crispy and healthy, this chocolate bar combines local flavours of 72 per cent Malabar dark chocolate, cane sugar, toasted oats, walnuts, almonds, coconut, double-baked granola, raw honey, butter and sugar.
Soklet What- Bhut Jolokia + Pink Himalayan Salt bar
Notorious for being one of the spiciest chilies in the world, the punch of Assam’s Bhut Jolokia chili is mixed with bitter dark chocolate and Himalayan pink salt. Soklet uses cacao grown in their plantations on Anaimalai hills in Tamil Nadu.
Chef Prateek Bakhtiani, Founder of Ether Atelier was inspired by Japanese minimalism and oriental modernism to craft these small pieces of exotic flavours of Sour Cherry and Sakura; Soy sauce and Caramel; Wasabi and Tsukemono Ginger.
La Folie’s Berry Good Bar bursts with luscious flavours of strawberries, raspberries and wild blueberries, all meld together with rich Guatemalan and Kerala cacao.
Here is Royce’ Chocolate’s interesting take on crispy potato chips. They have generously coated every chip with dark chocolate on one side, leaving the other half contrastingly salty. Their popcorn chocolates are equally popular.
