Choklat

hile in Calgary, I was introduced to a Chocolate shop unlike any other I have ever been in.

Choklat is the only chocolate company in Western Canada that is involved in all processes of chocolate making from the fermentation process to roasting. They are "... one of just 4 chocolatiers in the entire world to make chocolate from Porcelana Cacau the rarest cocoa bean in the world." Any other chocolate company that you can think of in Western Canada does not actually "make" the chocolate that they use in their products. Even my favourite, Bernard Callebaut does not make his own chocolate. I still LOVE him though.

When you walk into Choklat the smell is intoxicating. It is a tiny store, with all the equipment needed to turn top quality cacao beans into chocolate. They use only the freshest of ingredients, no preservatives, and no artificial flavours. All their truffles are made fresh to order, and you can choose exactly what you want.

On Saturday I shared a single brownie with some friends, and it was like crack. I needed more! This morning the hubby and I stopped to order some truffles, as well as a couple of brownies.

I got 3 milk chocolate buttercream truffles, dipped in milk chocolate and rolled in toasted coconut, as well as 3 dark chocolate buttercream truffles, dipped in dark chocolate and rolled in toasted hazelnuts. They made each truffle in front of me, then wrapped them in different wrap according to the type of truffle and packaged them in a pretty little box (all at no extra charge).









I ate 1.5 truffles today.

That wasn't the only chocolate I had today!



I had chocolate milk this morning for the first time in many years (shared a small glass bottle with the hubby). We ate breakfast at a really cool grocery store called Sunterra (stay tuned tomorrow to see the foodie items I purchased from this store). I ordered a breakfast bagel with fruit, but they accidentally gave me hash browns instead. It was way too much food.



I nibbled for a while, but ended up leaving all of this on my plate:



Secretly I was leaving room for more chocolate.

We left Calgary around noon to head back home. We stopped in a small town for dinner at Boston Pizza. I had a perogie stromboli, and a spinach salad. I ate most of it.



Dessert?



Half of the best brownie in the world. I let hubby have the other half. There is still one left, and I will fight him for it.



We are now back home in Regina,
but we have a reason to go back to Calgary very soon ...

Choklat also sells cupcakes.

What is your favourite chocolate?

I am a sucker for Bernard Callebaut, but unfortunately Bernard doesn't make brownies, so Choklat will fill that void for me.

Also, that "Callebaut" chocolate that you see in grocery stores around Canada is in NO WAY related to Bernard Callebaut. Bernard has been going to great lengths to avoid association with the bulk bin baking chocolate using the "Callebaut" name. Just a heads up!