Katie's Chocolate Club: October

I have been eyeing Stick With Me's Instagram account for months now, watching them post beautifully painted bon bons daily. Their website is not up and running at this time so I reached out to them via Yelp to inquire about shipping their treats. After some exchanged emails and a little bit of processing time I received a lovely box that resembles a book! Tucked inside were not words of wisdom, but thankfully, two dozen gorgeous spheres of chocolate goodness!! Clever and unique packaging though!

I certainly appreciate the elegant look of chocolates made in the same shape/mold. Other companies use a variety of shapes and styles, which works as well, but the same size domes in different colors are really eye-catching. The flavor guide that accompanied the box did not provide descriptions beyond the names of each bon bon. Some are self-explanatory while others are a bit ambiguous. 

ROW #1

Passion Fruit

Toasted Coconut

Black Sesame & Passion

Bourbon Maple Pecan

House Praline (in dark)

Birthday Cake

ROW #2

Kalamansi Meringue Pie

Mint Chocolate Cookie

Wild Strawberry

New York New York (peanut butter praline with a chocolate covered pretzel center)

Dulce de Leche

PB & Jelly

ROW #3

Raspberry Rose

Malted Milk Chocolate

Vero

Speculoos S'more

Liquid Salted Caramel

Gianduja Hazelnut

ROW #4

Caramelized Banana

Yuzu

Sea Salt Caramel

Black & White

House Praline (in milk)

House Dark

Wow! Every single one of these creations was down right scrumptious!! Each shell was a perfectly thin layer of either white, milk, or dark chocolate, and inside were often a surprise amount of layers as seen in this photo:

Instead of all of the ingredients being mixed together, there were layers of "crust" (in the Kalamansi Meringue Pie, Speculoos S'more & Birthday Cake) and meringues, marshmallows, and jellies. The Black Sesame & Passion was a very adventurous pairing with the sesame seeds lending a gritty feel to the ganache. Everything was so fresh and creamy textured. I doubt these chocolates spent much time, if any, frozen. 

While I spent a very pretty penny on this month's club, I was not disappointed by the variety, quality or flavors at all. It would be hard to pick a favorite, but the Gianduja Hazelnut may be the winner :)

Here is another shot just for kicks! I am going to keep the box and use it to hold all of the flavor guides I collect from my clubs!

 *all names/descriptions were copied directly from the guides provided with the collection.