{"id":8082,"date":"2016-03-03T15:51:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=8082"},"modified":"2022-10-22T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T21:08:54","slug":"breakable-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/breakable-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakable love"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not sure if toffee is having a \u201cmoment\u201d right now, or if it\u2019s just me finally paying it some attention, but I\u2019m seeing it everywhere. At the Fall Chocolate Salon<\/a>, there were a couple of exclusively-toffee vendors, and chocolatiers who I am more used to serving straight-up chocolate selling toffee too.<\/p>\n

\"L'Amourette
A pretty, delicious gift for someone special (which could be yourself).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now I\u2019ve discovered that a local bean-to-bar chocolate maker I love, L\u2019Amourette Chocolatier<\/a>,<\/strong> also makes toffee worth seeking out. The toffee comes in large thin irregularly-shaped squares, lightly dusted with caramelized almond bits, that are encased in cellophane sleeves, which keeps the mess down when you break the toffee into bite-sized pieces. There are 2 squares in each box.<\/p>\n

Pretty as a picture<\/h2>\n

The packaging makes it a pretty gift: a 5″-square Tiffany-blue box decorated with L\u2019Armourette\u2019s Art Nouveau-esque logo and graphics. And the toffee itself has an obvious hand-of-the-maker visual appeal.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say the taste is what you would expect of a straight-up toffee, with one exception: It\u2019s made with is a very nice, non-bitter dark chocolate (as I would expect from L\u2019Amourette).<\/p>\n

If you or someone you love fears bitter chocolate, this toffee could be your gateway to the dark side. The caramelized base is crunchy and sweet, becoming chewy toward the end, and melds nicely with the smooth, dark chocolate. Almond bits are scattered throughout the candy base and across the top, but they are not a top flavor note. It\u2019s really about the caramel & dark chocolate combo.<\/p>\n

\"toffee
Inside the gift box are 2 generously sized (over 4″ square) toffee slabs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I found L\u2019Amourette English Toffee at Sacred Wheel Cheese Shop, an Oakland merchant who sells much more than cheese (and serves a great, inexpensive lunch). You can also order it online<\/a> from L\u2019Amourette\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside a pretty Art Nouveau-styled box lies a classic treat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,169,41],"tags":[791,543],"class_list":["post-8082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-chocolate","category-reviews","category-san-francisco-chocolate","tag-lamourette-chocolatier","tag-toffee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35813,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions\/35813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}