Belgian Handmade Chocolates that you don’t wanna miss in Walnut Creek🍫
This classic chocolate store situated on Walnut Creek Pedestrian Street has a well-established and deep-rooted customer base. Despite changes in neighboring shops due to the pandemic these past few years, it stands firm with no one complaining about the $56/lb price!
I was drawn to this store due to its specialization in Leonidas, a famous Belgian handmade chocolate. They are air-shipped to assure freshness, with new batches coming in every 14 days. The store sells only this brand year-round, with unsold chocolates resulting in significant waste.
Today's visit featured the Truffe truffle series, see picture 4 for the four flavors! Langlaise chocolates lean towards the sweeter side, but the Truffe series has a higher cocoa content, making it less sweet and more suitable for Asian taste buds. Having tried it, it's truly impressive. It has a hardened exterior, a soft core, melts quickly, and the aroma instantly explodes in the mouth. Also noteworthy is the Marzipan, see pictures 5/6. At first, I thought it was liquor-filled, it's so colorful and tempting! The shop explained that it's a special sweet treat from southern Italy, when translated it is called almond paste, a paste-like dessert from almond kernels and sugar which is highly sweet, a great choice for sweet lovers!
To sum it up: Food with history and a story always entices people to make the purchase!
🚩Leonidas - Love + Chocolate Shop
1397 N Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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