I have to confess, I have had an affair with gourmet chocolate truffles for about 10 years now and the affair doesn’t look like ending some time soon. It started innocently enough I was happy just having the everyday type of chocolate that you get at the shops that costs only a few dollars and I would get my sugar fix by devouring the whole block in no time at all.
Quality Choc Truffles
As the word got out about my chocolate addiction family and friends would use holiday times and special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas to give me a chocolate treat.
It was a Christmas 10 years back that a very special friend had chocolates delivered to my home address, I opened the wrapping carefully and then took the lid off the box to the most delicious of smells of beautiful gourmet chocolate truffles, they were in every shape and flavor possible.
I put the sweet morsel to my lips and the chocolate truffle melted like pure velvet and to this day I cannot eat shop bought chocolate anymore the gourmet truffles have spoil me for anything else!
Unique variety Truffles
Nearly everyone I know loves to eat gourmet chocolate truffles. I revel in the news of medical break through that have new research finding saying that chocolate is actually good for you, since chocolate was first discovered, the delicious treat has continued to be refined in form and now has many different tastes. There are some people who are scared off eating chocolate as they believe that by indulging themselves they will gain weight.
This is no way correct as mentioned earlier there are medical studies to in fact state that eating chocolate is good for you. But to get the most benefit it needs to be good quality chocolate and preferably dark chocolate to get the maximum health benefits.
Gourmet chocolate is often associated with weight gain and this may be true to some extent, but only when chocolate is eaten in excessive amounts. You will find due to the chocolate being better quality you will not eat as much of it anyway as it is richer than the store bought type. can hear people doubt what I am saying and ask “how come gourmet chocolate truffles are popular”. Gourmet chocolate is unlike chocolate products of inferior quality, it boasts a much smoother and glossier appearance that is not marred by streaks and dots. Gourmet chocolate truffles also give off a richer cocoa aroma, not an artificial chemical odor.
When snapping off a piece of chocolate it will snap sharply, instead of crumbling or bending like cheaper inferior chocolate does. Lastly, the give away with gourmet chocolate is that it melts in your mouth and leaves a velvety texture. Its taste is not too sweet or bitter, and it definitely doesn’t leave any aftertaste.
OK, I know your waiting for permission to go out and eat gourmet chocolate truffles I just want to let you know that they are not only a delicious treat but there are a number of health benefits. This particular kind of good quality chocolate contains calcium, potassium, iron, and vitamins A, B1, C, D, and E. Gourmet chocolate also has higher levels of chromium that help control your blood sugar, as well as magnesium that alleviates premenstrual symptoms by increasing progesterone levels. This is one of the reasons you feel so good when you eat a portion.
Gourmet chocolate truffles come in an impressive array of choice products available in the market today. There are numerous brands to choose from, gourmet chocolate comes in a variety of exciting flavours that include Caramel, Java Truffle, Jamaican Rum Caramel and Raspberry Truffle just to name a few.
So now you can see why my affair with gourmet chocolate has successfully lasted over the years, as not only does it tastes good but provides health benefits as well, and that is all I really need to know in order to continue my guilty pleasure for many years to come.
Even if Dark Chocolate is good for your health consuming too much of it won’t help at all. It’s reported that only 99g a day is good enough for a healthy lifestyle. Anything above this could be too much. Just looking at the pics makes me want to have a bite. That’s where self discipline comes in, if you really want to lose weight and keep it off focus and stay away from it.
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I love gourmet chocolate truffles. It just so expensive to buy and really fating. I try to stay away from chocolate.
Aaargh, why did I read this?? I succumbed to a sweet chocolate moment yesterday when I took the cover off a chocolate cake and the aroma was too powerful to resist. (I run a gift and coffee shop and had made a chocolate cake to sell in the coffee shop; I don’t usually eat any of it myself, though.)
I’m with you when you describe how delicious real chocolate truffles are. I’m a truffle picker, though – I tend not to like the ones with fruit such as orange or raspberry – preferring coffee, vanilla, chocolate or something laced with a little alcohol. I daren’t buy anything like that or I just have to eat it. The only time I really indulge is Christmas or my birthday – but, oh, I can savor the flavor right now!
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I love truffles and they are so easy to make yourself. I like to experiment with different flavours and I recently tried out a rose water ganache filling, it still needs a little tweeking but the best bit is the trial and error process, lol.
As a response to the first post, with everything in life it should be about moderation and there is no reason why you shouldn’t enjoy a truffle. I for one won’t stop, lol!