Available in a quintessentially British Union Flag design box, these delicious Milk Chocolate Caramel Truffles are filled with a decadent caramel and sea salt centre, lightly dusted in icing sugar. An ideal small gift.
Charbonnel & Walker, who are the masters of the chocolate truffle explain their history and popularity as follows: “We all love chocolate truffles and associate them with special occasions or the simple pleasure of tasting good chocolate. But whose idea was it to introduce such a delightful dessert option? And why is it named after a very rare and precious fungus? What flavours are there? Here is a brief introduction to the chocolate truffle.
Unfortunately there is no definite answer to who invented truffles, even less information on the time of invention. It is mostly believed that truffles were first made between 1890 and the 1920s.
According to our favourite legend, truffles happened by accident, just like many other important discoveries. The legendary French chef Auguste Escoffier is thought to have worked on a pastry cream when he carelessly poured the contents of the hot cream into a bowl of chocolate chunks instead of the intended bowl of sugared egg. He realized that he was easily able to form balls with the chocolate paste that formed as a result of his accident. The name ‘truffle’ came from the chocolate balls’ strong physical resemblance to the valuable truffle fungus once he had covered his invention in cocoa powder.
Nowadays, there are numerous varieties of truffles depending on the unique appearances of chocolate truffles across different countries. While the ‘European truffle’ refers to a truffle made with syrup and a cocoa powder and milk powder base, a ‘Belgian truffle’ is also known as praline as it is filled with buttercream, ganache or nut. Other types include the American truffle, the French truffle and the Swiss Truffle.
When it comes to flavourings, the sky is the limit. Many popular truffles contain a small amount of alcohol, e.g. brandy such as Marc de Champagne but also other spirits like whiskey.”
Suitable for Vegetarians.
Ingredients:
Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole MILK powder, cocoa mass, emulsifier (SOYA lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), salted caramel (37%) (glucose syrup, sweetened condensed skimmed MILK, palm kernel oil & palm oil (from a sustainable source), sea salt (0.9%), emulsifier (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids)), icing sugar. Milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 33.5% minimum, milk solids 20.5% minimum. Allergy warning: Contains Milk & Soya. May also contain nuts and gluten. Suitable for Vegetarians.
As well as these Milk Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel Truffles, you can see other items from our range of Charbonnel & Walker Chocolates here.
A bite of history.
And now it’s time for something completely…. delicious, here is our curated collection of sumptuous Charbonnel et Walker chocolates. Temptation in a box ….
To tell the story, we’ve got to go back to 1875 and what a momentous yeas it was….
- The the premiere of the the first surviving Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Trial by Jury. “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring” may remind you of Rose and Violet creams.
- Captain Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel – it took him 22hrs. That’s somewhat longer than a box of Orange Sticks lasts in our house.
- The UK’s first funiclular railway was opened in Scarborough. Why not give a box of Charbonnel & Walker Chocolates. That’s sure to raise the esteme in which you’re held.
- Preston North End Fans had something to celebrate with the opening of the Deepdale Stadium, (Although it would be 1878 before any football fans went there).
Life is like a box of choclates
Perhaps in celebration of these events Mme Charbonnel and Mrs Walker opened their cholcolate emporium. Or perhaps it was that with the encourgagment of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) Madame Virginie Eugenie Charbonnel, a noted Parisan choclatier met with sumptuous box maker Mrs Minnie Walker established in Charbonnel & Walker as Britain’s first luxury chocolatier.
Mrs. Walker made the finest jewellery boxes, hat boxes and more. Mme Charbonnel of Maison Boissier, (who still produce the most divine chocolates in Paris) and Mrs. Walker created Charbonnel et Walker with a simple ethos: beautiful chocolates presented in beautiful gift boxes. Need we say more …. and now you don’t have to visit Old Bond Street or the Royal Arcade to acquire these much coveted choclolates as they are available online or from Abrahams Store.
In Paris, M. Boiaaiwe was uniumpressed by Mme Charbonnel’s actions and a court case followed. British independence won the day so Charbonnel et Walker continued their upwards trajectory. Forest Gump may have had a point but I bet he’d never tried C&W !
We’ve always been big fans of Charbonnel Chocs and were delighted that our daughter worked for them as that guaranteed a plentiful supply ! Now she works for us and presenting Charbonnel & Walker chocolates their preferred mannner is just one of her tasks. These are the top quality chocolates with high cocoa content and the best of ingredients for the fillings.
It’s probably fair to say that we’re just nuts about Charbonnel and Walker chocolates especially their pistachio ones.
