Harry & David Truffles

Harry & David is a large direct marketing and e-commerce company that sells many edible products, including chocolate.

Harry & David may be best known for their gourmet fruit and gift baskets. Recently, I sampled a bag of gold foil wrapped chocolate truffles from a gift basket. 

They looked good on the outside, meaning the packaging was nice.  But once opened, I saw that they had been taken over by bloom – perhaps stored in a place that with fluctuating temperatures.  I can’t imagine it myself, but could it have been the last thing left in the gift basket???

Since I know that bloom is only unappealing in appearance and completely safe to eat, I ate it of course!  The chocolate coating was dark, with bold cocoa notes and the chocolate center was a slow melting center of velvety smoothness. 

The overall experience was good, but not my favorite in terms of truffles. My first choice is a fresh truffle with a made-from-cream ganache center.  I enjoy the ganache type much more than the coconut oil melt-a-way types of truffles.

Still, the chocolaty flavor was nicely balanced with soft nutty notes.  These truffles would make a great gift to the chocolate lover in your life – provided you don’t leave it in the gift basket too long!

Bryn Kirk

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