Laurent Bernard Chocolatier Blog

After months of experimenting and fine-tuning recipes in my kitchen, I am delighted to share that I have just launched a new menu with various new chocolate creations – ranging from chocolate pralines and truffles, hot chocolates, homemade ice creams, to classic French pastries.

Because chocolate pralines and truffles are my specialty, I will first introduce to you some of my exciting new chocolate pralines and truffles.

The Whisky Chocolate Truffle is one of my new personal favourites. Whisky and chocolate is really a match made in heaven. And Nikka is one of my favourite whiskies. It is rich and complex with a slight sweetness which pairs very well with dark chocolate. For me, the Whisky Chocolate Truffle is a great after-dinner treat and I believe many gentlemen would think so too.

Another of my new chocolate creations is the Caramelis Praline – this is a chocolate praline featuring lovely, smooth salted caramel. You must also try my new Jasmine Praline. While it may sound exotic, jasmine and chocolate is a very good combination. For those of you who are curious to know the difference between a chocolate praline and a chocolate truffle, a praline is a filled confection and normally integrates caramelized sugar, nuts and sometimes icing. A truffle (named after the fragrant, highly prized French fungi due to their similarities in appearance) is a purer form of chocolate, made of chocolate ganache and rolled in cocoa powder.

In fact not long after I introduced the new pralines and truffles in my café, aides of a member of the royal family of a certain Middle-Eastern country came to order my chocolates! We specially put together a large, beautiful, luxurious box filled with a wide selection of my best pralines and truffles. It is a great honour to know that my chocolates are sought after by royalty!

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