Calling all Chocolate Lovers and Animal Lovers! When Andy from Sucre contacted me about sending me some samples from their fabulous company I was absolutely ecstatic! Free gourmet chocolates? YES PLEASE! These handmade chocolates are crafted from the finest ingredients available in New Orleans and this year they have teamed up with the Louisiana SPCA to raise money for the animals of the Louisiana SPCA. So not only are you indulging in these decadent little morsels but you are helping out animals who need homes as well 
Sucre sent me two types of samples –one was an artisan chocolate bar with Sicilian Pistachios and Candied Rose Petals. It was a beautiful milk chocolate bar sprinkled full of bright green pistachios and delicate sugar coated rose petals. The combination worked really well together, the crunchiness of the petals and light floral notes paired perfectly with the nuttiness of the pistachios.
The smooth and rich milk chocolate was absolutely divine. You couldn’t help but notice how it automatically curved your mouth into a smile. It wasn’t overly sweet or heavy, it melted perfectly upon your tongue.
The second was a box of truffles — there were 3 kinds: Gingerbread Milk Chocolate Truffle, Candy Cane White Chocolate Truffle, and Eggnog Dark Chocolate Truffle. The chocolates were encased in a beautiful teal box (reminiscent of Tiffany’s), and nestled inside were these beautifully hand crafted treasures. The chocolates looked like they were all individually hand painted, they were so pretty that I almost felt bad eating them…ALMOST.
The Gingerbread Milk Chocolate Truffle is a unique special blend of holiday spices mixed with milk chocolate ganache and then surrounded by a milk chocolate shell. You really can taste the gingerbread in this one, it’s absolutely delicious — my fiance said it tasted like Christmas!
The Candy Cane White Chocolate Truffle is a velvety white chocolate ganache that is infused with bits of peppermint pieces in a pure white chocolate shell. This one was my FAVORITE, I love the combination of peppermint and chocolate together. The white chocolate was so creamy and meshed perfectly with the mintiness of the peppermint, it’s like an Andes mint but 1000 times better!
The Eggnog Dark Chocolate Tuffle is a mix of traditional holiday eggnog and white chocolate captured in a dark chocolate shell. The dark chocolate was fantastic, the slight bitterness mixed well with the eggnog.
You know to be honest, I’m not even a huge chocolate lover, but after receiving these chocolates from Sucre I think I have discovered a newfound love… I polished off the entire box last night without feeling an ounce of guilt. You really can taste the care and attention that went into these little morsels of heaven, from the hand painted designs down to the robust flavors of their ganaches– this New Orleans based company really is something special.
I highly recommend Sucre to my fellow readers, it would make a wonderful gift for your loved ones during the holidays or maybe just a gift to yourself . Plus, with an adorable spokesmodel like BonBon how could you say no?
Andy was also kind enough to offer a discount to my readers — here are some great discounts!
Offer #1: FREE shipping ($9.95 value) on all orders over $70 per address Code: BONBON
Offer #2: $10.00 off orders over $70 – (this can be multiple addresses) Code: SUCRE
Offer #3: $5 off of shipping Code: SPCA
wow…those are awesome chocolates…..really tempting. I’m trying to count how many hours of badminton I need to play to eat one piece of that…mmmm.
hahaha Mary you are so funny — I think I’m all about instant gratification and then really kick myself when my pants no longer fit me
siiigh…the sacrifices i make for good food
these look too delicious. you’re one lucky blogger if places like sucre are begging to send you samples!
haha I know right? I had no idea why I was so lucky to receive these awesome treats but i am definitely not complaining hahaha
WOW gorgeous looking chocolate! And I do love that it benefits animals in need. I may have to look into this for gift occasions…
OMG, you’re killing me with all those chocolates! I’m on diet lol! Erase them..erase them…quick!!! haha…. Just kidding! I’m drooling…..*_*
hahahaha!! I ate the entire box in one night…my belly is really paying for it now..:( AW MAN! if only all good things in life were fat free
Joy, you are so lucky to have these chocolates delivered at your door step. Andy contacted me as well and was really excited when they’re about to ship it but he emailed me again that it’s not possible because it would take too much time to deliver during the holidays and it may cause damage to the their chocolates. I do understand because they have to ship it all the way to the Philippines. I just hope he writes again as I really love chocolates.
Aw no Dinvina! Yeah when I got my package, both ice packs that were in there were no longer frozen and I am only a few hours away. Hopefully you will get to taste these, they really were great — if not perhaps one day when I travel to the Phillippines I can bring along some boxes for you!
oh man look at all that chocolate! id feel SOOO guilty if i finished all that off in one go haha
yeah…I definitely did when my pants started to fit tighter later in the week. Poo -_- if only all good food had no consequences…
[...] is key. An excellent example is a recent review of the Sucre holiday chocolate collection. Take a look. Tell me, what’s more likely to get your mouth watering- an eloquent review or beautifully [...]