Post-dinner mints are a soirée staple, and when combined with rich dark chocolate, they make for a decadent way to round off an evening. That’s why in Hotel Chocolat's new Dark Peppermint chocolate recipe, you’ll find not one, but two forms of mint-infused dark chocolate.
To make this their deepest, darkest mint chocolate yet, they take silky smooth ganache, made with 80% dark chocolate, and add a drop of peppermint oil.
The peppermint in this recipe hails from the vast, unspoiled Tasmania, where they select the freshest mint leaves to craft an invigorating peppermint oil. The 80% dark chocolate, meanwhile, was specifically chosen by their chocolatiers for this recipe because it offers a not-too-sweet, not-too-intense dark chocolate base that allows the peppermint to sing.
To seal in all that gloriously dark mint zing, Hotel Chocolat took their signature 70% dark chocolate and added another drop of Tasmanian peppermint, before cloaking the ganache.
As for texture, they purposely selected a slender profile for this recipe to ensure a satisfying ‘crack’ of dark chocolate, followed by a wave of silky ganache, for the perfect ratio of solid-to-creamy chocolate.
Each of their Dark Peppermint Chocolate Selector packs includes six filled mint chocolates – just the right size to pass round the table at your next dinner party or give as a token of appreciation to a mint chocolate lover. Of course, you could simply keep them yourself for a soothing cacao moment all of your own.
Hotel Chocolat was founded in 2004 to make luxury chocolate with three guiding principles – authenticity, originality and ethics. These remain central to the brand’s success today, and with its Rabot Estate cacao farm and locations across the UK and internationally, Hotel Chocolat connects the world of cacao agriculture with the decadence of top-quality chocolate.
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