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their money on very high quality chocolate, but you don’t have to t’s a well established fact that go to Switzerland to get good most people love chocolate. chocolate. According to the Aphrodite Located in Northwest Illinois Artisan Chocolatier website, the and Southern Wisconsin, there average U.S. citizen eats over 12 are some fine chocolatiers pounds of chocolate products handcrafting confections high annually, but the British and in cocoa solids with deliciously Swiss top the league, with the different fillings. Here are five Swiss consuming a staggering places that are sure to satisfy: 22 pounds per person per Chocolat By Daniel in Rockford, year. The bulk of the money Illinois, Chocolate Temptation spent by the average Briton in Monroe, Wisconsin, Maple and American is spent on mass Leaf Cheese and Chocolate produced low chocolate, high Haus in New Glarus, Wisconsin, fat, high sugar products. The Chocolat’ in Galena, Illinois and Swiss, on the other hand, spend Candinas Chocolatier in Verona,
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chocolate. They contain no wax, preservatives, artificial flavors, corn syrup, or added sugar. Daniel Nelson, a certified graduate of the prestigious Ecole Chocolat Professional School of Chocolate Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia and Valrhona’s famous L’Ecole Du Grand Chocolat in France, started his business in Rockford five years ago and has since developed almost 500 different recipes. When asked whether he preferred light or dark
CHOCOLAT BY DANIEL is handcrafted for the pure pleasure of indulging in the world’s finest chocolate. All the company’s Europeanstyle truffles, gourmet chocolates, specialty chocolates and desserts are made fresh to order PHOTOS PROVIDED from the highest quality All of the European-style truffles, gourmet raw Belgian, French, chocolates, and specialty chocolates at Chocolat by Daniel in Rockford are made by Swiss, and Venezuelan hand from the world’s finest ingredients.
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