As we approach Valentine's Day, Askinosie Chocolate, our kindred spirits from Missouri, are in the national sweets spotlight. For good reason, culinary authorities can't say enough great things about Askinosie's latest bean-to-bar masterpieces.
Bon Appetit reports, "Beautiful packaging doesn't upstage the beans—the primary focus of this outfit's output," while Saveur declares:
"Any chocolate bar from this lusciously delicious (and fair trade) bean-to-bar line created by lawyer-turned-cacao guru Shawn Askinosie would make an excellent Valentine's Day gift. But his latest flavor, conceived with Valentine's Day in mind, is a special collaboration with Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams: a complex milk chocolate bar blended with malted milk powder."
The Dark Chocolate + Malted Milk Bar, by the way, is available in all of our scoop shops and jenisicecreams.com.
Happy Valentine's Day, friends, and keep up the great work, Shawn and everyone at Askinosie Chocolate.
I just posted a review of this bar! It is so insanely delicious I wish I had 10 more bars!
Posted by: Adrienne @ How to Ice a Cake | February 09, 2012 at 12:15 PM