Our latest launch brings sophistication yet character to traditional and much-loved ingredients, creating decadent pairings that are made to be savoured. The combination of a smooth chocolate coating over ginger, nuts, and coffee beans makes for a luxurious taste sensation, combining taste and texture and appealing to those who claim they don’t have a sweet tooth!
Perfect or a ‘treat yourself’ moment that combines unique, intense and moreish flavours or for a gift that is designed to delight.
Why does chocolate coating work so well?
The combination of a smooth chocolate coating over ginger, nuts, and coffee beans makes for a luxurious taste sensation.
Texture, taste and look are key. A sleek, glossy chocolate coating provides a sensual contrast to humbler, juicier or crunchier ingredients inside. Almonds can taste bitter, but not when coated with sea-salted chocolate. A smooth, rich dark chocolate brings out the zesty spiciness of ginger. Gourmet, chocolate-covered coffee beans pack a real after-lunch punch.
Whichever the filling, different types of chocolate coating sharpen and intensify flavours and give a seductive finish. Complex flavours, beautifully balanced blends of sweet and bitter, and exquisite ingredient profiles, enhance the seduction and sensuality of the Cartwright & Butler chocolate-coated experience.
What are the best chocolate-covered nuts for gifting? Are luxury coffee beans chocolate-covered? Can you buy dark chocolate ginger online in the UK? And what’s the best ginger chocolate for Christmas? Read our guide to find out.
So which chocolate coating to choose?
There are some real benefits of dark chocolate with ginger.
Some may say chocolate-coated ginger is a particularly masculine treat. It’s also a very festive one with potential health benefits. That’s a lot of wins!
The spicy, zesty ginger inside is in elegant contrast to its seductive, dark chocolate coating. The dark chocolate mellows the ginger and the ginger gives the dark chocolate an exotic, luxurious twist.
There are health benefits associated with ginger and dark chocolate. Ginger is said to be good for digestion and boosting Winter immunity; dark chocolate contains antioxidants. So, if you are looking for a healthier option, or you are looking for a gift for the more health-conscious indulger, dark chocolate with ginger is a real win-win.
And of course, chocolate-coated ginger is a seasonal winner. For Christmas and the holidays, spiced flavours are cosy and traditional. Ginger and dark chocolate are festive yet delicate, Christmassy yet elegant, Wintery and warm.
But why would you take our word for it? Gift it! And we bet you’ll be back for more…
Should we be nuts about different types of chocolate-covered nuts? Yes, we should.
As with all our chocolate-coated goodies, chocolate-covered nuts offer a delicious combination of taste and texture. Yummy nuttiness becomes super-seductive with a smooth chocolate coating; combining the protein and health-rich nutrients of the humble nut with the sophistication and elegance of after-dinner luxury.
What are the best nuts for chocolate coating? Well, they have different benefits. The sweeter, creamier taste of pistachios gains intensity when encased in smooth dark chocolate together with the bitter ‘stay on the tongue’ finish of cocoa dusting.
In contrast, the darker taste of the almond is lifted with its milk chocolate coating, and finely balanced by the lingering feel of the bitter cocoa dusting. How to make chocolate-covered almonds? That’s easier than you might think too – just dip your nuts, raw or roasted for extra crunch, in yummy melted chocolate, leave to set and voila!
Our more decadent caramelised honey almonds are sharpened and refined by their coating of smooth dark chocolate and the seductive, lasting bitter finish. This you might not pull off at home.
What about how to make chocolate-covered coffee beans?
You might be a coffee lover, or a chocolate lover – in either case, chocolate-coated coffee beans bring a flourish to any after-dinner experience.
The contrast between bitter coffee and a finest-quality chocolate coating feels decadent. The caffeine from the whole coffee bean mixed with the sweeter edge of the chocolate coating, mean chocolate-coated coffee beans bring an extra kick whenever they’re served.
For coffee connoisseurs, munching on the whole bean gives a richer coffee experience than your everyday drink. It refines the bitterness of the bean into something smooth and rich - perking-up even the sleepiest post-prandial moment.
Make your own chocolate-covered coffee beans with three simple ingredients: jumbo coffee beans; the finest quality chocolate; and cocoa powder for dusting. Choose any colour or kind of chocolate; melt it and stir in your beans; separate the beans and leave to set. Then dust away and serve!
But bearing in mind the rather teeny size of a coffee bean, and the glorious smooth finish of ours that’s hard for any home-chef to achieve, we say, come to Cartwright & Butler for the ultimate chocolate-coated coffee bean.
What about our coffee and chocolate pairing guide?
I think we’d all agree coffee and chocolate have lots in common. Both start with a bean; come with a kick; add the perfect finish to a meal; and can be a luxurious treat or a mid-afternoon pick-me-up.
Are they good together? We’d say so! The trick is in getting the balance right so one doesn’t dominate the other. Try pairing an intense Expresso coffee with our dark chocolate and ginger. Or a Café au Lait with a creamy milk chocolate-covered almond. With our range of coffee blends and wide chocolate selection, there’s plenty of scope to experiment.
