CioccolatopuroMaurizio Obialero craft chocolate shop beside Pinerolo is the fruit of a lengthy experience, research and development. The sustainable modern workshop, situated out of town, is where the finest ingredients are used with constant concern for consumer health.
The star of the show is chocolate – solely South American single origins – combined with spices and dried fruit: hence 20 or so pralines (pink pepper, cinnamon, black pepper, vanilla and so on); dragées (puffed rice, peanut, caramel and salt, candied ginger cubes), truffles with soft centres (Juliette, salted caramel, honey and cinnamon), cremini, chocolate-coated fruit, classic chocolate bars with fruit and nuts. Vasetto is a line of plain chocolate cream spreads (classic, without sugar, vegan and with added protein), all without animal and vegetable fats and gluten-free. For those allergic to dried fruit, an amazingly toothsome new cream has been introduced, made of chickpeas and yellow peas, vegetable fibre and inulin. The ice creams, finally, are irresistible: of the 24 flavours, 15 are without milk, including the wonderfully intense chocolate, made simply with cocoa mass and water.
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