Piemônt Cioccolato

Piemônt Cioccolato

www.piemontcioccolato.it

Traveling from Turin to San Mauro along roads where time seems to have stood still, you come to this chocolate shop, run for close on 50 years by the Fioraso family. Part artisan chocolate factory and part olde worlde shop, with the goods displayed on wood shelves, the company is a nice mix of innovation and tradition. At the base of it all is the cacao paste from Africa and South America that goes into its chocolate delights: cri cri, whole hazelnuts coated in chocolate and covered with tiny balls of coloured sugar, dragées with centers in many different flavors (almond, coffee bean, orange and so on), classic truffles not only with hazelnut but also blueberry and cherry, and giandujotti, now available pistachio- and coffee-flavored. Plus chocolate and hazelnut bars, giandujotto liqueur, plain chocolate glasses paired with liqueurs, and gianduja spreading cream with 50% hazelnuts. The shop is open from Monday to Friday from 8am to 12 noon and 2.30pm-6pm, and for extended hours in the Christmas and Easter periods.