World’s Most Expensive Chocolates. Handmade gourmet chocolates are delicacies specially designed for adults.
Chocolatiers can generally opt between mass production and inexpensive ingredients for everyone’s taste, and producing small quantities of luxury, expensive chocolate. Those who chose option number 2 are the producers of some of the world’s most expensive chocolate.
1. Amedei Porcelana
Amedei Porcelana (via wayfaringchocolate.com)
This is a dark chocolate made by Amedei, a Tuscany-based chocolatier. It is referred to as the world’s most expensive chocolate even though Forbes gave examples of chocolates that sell at a much higher price. The price of this delicacy is in the neighborhood of $90 a pound. It is made from the so-called poreclana coco, native to Venezuela, which was known as the “Maracaibo” coco bean in the colonial times.
2. Vosges Haut Chocolat
The price of this gourmet jewel is approximately $69 a pound. This is a milk chocolate with sweet Indian curry and coconut. Some truffles contain Chipotle chili, ginger or wasabi. If you like spicy, and wouldn’t mind spending a few extra bucks on small luxuries, you will definitely find something for your taste at Vosges Chocolatier.
3. Pierre Marcolini
Pierre Marcolini (via 10thirty.wordpress.com)
This amazing treat comes from the land of the world’s most renowned chocolate makers- Belgium. This chocolate, made from the finest coco beans, costs $102.50 per pound.
4. Godiva “G” Collection
For $120 a pound, you will get to experience the tastes of the newly introduced brand of Godiva. This chocolatier also prides itself on the quality of the coco beans used in the production process, as well as on the variety of other ingredients.
5. Chocopologie by Knipschildt
Chocopologie by Knipschildt (via http://www.healthfiend.com)
According to Forbes magazine this is the most expensive chocolate in the world. At the price of $2,600 a pound, this is definitely one of those luxury products for the ones with a deep pocketbook. This product is not available in stores and it must be ordered. Knipschildt Chocolatier was founded in 1999 by Fritz Knipschildt, a chef from Denmark.
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