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Super Stars of Seattle Chocolate Salon

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Intrigue Chocolates Super Stars? Well, our big sisters think so (and hopefully some of you who are wild about our truffles…)

We were happy to be back for the 4th Annual Seattle Chocolate Salon a few weeks ago (May 14). The 2011 edition of the Salon was a full house of excited chocolate imbibers. Held at the Bell Harbor Conference Center, the throngs that passed by our sample table looked to be having a great time. And by the conversations we had with those that dipped into our truffles, they liked us, too!

In the midst of tastings, chocolate-making demonstrations and expert talks, we were thrilled to visit with so many of you. And while we were all having fun, the judges were hard at work sampling premium artisan chocolate. Pretty rough job! But, seriously, we appreciate their dedication to the difficult task of sorting through so many fine, gourmet chocolates.

The competition was serious, with many really excellent chocolatiers in attendance with their wares. And yet, Intrigue Chocolates came home with some notable recognition. We grabbed “a Silver” in Best Dark Chocolate, Most Delicious Ingredient Combinations, Best Milk Chocolate, Best Flavored Chocolate, and Best Traditional Truffles.

It’s the fans that make the Super Stars. We couldn’t do it without you! Thanks for coming out to see us, for loving us for who we are, and knowing good chocolate when you taste it. These awards go out to you, truffle-lovers!

Last Chance to Win Mother’s Day Prize

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This is your last chance to get your name in a drawing for our Mother’s Day prizes. You have a shot of winning a 12 piece gift box Intrigue Truffles with May’s flavors if you head over to our friends at Mothering Magazine. There you can enter twice, once by liking Intrigue Chocolates facebook page, and another entry for following us on twitter @IntrigueChocola.

How to Enter:

First, make sure you are a fan of Mothering on Facebook and head over and “like” Intrigue’s Facebook page. Then, leave a comment letting us know that you did.

For a second chance to win follow Intrigue Chocolates on Twitter and tweet about it, or if you are not on Twitter you can share this giveaway with friends however you like. Then, leave a second comment.

About Intrigue Chocolates:

Intrigue Chocolates wants to share really good chocolate with their community, the world, and everybody’s mother! We emphasize the freshness and balance of the French tradition. Our truffles are dusted lightly with premium cocoa powder, and the whole morsel fits perfectly into your mouth. Intrigue Chocolates is a small creator of artisan chocolates, based in Seattle, WA.

Ingredients are always natural, and organic whenever possible. Some of our most intriguing truffles are only available during farmer’s market season. We have 100 flavors, but our base ingredients are the simplest. Fresh cream from a local dairy, Belgian chocolate, and only enough sugar to make the flavors bloom. Keep the truffles cool and eat them fresh, while the flavors and textures are at their peak.

The entries will end at 6pm on Tuesday, May 10th. So now’s the time to make your move!

100 Flavors and Counting!

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You can take the boy out of the country kitchen, but you can’t take the fun and endless experimenting out of the boy! Aaron, head Chocolatier and Culinary Innovator, has crossed a line and there’s no going back. Tireless seeker of new flavor combinations and four new truffle flavors this month have finally put him over the edge. The edge of cool, that is. Not to mention that Intrigue Truffle Flavors now top out at a cool 100!

Join us for our 100th flavor celebration Friday, April 22nd at 6:00pm in the Intrigue Chocolates Work/shop. Our personal celebration happens to fall on Earth Day, a celebration of planetary proportions. We are humbly grateful to share the day with such stellar company. As always, we pledge to do our utmost to care for this earthly home of ours, and urge you, kind consumer, to do the same.

Come to our party with music my Subaqueous (that is, Isaac Cotec, Seattle composer and quite a melodic innovator himself). Of course there will be truffles to taste (8 luscious varieties which include the four new ground-breakers), as well as all five of our hot cocoa mixes to sample. We’ll challenge you to learn about tea/truffle and coffee/truffle pairings, but it’s the kind of challenge most chocolate-lovers love to rise to!

T-Shirt sales will benefit Seattle Youth Garden Works, a Seattle Tilth program that empowers homeless and under-served youth through garden-based education and employment.

Sake and Chocolate Tasting

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We want to tell you about a very cool place, and it happens to be in our building at 76 S. Washington St. (Seattle). Sake Nomi is a self-described “museum” for premium sake. Sake (pronounced “sa-kay”") is an alcoholic beverage derived from water, rice and koji mold. Now, we know that mold isn’t a very sexy word, but don’t get too excited. It is an important part of the fermentation process. Without a complex chemistry lesson, take our word for it. It is a critical element in creating the unique sake taste experience.

Johnnie and Taiko Stroud are super cool neighbors, and we love that they have a passion for sharing their passion. Sake Nomi is a place to sample a wide selection of imported and handcrafted sake from Japan. They present not only a cultural gustatory experience, but perhaps more importantly, an educational experience. With their knowledge and excitement for all the intricacies of sake, Saki Nomi’s owners are happy to share that with their visitors.

We spent an evening with them and guests at the end of January (2011), making amazing connections between six different sakes and six Intrigue truffles. We knew it would work, they knew it would work. Still, we were blown away at how really well these two things worked together! Check out some of the most-liked pairings:

  • Dassai “Otter Festival: 50″ and Taunenbaum, Honey-Ginger, and Basil Truffles
  • Sougen “Pride of the Samurai” and Orange Truffle
  • Yuki no Bosha “Cabin in the Snow” and Honey-Ginger, Basil, Orange Truffles
  • Hansui “Fragrant Water” and Coffee, Tannenbaum Truffles
  • Touryu “Rising Dragon” and Coffee, Basil Truffles
  • Atago no Matsu “The Pine at Lover’s cove” and Tuaca, Honey-Ginger Truffles

We’d love to have you come by for your own truffles and sake to pair. Let us know what your favorites are!

Choc-allegiance? Is that a word…

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Define choc-allegiance. The willingness to cover your upper body in fashionable clothing that proclaims your love of chocolate! James Joyce would be so proud. Do you know that he, in addition to writing brilliant epics of literature, felt free to create words as he went along? That is so cool. Why should we be limited in our expression by someone else’s definitions? We say, let the creative literary genius in you loose! Hence, choc-allegiance.

And cool t-shirts. Check out the all new t-shirts emblazoned with the Intrigue Chocolates Co. emblem on the back. A postage-stamp design on the left chest area features Washington state and the enduring cacao pod, of course! (what else?)

Support budding artists. Designed and made at Sanctuary Art Center’s job-training program by at-risk youth. Some pretty awesome youth, if you ask us. Wait, it gets cooler. Available in two colors; dark chocolatey-brown and made from 100% organic cotton. And a U.S. made version in dark grey. Come into the work/shop to pick out yours for $20.

Can’t wait to see you!