Last year for Halloween, you may remember that my mother upped the ante in the Halloween box she sent me. No mediocre Hershey, Mars, or Nestlé from her, which, from all my previous reviews, you probably realize I don't even really consider these brands "chocolate. No, she sent me a box with handmade chocolates from L.A. Burdick, an east coast chocolatier with 3 locations: Boston, New York City, and, randomly, Walpole, NH. Walpole is actually their main production facility, and also houses a restaurant. The other locations all are just chocolate shops with "tea rooms", that serve their incredible "drinking chocolate".
This year, for Easter, I was also in for a treat. Cadbury creme eggs? Nope! Another arrival from L.A. Burdick. Just like selections she sent for Halloween, I appreciated the worksmanship that went into them, but I found them to be too pricey for what they were. I'm a frugal gal, and can't quite justify these prices ...
Just like last time, I was impressed with the packaging, "packed in our Signature Wooden Box with a gold wax seal and tied with a beautiful seasonal ribbon."
This year, for Easter, I was also in for a treat. Cadbury creme eggs? Nope! Another arrival from L.A. Burdick. Just like selections she sent for Halloween, I appreciated the worksmanship that went into them, but I found them to be too pricey for what they were. I'm a frugal gal, and can't quite justify these prices ...
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| Impressive Packaging! |
It is clearly overkill, but there is something quite fun about untying the ribbon. The wax seal is for looks though, you don't actually get to break it!
Inside lay my treasures: 6 Marzipan Eggs, 4 Chocolate Truffles, and 5 White Chocolate Bunnies.
Burdick's signature product is their hand painted little figures. You may recall that for Halloween, my mom sent me some of the mice. They also make seasonal varieties, such as snowmen & penguins for Christmas, ghosts & coffins for Halloween, and turkeys for Thanksgiving. I have to admit, they are all pretty cute. So I had to start with the White Chocolate Bunnies.
Just like the mice, the bunnies had almond slivers for ears, and I really appreciated the crunch. The white chocolate mice I didn't love last time, as I thought the white chocolate was waxy, but it didn't bother me this time around. The filling was a orange and hazelnut chocolate ganache, unlike the cinnamon chocolate ganache from the white mice. It was more like the filling from the dark chocolate mice, that sadly I didn't like since I don't actually like orange and chocolate together. But it was smooth and fluffy, almost like a mousse.
Bunnies are $4 when not part of a collection, which, while I respect the hand piped nature of them, seems a bit high for a two-bite chocolate.
The truffles looked like they were just solid chocolate, so I bit one in half, expecting just chocolate. Caramel immediately oozed out everywhere. It wasn't thin liquid, but it certainly had motion. The filling was crazy sweet, too sweet for me. But I did really like the chocolate shell.
I hesitantly bit into the next one. It was slightly rounder, so I thought it might be a different type of truffle. Turns out, I was correct. This one had the same awesome slightly crunchy outer shell, but inside was a deep chocolate ganache. Bitter, intense, very satisfying. Certainly the winner of the box, and I'd gladly consume more of these.
The Marzipan Eggs I'll get to in a moment.
Before we opened the wooden box, we opened the unlabeled little bag of treats. They looked like soft gummy candies, covered in sugar, which I assumed would be tart, like Sour Patch Kids.
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| Signature Bunny Box. $26. |
Burdick's signature product is their hand painted little figures. You may recall that for Halloween, my mom sent me some of the mice. They also make seasonal varieties, such as snowmen & penguins for Christmas, ghosts & coffins for Halloween, and turkeys for Thanksgiving. I have to admit, they are all pretty cute. So I had to start with the White Chocolate Bunnies.
Just like the mice, the bunnies had almond slivers for ears, and I really appreciated the crunch. The white chocolate mice I didn't love last time, as I thought the white chocolate was waxy, but it didn't bother me this time around. The filling was a orange and hazelnut chocolate ganache, unlike the cinnamon chocolate ganache from the white mice. It was more like the filling from the dark chocolate mice, that sadly I didn't like since I don't actually like orange and chocolate together. But it was smooth and fluffy, almost like a mousse.
Bunnies are $4 when not part of a collection, which, while I respect the hand piped nature of them, seems a bit high for a two-bite chocolate.
The truffles looked like they were just solid chocolate, so I bit one in half, expecting just chocolate. Caramel immediately oozed out everywhere. It wasn't thin liquid, but it certainly had motion. The filling was crazy sweet, too sweet for me. But I did really like the chocolate shell.
I hesitantly bit into the next one. It was slightly rounder, so I thought it might be a different type of truffle. Turns out, I was correct. This one had the same awesome slightly crunchy outer shell, but inside was a deep chocolate ganache. Bitter, intense, very satisfying. Certainly the winner of the box, and I'd gladly consume more of these.
The Marzipan Eggs I'll get to in a moment.
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| Marzipan Eggs. |
I was met with surprise and confusion. They were soft, but slightly crumbly, certainly not gummy candy. The coating was just sugar. But ... what were they? As I rolled one around in my mouth for a minute, I decided it must be marzipan (almond meal and sugar paste). Very, very unexpected. I couldn't figure out if I liked them or not.
Once I opened the bunny box, it had a card identifying the contents, and, as you saw, that included more marzipan eggs. I figured it out!
The eggs came in three colors, green (pistachio), purple (lavender), and pink (cherry). I'm somewhat guessing on these flavors. The lavender was a bit too floral for me. I was fascinated by these, but never really liked any of them. A strange treat, for sure, but not one I'd like more of.
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