Ritz-Carlton (Norman Love) Chocolates

Chocolate.  Not something I have blogged about much lately, but, it is one of the first product types I ever reviewed regularly.  Bars, truffles, and such ... strangely I'm not super into chocolate desserts (although, yes, I love a great chocolate cake, a chocolate mousse, etc).  I used to run a chocolate tasting club in my office even.  So, yes, I'm kinda a chocolate girl, and literally start every day with either a truffle or decent sized hunk...

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Serendipity Ice Cream

As an avid dessert, and ice cream fan, I've known about Serendipity for years, but never visited, even when in New York, where their flagship is.I wasn't able to visit one of their locations, but, they distribute both ice cream pints and sundae cups to grocery stores, and one day I just couldn't resist trying it, drawn in by the crazy flavors.  And I'll admit, the brand, at some level.  You can also buy their famous hot chocolate mix, in several varieties...

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Jon Donaire Desserts

Back in the day, Jon Donaire was a regular commercial bakery.  But somewhere along the way, they switched to wholesale, making frozen desserts for foodservice distribution, along with running an outlet store near their home base in southern California.  Yelpers *loved* the outlet, praised the goods, and spoke highly of the ridiculously low prices.Then Jon Donaire was acquired by Rich Foods, now their major distributor, and they no longer operate the outlet...

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Gelato Messina, Syndey

Update Review, 2018 & 2019 VisitsDuring my last visit to Sydney, I attended an event catered by Messina (which I've reviewed before, originally, in 2015, and in 2016).  However, the gelato clearly had melted and re-frozen, and was kinda freezer burned, so, it is hard to fairly judge the gelato as the base had very clearly suffered.  Luckily, I also swung by the shop a few times on my way home from the office, to get a treat on a warm day, or try a fun...

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