Dark chocolate gift baskets deliver an impressive presentation and an elegantly delicious taste. They say we eat first with our eyes and it is true. Proof lies in the immediate appeal that dark cocoa confections convey when they are discovered in beautifully wrapped dark chocolate gift baskets from Chocolate Pizza Company.
The essence of dark chocolate is its higher cocoa content than milk chocolate. High quality, tempered dark chocolate has a noticeable shine to it, a crisp snap when it breaks and a smooth melting characteristic in your mouth that releases its bold flavor profile. Dark chocolate is generally considered to be semi-sweet with a cocoa content of around 70% while extra dark chocolate is labelled bittersweet with a higher cocoa content. The misnomer of plain chocolate that dark chocolate is sometimes refers to belies the distinct and complex flavors that this type of chocolate offers.
Less sweet than milk chocolate, dark chocolate also brings health benefits. Top among those health boosts is dark chocolate’s high concentration of antioxidants. Flavonoids and polyphenols are two groups of antioxidants in dark chocolate that demonstrate free radical fighting properties, helping to neutralize the damaging effects of toxins in our bodies. Science has proven that dark chocolate’s cocoa actually has the highest content of polyphenols and flavonoids, even greater than wine and tea. Flavonoids are also helpful in maintaining heart health and have shown positive results in helping lower blood pressure and blood sugar. Dark chocolate gift baskets are like good healthcare delivered with a bow.
Chocolate Pizza Company creates dark chocolate specialties that are unique, delicious and impressive. We actually blend both semi-sweet and bittersweet varieties of Swiss-style chocolate into a wonderful flavor profile that captures all the distinctive elements of dark chocolate but without the bitter bite that high cocoa content can bring. For our Chocolate Pizzas and Chocolate Pizza slices, we mix that blend of dark chocolates with a homemade English toffee, ground fine and stirred into the tempered chocolate. The toffee not only gives our dark chocolate its unique texture but adds a hint of sweetness that mellows its darker side. The result is a Chocolate Pizza so unique it has earned a federal trademark.
Our dark chocolate gives many of our specialties a tasty twist, starting with our famous Peanut Butter Wings. Crisp, rippled potato chips covered in creamy peanut butter ride under a dark chocolate curtain and emerge a salty-slightly-less-sweet version of our milk chocolate Wings. We make dark chocolate Drumsticks and Clusters and graham crackers and even dip cookies in it. We add raspberry flavoring and crunchy almonds for a Raspberry Almond Rush and drape it over stretched and cooled toffee pieces dusted with nuts. Dark chocolate gift baskets burst with many of these elegant confections.
Featured nationally on CNBC, Food Network, NBC and in Forbes, People and Entrepreneur magazines, Chocolate Pizza Company and owner, Ryan Novak, bring handcrafted, gourmet chocolate to business and personal gifts. Whether it is dark chocolate gift baskets or chocolate towers or their signature Chocolate Pizza and Peanut Butter Wings combo, there is a chocolate gift idea for every holiday and occasion.
