Koruna Pralines

so i went to prague and bought belgian chocolates. alas. i guess at least there was something that was sort of local-ish (the becherovka truffel).

i miss the cheapness of the czech republic. really. all this for about... oh, i think it was 7 usd:


the bestseller:


almond truffle: cream with chocolate in milk chocolate and almonds. apparently, the best-selling truffle by koruna pralines. and it was amazing. as you can see, there are a whole host of fabulous almond sliver stuck to the milk chocolate outside, and the inside is filled with this heavenly, heavenly chocolate whipped cream, which tastes pretty much like a chocolate cloud. frothy, light, balanced by buttery almonds. deeelish.

so good that my mouth almost orgasmed.

yeah.


honestly, i bought this mostly for the shape. mushroom: nougat content. the outside was a mix of white and milk chocolate - a thin shell of it, and the inside was some nut nougat (like milk/cream with nut flavouring) and that was pretty good, if not outstanding.


walnut cream: pecan cream in dark chocolate. honestly, not entirely sure what the walnut is doing there - b/c there isn't any. but the cream does have a very distinct pecan flavour (a tad oversweet in my opinion), but the dark chocolate outside is pretty damn sexy. it's got that bitter aftertaste, but it's sooo smooooth. again, i think the entire thing could be improved if the pecan cream were just a trifle less sugary.


Baileys: "The original Irish cream in hot chocolate". i think, when the translation reads "hot", it actually means dark. anyhow. is there anyway this could taste bad? elaine has already pretty much established that baileys tastes good with just about anything. and now we're adding (well-made) dark chocolate to the equation?

sweet jesus my tastebuds have died and gone to heaven.


Champagne truffel: "Cream flavored with champagne in white chocolate". not bad - could barely, barely taste the champagne, but like i said, not bad. but i have something to compare this to in a future post, so just you hold on. white chocolate and champagne are preferable combination to champagne and regular chocolate.

so yeah, i don't know about giving people both (either milk/dark chocolate + champagne) as gifts now.


apologies, i don't remember wtf the above is. it was good and chocolate-y.


Cointreau praline: "Duplicate content - with the cream liqueur". yeah, that's probably not a very good translation. cointreau though - i prefer this to the grand marnier liquor filled i'ved tried in the past (this doesn't burn as much). i know, not the same thing, but still. not outstanding though.


Krokant bitter nougat: "Nougat filling with pieces of nuts nadrcenými in bitter chocolate". now i remember why it's taken so long for me to update. because i keep on getting about this far everytime and i'm like, do i even really remember what this shit tasted like? no. which means it wasn't exceptional enough for me to take note of. eff this.


Rum truffels: "With rum cream filling coated in bitter chocolate". eh, not a huge fan of rum, but again, x liquor + x well-made dark chocolate just tends to work out pretty well.


becherovka truffels: becherovka in bitter chocolate. um, wow. for those of you who don't know, becherovka is a uniquely czech liquor. the first restaurant where we had dinner served me and my friend a free shot of becherovka, and i must say, that's probably one of the tastiest shots i've ever had (not that i'm drawing on an abundance of experience, but that's not the point). becherovka kind of has that nice jagermiester bite to it, but it's also very slightly sweet. i tried it again at a more traditional czech pub/brewery/restaurant called u fleku, and it was much stronger, but still quite good. becherovka truffels taste effing divine. combined with the bitterness of dark chocolate, the becherovka cream filling tasted like a cloud of the liquor, which balanced the bitter dark really well.

if i could, i would go back and buy another box of these for myself. and maybe a nice-sized bottle of becherovka too.