White Chocolate World

What is this sorcery! Has white chocolate got the hipster brewing bug? Well, it appears not. I had never heard of Blond chocolate before but with some deft use of The Google, it seems that Blond Chocolate was invented in 2006 by chocolate makers at Valrhona. By roasting white chocolate chips to caramelise the sugar and brings out a ‘smoky’ style flavour. It’s not unlike Caramac which UK white choc chippers will know is made by using sweetened condensed milk, butter, various flavourings, and sugar. However, this is a more subtle flavour and pairs excellently with coffee with its roasted taste. This particular Blond from M&S is described as White Chocolate with caramelised sugar and contains: Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Dried whole milk, Caramelised Sugar, Dried whey, Emulsifiers, Soya Lethin & Flavourings. I will be picking up the Valrhona version to compare.