Best Chocolates in Utah (fine chocolates)
Best Chocolate Candies in Utah
NOTE: Missing from this 2022 test are chocolates from three companies that were tested in 2019, the results of that 2019 test are posted further below, after this 2022 test. Leonidas Belgian (available mailorder) would be #1 again. The other two not re-tested in 2022 are Ethel M's (mailorder) and
CK Cummings, SLC.
BEST CHERRY CORDIALS AND MISC CHERRY CHOCOLATES
10 Jan 22
A
Godiva cordial, dark
B++
Cummings Studio cordials, dark (milk: B)
B+
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory? Rum cherry cordial, milk
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Black Cherry Truffle, milk only tested
B/B+
Rebecca Black Cherry crème, dark (no liquid, so it may be a creme rather than cordial)
Chocolate Covered Wagon Black Forest, dark
B
Sees Cherry Cordial, dark
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Cherry Cordial, dark (milk: also B)
Rebecca Cherry Cordial, dark (milk: B-)
B-
Godiva Black Forest, dark (extra dark choc ganache with 72% cacao dark choc infused with cherry flavor in dark choc shell)
C+/B-
Nightingale Chocolatier Cherry Blossom – cherry flavored milk chocolate ganash with dark and white shell
Condies Candies, dark
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Black Cherry Cream, dark
C/C+
Chocolate Cottage, dark
C
Hatch Family Chocolates, dark (milk: C+)
C-
Chocolate Covered Wagon Cherry Cordial, dark
Cavanaugh, dark
D+/C-
Sees “Mayfair” (cherries and mixed nuts) in milk chocolate (tested with dark chocolates)
Chocolate Covered Wagon Cherry Cheesecake in milk chocolate (tested with dark chocolates)
D+
Rebecca “Cherry Hill” – cherry cream, dark (with strong artificial cherry flavor) (milk: also D+ but better than dark)
Best Chocolate Truffles
15 Jan 22
DARK TRUFFLES
B+
Godiva Truffle, dark chocolate souffle (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24) (double dark choc filling in dark choc shell)
B/B+ (in order)
Godiva double dark gelato (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24)
Godiva 72% cacao extra dark chocolate (darkest ones) (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24) (extra dark choc ganache with 72% cacao dark choc wrapped in dark choc shell dusted with black pearl cocoa powder)
Godiva Cacao dark chocolates (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24)
Godiva truffle, 50% cacao, dark (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24) (dark choc ganache with 50% cacao dark chocl surounded by dark choc shell)
Godiva dark chocolate lava cake (mailorder: “Dark Chocolate Truffles” box of 24) (dark c hoc liquid fondant with dark choc ganache in dark choc shell dusted with powdered sugar)
Lake Champlain (mail order) Legendary Dark 54% truffle or 72%
B/B+
Godiva “Masterpieces: dark chocolate ganache heart” (in store bag at Costco)
Godiva “Midnight swirl,” 85% cacao, dark chocolate ganache and dark shell in gold collection
Godiva “Dark Chocolate carre” in gold collection
Godiva “Dark Chocolate ganash heart, dark” in both “Gold collection” (C) (and above: Godiva's Materpieces bag at Costco B/B+)
Godliva “Dark Chocolate ganache bliss” 72% cacao ganash, dark shell – in gold collection
Godiva Aztec Spice in box of 24 (dark choc ganache with cinnamon, vanilla, and spices in dark choc shell sprinked with red cocoa)
B
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory semi sweet truffle, dark
Harry and David
B-/B
Godiva Dark Chocolate Truffles (dark choc with dark choc filling) (4 oz own store bag)
V Chocolates dark truffle, dark
Sees Dark Truffle
Nightingale Willete (not in order with above 2)
B-
Sees Deep Dark Truffle
B- -
Condies Candies Fudge, dark
Godiva, dark “Chocolate Lava Cake Dessert Truffles, layered” store bag)
B- - -
Rebecca truffle, dark
C/C+
Chocolate Cottage truffle, dark
C
Nightingale Madagascar
C-
Chocolate CoveredWagon “Dark decadence” truffle
C- -
Chocolate Cottage 701 Fudge
C- - -
Chocolate Covered Wagon – “all dark” truffle
D+/C-
Condies Candies chocolate crème, dark
MILK TRUFFLES
B
(in order)
Cummings truffle, milk
Truffles Cottage truffle, milk
Sees chocolate truffle, light
V's truffle, milk
Rebecca truffle, milk
B-
Cummings Dark (in test with milk chocolates)
B- -
Condies Candies Choc Creme milk
C+/B-
Lake Champlain (mail order) “All milk” truffle
C+
Hatch chocolate cream
C
NOT IN ORDER:
Cummings Plain Fudge Milk
Hatch Choc Cream milk
IN ORDER:
RMCF truffle, milk
Sees Butter cream, milk
C-/C
Chocolate Cottage truffle milk
C-
Cavanaugh truffle, milk
C- - - -
Cummings truffle, dark
C- - - - -
Hatch truffle, dark
D++
Cummings Plain Fudge, dark (not truffle)
D
Chocolate Covered Wagon all milk truffles
CHOCOLATE TOFFEE
27 Dec 21
B+
V's Chocolate – almond
Garden Gate (no chocolate)
B
Chocolate Cottage
Rebecca
Cummings Studio, dark
Cummings, milk
B-
Chocolate Cottage, dark
C+/B-
Condies, dark
RMCF, dark
RMCF, milk
C
Cavanaugh, dark
Cavanaugh, milk
C-
Sees, milk
Chocolate Covered Wagon almond
NUT - CARAMEL CHOCOLATES
1 Jan 22
A-
Condies Pecan roll (no chocolate)
B/B+
Cummings Studio Pecan roll – no chocolate
Cummings Studio caramel pecan slow poke, dark
Cummings Studio caramel pecan slowpoke, milk
B (not in order)
Sees caramel almond
Lake Champlain – honey caraamel, dark
C+/B-
Hatch – almond coconut caramel (almond flavor too strong), dark
C+
Hatch – caramel pecan
Hatch – almond coconut carmel, milk
Caramel chocolates
(winner has no chocolate)
1 Jan 22
A
Nightingale Chocolatier (no chocolate)
B
Godiva Salted Caramel
Truffle Cottage Bordeaux
NOT IN ORDER:
Lake Champlain honey caramel
C++
Chocolate Covered Wagon Seat Salt Caramel (non-store made) (tastes artificial)
C
Chocolate Covered Wagon – sea salt caramel (store version: made in store)
C-/C
Godiva salted caramel truffle
C-
Lake Champlain salted caramel (mailorder)
C- -
Godiva – gold collection: caramel lion of Belgium
D+
Chocolate Covered Wagon – caramel truffle, milk
NUT CHOCOLATES
2 Jan 22
B/B+
Condies Boston Fudge with pecans, dark
B
Lake Champlain hazelnut mail order, milk
B- -
Condies Almond crème? Dark
B
Cummings Studio Virginia fudge with pecans, dark
Cummings Studio Virginia fudge with pecans inside and almonds outside, light
B-
Condies Boston Fudge with pecans, light
Sees - Chelsea (pecans inside a soft chocolate center)
C+/B-
Hatch – marzipan
C+
Rebecca – chocolate fudge nut with crème center, dark
C/C+
Rebbeca chocoalte fudge nut, milk
Hatch – almond cluste,r dark
C
Cummings – Walnut Fudge “rough,” milk
Cummings – pistachio truffle, dark
Lake Champlain – hazelnut (mailorder)
C-/C
Lake Champlain – green mountain
MAPLE & MAPLE NUT CHOCOLATES
20 Dec 21
B/B+
Cummings Maple pecan, milk
Lake Champlain maple crunch (no maple flavor, it's like toffee) (Mailorder)
B-/B
Cummings maple pecan, dark (rare to find a dark one not as good as milk/light ones)
Sees maple walnut
B-
Rebeccda Vermont maple fudge, milk
B- -
Rebecca Vermont maple fudge,dark
Cavanaugh maple
C/C+
Lake Champlain maple caramel, dark
C
RMCF aspen cream
BLACK WALNUT CHOCOLATES
20 Dec 21
B/B+
Cavanaugh, dark
Cavanaugh, milk
C-/C
Cummings Studio black walnut cream, dark
C-
Cummings Studio black walnut cream, milk
RASPBERRY /STRAWBERRY / BLACKBERRY CHOCOLATES
25 Dec 21
B+
Godiva raspberry truffle, dark (rd and black raspberry puree inside dark choc shell)
Lake Champlain white chocolate (chocolate raspberry ganash with white shell)
B
RMCF raspberry truffle (perfume flavor)
B-/B
Sees raspberry crème, dark
B-
Cummings raspberry truffle, dark
Cummings raspberry truffle, milk
Sees raspberry truffle
C+/B-
Godiva – gold collection – raspberry ganash twirl (white choc ganash with raspberry, dark)
C
Rebecca blackberry truffle
Hatch strawberry crème, dark
Hatch strawberry crème, milk
Truffle Cottage raspberry truffle, dark
Godiva gold collection: Raspberry caramel Duet, dark
C-/C
Rebecca raspberry truffle, dark
Chocolate Cottage raspberry crème, dark
C-
Rebecca raspberry truffle, milk
Cummings Studio white raspberry crème
Rebecca raspberry crème, dark
Chocolate Cottage raspberry truffle, dark
C- -
Rebecca Raspberry crème, milk
Rebecca cranberry truffle, dark
D+
Condies raspberry cfreme, dark
Hatch raspberry crème, dark
D/D+
Hatch raspberry crème, milk
Hatch strawberry crème, milk
CITRUS CHOCOLATES
December 2021
B/B+
Rebecca orange truffle, milk
B
Cummings Studio orange crème, dark
Hatch orange creme, dark
Hatch Apricot, dark
Rebecca BL truffle, dark
B-/B
Hatch Apricot, milk
Condies orange cram, dark (artificial, strong orange)
Godiva key lime truffle, dark
B-
Hatch orange crème cream, milk
C+
Truffle Cottage orange, dark
C+/B-
Rebecca BL truffle, milk
Hatch sour grapefruit, dark
C/C+
Condies lemon, dark
Rebecca lemon crème, milk
RMCF? – pina colada
C
Rebecca orange crème, dark
Hatch lemon crème, dark
C-/C
Condies orane crème (artificial, strong orange), milk
C-
Rebecca lemon crème (strong), dark
Condies lemon crème, milk
Cummings Studio orange, milk
Chocolate Cottage orange crème, dark
C- -
Hatch lemon crème, milk
COCONUT CHOCOLATES
Dec 2021
B
Cummings Studio coconut roll, dark
Rebecca (brown spots on top), dark
B-/B
Rebecca coconut Supreme (crème) (like Almond Joy)
B-
Cummings Studio coconut roll, milk
C
Nightingale German chocolate
C-/C
Godiva Gold – coconut pyramid, dark
C-
Cummings Studio coconut roll, dark
RMCF coconut haystack
Rebecca (brown spots on top), milk
D
Chocolate Cottage coconut cream, dark
Penuche & similar chocolates with sugar crème fillings
4 Jan 22
B-/B
Chocolate Cottage – penoche
B-
Condies salted crème brule, dark
C+
Godiva French vanilla, dark
C/C+
Condies penuche
C
Godiva gold collection – Lady Godiva
C-/C
NOT IN ORDER:
Cummings pecan penuche, dark
Cummings pecan penuche, milk
Hatch penoche, milk
Rebecca penuche, milk
C-
NOT IN ORDER:
Cummings Studio, Opera, dark
Cummings Studio Opera, milk
Rebecca Butter Creme, dark
MINT CHOCOLATES
6 Jan 22
B
IN ORDER:
Cummings double dip mint
Cummings Mint truffle, dark
Cummings Mint crème, dark
NOT IN ORDER:
Condies Meltaway Mint, dark
V – pattie, dark
Rebecca – mint - dark
B-/B
Cummings Mint truffle, milk
Cummings mint crème, milk
Rebecca – mint, milk
B-
Godiva – gold collection: mint medallion
RMCF – peppermint
V – pattie, milk
B- -
RMCF – mint truffle, milk
C+
V- mint truffle, milk
C/C+
Condies – mint crème, dark
C
Lake Champlain – evergreen mint, dark crunch peppermint (mailorder)
C-/C
Hatches – mint crème, dark
Hatches – mint crème, milk
C-
Hatches Bavarian mint truffle, dark
Hatches Bavarian mint truffle, milk
C- -
Chocolate Cottage truffle
C- - -
Chocolate Covered Wagon – Bavarian mint
COFFEE FLAVORED CHOCOLATES
5 Jan 22
B
Lake Champlain salted caramel latte (mail order)
B-/B (not in order)
Cummings coffee truffle, dark
Godiva Cappacino, dark
RMCF Kalua
C
Cummings coffee truffle, milk
C- (in order)
Lake Champlain (mailorder) Cappucino, milk
Rebecca mocha truffle, dark
Rebecca mocha truffle, milk
LIQUER FLAVORED CHOCOLATES
(winner is in cordials list above)
6 Jan 22
B+
Rebecca Rum cherry cordial, milk (also in Cordials)
B
Rebecca rum cherris Bacadi, dark
C+ (NO IN ORDER)
Rebecca Rum Victorian, dark
Sees Rum Nougat
RMCF Irish Creme
C/C+ (NOT IN ORDER)
Cummings Grande Mariner coconut milk truffle
Cummings rum victora, milk
Rebecca rum not, dark
C (NOT IN ORDER:)
Rebeccca Rum victoria, milk
Rebecca rum nut, milk
Rebecca rum truffle, dark
Hatrch Rum nut dream, dark
Hatch Rum Nut cream, milk
Cummings rum victoria, dark
C-/C
Cummings rum victoria, milk
C- (NOT IN ORDER:)
Rebecca rum truffle, milk
RMCF rum truffle
Condies Rum coconut cream
Chocolate Cottage victoria rum, dark
Chocolate Covered Wagon Grande Mariner truffle
Chocolate Covered Wagon Irish creme
Cummings Bacardi Butter rum, dark
Cummings Bacardi Butter rum, milk
Truffle Cottage Butter rum truffle
MISC CHOCOLATES
B
Lake Champlain: peantu butter chocolate, milk (cup shaped)
B-/B
Lake Champlain: like Reeses but in truffle shape
B-
Lake Champlain: Peanut butter milk
C
Dark chocolate ganache heart, Dark COMPARE TO BAG!!!
Sees Candies: Maple Walnut
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: Kalua truffle
OTHER RATED CHOCOLATES
B/B+
Cummings Studio: Rum truffle - dark chocolate
Cummings Studio: Rum truffle - milk chocolate
Cummings Studio: Penoche Pecan milk chocolate
Cummings Studio: chocolate fudge
Cummings Studio: opera pecan dark chocolate
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: rum truffle
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: Irish Cream
Sees: Nutty Fudge Walnut
B-/B
Cummings Studio: Vegan coconut truffle - milk chocolate with orange atop
Cummings Studio: Pina colada dark truffle - dark chocolate (milk choc is C+/B-)
B-
Cummings Studio: fruit bark 57% cacao Ecadorian
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: haystack (coconut) - dark chocolate
Sees: Vanilla coconut cream
B - -
Sees: Vanilla cream with walnut
C+/B-
Sees: mocha valencia
Cummings Studio: Pina colada truffle - milk chocolate
C+
Cummings Studio: chocolate covered almonds
Sees: coconut cream - milk chocolate
C/C+
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory cherry truffle (artificial flavor)
C
Sees: walnut milk chocolate
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory: aspen cream maple
C-
C. Kay Cummings: Moscato and orange chocolate
Sees: Chelsea
C- -
Sees: Bourbon milk chocolate
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