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Little rectangles of white chocolate with finely ground pure coffee running through it.
Before they sold the company, I knew the founders, a very smart young couple from Sprout City. They sold out to another Belgian company for a fortune, but their store and products have remained remarkably constant. I still get asked by friend all over Europe and the USA to bring a box of these things with me when I visit.
The venerated old shop of Wittamer (wee-tah-MAIR) up on the Sablon has a very impressive white chocolate creation, too. It is bar #8:
https://www.wittamer.com/en/shop/bars-6-10
My sister back in the States has unfortunately acquired an uncontrollable addition to their number 8 bar with the raspberry taste, and she goes though withdrawal symptoms if I don't furnish a fix for her on a regular basis.
If anyone visits Sprout City, it's the lower down of the two Wittamer shops--NOT the one with all the lunch snacks and the cakes. Ask to try one of their assorted chocolates with the green-white covering and the passion fruit pulp interior--they are impressive, too.
Little rectangles of white chocolate with finely ground pure coffee running through it.
Before they sold the company, I knew the founders, a very smart young couple from Sprout City. They sold out to another Belgian company for a fortune, but their store and products have remained remarkably constant. I still get asked by friend all over Europe and the USA to bring a box of these things with me when I visit.
The venerated old shop of Wittamer (wee-tah-MAIR) up on the Sablon has a very impressive white chocolate creation, too. It is bar #8:
https://www.wittamer.com/en/shop/bars-6-10
My sister back in the States has unfortunately acquired an uncontrollable addition to their number 8 bar with the raspberry taste, and she goes though withdrawal symptoms if I don't furnish a fix for her on a regular basis.
If anyone visits Sprout City, it's the lower down of the two Wittamer shops--NOT the one with all the lunch snacks and the cakes. Ask to try one of their assorted chocolates with the green-white covering and the passion fruit pulp interior--they are impressive, too.
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I thought that was a Mexican thing...didn't know there was an American version
LeftInTX
Jun 2017
#90
Atomic Fireballs. Also, those fudge-striped shortbread cookies from the Dollar Tree.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2017
#52
Real black licorice. It is hard to find in the US. My daughter in law always brings me a stash
appleannie1943
Jun 2017
#53
I haven't had them since I was a teenager, but I still think about red licorice shoelaces.
betsuni
Jun 2017
#72
Snickers as has been mentioned, m&m's peanut butter, and as I mentioned in another post,
a kennedy
Jun 2017
#95