Puccini Bomboni: Chocolate as Ball Bearings

Though the gift of Dutch chocolate from Puccini Bomboni that I received from one of my swimmers included baking chocolate that I (possibly inappropriately) ate straight, it also included some miniature chocolate balls that were actually meant to be eaten.

Or spilled on your kitchen floor, leaving you with a 10-minute adventure of pulling them out of every tiny corner of your kitchen and dining room.

I remain unsure of which one is the intended purpose. I did both. The nice thing about the miniature bits of chocolate is that it made it easier to assess their character by eating several.

Several dozen.

In that way, they’re similar to M&Ms, but unlike M&Ms, there isn’t a hard candy shell, and the chocolate melts smoothly and nicely. The outside of each bit is a bit waxy, which seems to be deliberate, as this prevents the chocolate from melting into one chunk. The taste of the chocolate itself, while superior to that in M&Ms, is somewhat intense, but lacks complexity with coffee and vanilla dominating the standard flavor. They’re pretty good, and a nice treat for snacking, but not anything notable.

Do you like chocolate presented in very small pieces?