Sharing my Easter Chocolate from Cocoa Nymph

I had heard good things about Cocoa Nymph chocolates so thought I would head over there for my Easter chocolate this year. Cocoa Nymph is a small chocolate shop that’s relatively new to the Vancouver chocolate scene.

The first thing you notice when you go into their small shop is the large grand piano in the middle of the shop. They showcase local talent with music events in their store and with art hung on their walls. There’s not a lot of chocolate actually but maybe that was because I was arriving after a busy Saturday morning on Easter weekend?

I arrived about 1pm Saturday afternoon and they didn’t have many Easter bunnies left. In fact, they only had a few 3” solid bunnies. Knowing I needing something larger with bigger impact, my partner would eat that bunny in two bites, I ended up getting their last dark chocolate eggshell filled with their chocolates.

This worked out perfectly because I could choose the chocolates that would go into the large egg. After all, I was going to have to help taste each one. Isn’t that what we women do best? I included the cute solid dark chocolate bunny and these were my other choices :

Elphaba
A layer of white chocolate and pistachio ganache, topped with a layer of dark chocolate and cardamom ganache, with a pistachio on top
Lucy in the Chai
Dark chocolate ganache, infused with their own chai spice blend and black tea
Chariot of Fire (Chili)
Dark chocolate ganache, infused with a blend of peppers and garnished with a pink peppercorn
Octarine
Dark chocolate, flavoured with the exotic taste of real passionfruit
Glinda
A blackberry and dark chocolate ganache, topped with a layer of blackberry jelly
Illa (Fleur de Sel)
Dark chocolate ganache, flavoured with caramel and a hint of sea salt

I have to say there were a couple of standouts in this list that made me say WOW! I think they worked best because it was a yin and yang taste combination in your mouth.

The Chariot of Fire was outstanding. It had a kick of pepper flavours that was unique with a slight heat coming through on your tongue. It was intense and the dark chocolate was its support coming in with a smooth sweet finish. This chocolate would have been great paired with a full-bodied red wine. To tell you the truth, I haven’t fully understood the chocolate/wine pairings idea but it makes sense now after tasting this piece of chocolate. It cried out for wine.

The other standout was the Octarine. I’ve never tasted a chocolate that had such a big punch of zesty flavour as this one. The piece had such a strong tang of passionfruit so there was no mistaking what was inside this chocolate. Again the sweet dark chocolate came in behind to finish off with a velvety smoothness.

The runner up was the Elphaba with its cardamom ganache. At first you taste a delicate pistachio flavour but then the cardamom flavour seeps through towards the end and dances on your tongue before the sweet dark chocolate sneaks in at the finish. I thought the pistachio and cardamom flavours were a unique combination that I haven’t tasted elsewhere.

I’ve tried lots of chocolate in this city and these have really made an impact as standout pieces. Cocoa Nymph is a real jewel of a find and if you’ve never tried their chocolates, it’s time you paid them a visit. And of course, you can order their chocolates online.

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