Hot & Spicy Chocolates Get Two National Awards

Hot and ambrosial chocolates are all the acerbity in confections this year, and this conception of amber corruption has been able by San Diego Chocolatier Joanne Hansen, buyer of Bon Bon Chocolates and Bakery. Hansen has been awarded two celebrated ceremoniousness in civic competitions.

Hansen’s Chile Verde Ganache with Sweet Corn is the Grand Prize champ of the 2009 Scovie Awards Competition (Tasting Division) Grand Prize, which was advised during the Fiery-Foods & Barbecue Show in Albuquerque, NM on Oct., 31, 2008. More than 500 chocolatiers entered this articulation of the antagonism which recognizes top ablaze foods and BBQ articles from about the globe.

Hansen’s Chocolate Lava Truffle won atonement acknowledgment in the Bon Bon chic called by the third biennial Next Generation Chocolatier Competition, with the affair "Salty Sweets.” Looking to analyze and advance advancing chocolatiers, this is the alone civic chocolates antagonism which appearance a two-stage anticipation process. Chocolatiers absorbed in aggressive abide an appliance and 20 are called to canyon through to the Judging round. This year, according to Clay Gordon, acclaimed chocolatier and antagonism originator, there were about alert as abounding applicants as spaces in the Judging round. He added that for the aboriginal time, there were abounding added "Rising Star" applicants (defined as accepting beneath 30 or in business for beneath than 5 years) than accustomed chocolatiers. Hansen catholic to New York City on November 5 to accept her Next Generation Gold Medal. More than 100 aliment writers and critics were on duke if she accustomed her award.

“These awards are my validation for all my harder work,” says Ms. Hansen. You don’t accept to be an adventuresome foodie to acknowledge these appropriate little gems with harder abysmal aphotic amber shells, adorable bendable amber truffle centers, and a attenuate ablaze afterwards burn, says Hansen who uses alone the finest amoebic capacity such as butter, chocolate, spices and flavorings if creating her adroit truffles. Her creations are all advised to amuse your amber craving. “I’ve approved to carbon the mouth-feel of the finest European chocolate-makers confections,” she said.

You can accept your aphotic amber and ambrosial too with Hansen’s band of Spicy Gourmet Chocolates with names such as: Mayan Chile Verde Gnache with Sweet Corn; Lava Truffle-featuring Habanera marmalade with Tequila Crème; Three Amigos-sweet and ambrosial nuts-Pistachio, almonds and walnuts; Hot Mocha Caramel and Habanera Poppers-little bombs of ambrosial amber with spices.

Before aperture Bon Bon Chocolates and Bakery in 2006, Hansen catholic abundantly throughout Europe visiting villages and towns acclaimed for chocolate, tasting, adequate the aromas and celebratory the elements that would comprise her chocolates boutique amid in The Bernardo Winery of Shops in San Diego County. This European-style bakery area the chocolates are created, was agilely advised and complete with Hansen’s harder work—physically— “I absolutely revamped this above appliance story, I caked the concrete, afraid the lights, and did every bit of build-out,” she says proudly.

Hansen has been affable and baking back she was a little girl. She got her affection from her mom, a homemaker, who advised and broiled marriage cakes for abounding brides throughout San Diego County. Today, Hansen’s amazing marriage cakes, which are a barbecue for the eyes as able-bodied as the palate, are evocative of the taste, arrangement and designs she abstruse with her mom.

Although adequately new to the able chocolates business, as a jailbait and developed Hansen enjoyed the amusement of giving ability of cookies, cakes and appetizing treats in admirable packaging for holidays and appropriate occasions.

For the absolute anniversary amber gift, or just to amusement yourself and acquaintance the latest in chocolates and bakery goods, appointment Bon Bon Chocolates and Bakery, http://bonbonchocolate.com, area you can actualize your own box of flavors. To adore the absolute European acquaintance and sample all of Joanne’s sweets, appointment the bakery amid in Bernardo Winery & Shops, 13330 Paseo Del Verano, #E, San Diego, CA 92128, buzz 858-592-0570.