Get ready to satisfy your sweet tooth cravings this Thursday, September 22…it’s National White Chocolate Day.
Known for its creamy texture and subtle flavour, white chocolate is ivory in colour because it lacks several of the chemicals present in milk and dark chocolate.
With a lot less caffeine than normal chocolate because if lacks cocoa liquor – white chocolate was created by Swiss-based Nestlé with the first bar born in 1930.
Here are four more fun facts and four places to get your white chocolate fix on Thursday:
•The melting point of cocoa butter – white chocolate’s principal cacao bean component – is high enough to keep it solid at room temperature, but low enough to enable it to melt in the mouth.
•White chocolate pairs nicely with citrus fruit like lemon, soft fruit like berries and dark chocolate.
•Because of its high-fat content, it absorbs other scents and must be kept in a cold, dark area such as the fridge.
•Alternatively, it may taste like onions and rancid cheese when it goes bad.
Find your happy place for premium gelato and real fruit sorbets on a stick at Happy Pops on Hastings Street in Noosa Heads, Stanley Street Plaza in South Brisbane and Memorial Drive in Eumundi. Chill things down at these dessert destinations, where you can create your own Happy Pop by choosing flavours and toppings in surrounds of gelato pink walls and cabinets full of artisanal creations.
For the month of September, stop in and indulge in creamy gelato, swirled and topped with white chocolate blondie and ganache; or a pavlova, passionfruit, raspberry and white chocolate Happy Pop.
Based in the heart of Elsternwick, Glazed Gluten Free Patisserie on Carre Street specialises in delicious fare which is gluten, dairy and nut-free. The brainchild of Chef Liran Adika, who trained under Shannon Bennet of Vue de Monde fame, this patisserie delivers a variety of cakes, desserts, artisan bread and savoury delights made with intense passion from the freshest ingredients.
Pair a brew of choice with a delicious blueberry and white chocolate chip muffin, or devour a signature Krembo dessert selection – super light and fluffy meringue piped onto crunchy homemade biscuits, then glazed in rich chocolate.
Brisbane-based Curatorial: Chocolates offers Australia’s best handmade and handcrafted luxury chocolate boxes and bars, all available for online purchase in one place. Providing a unique gastronomic experience, the chocolate is made in small batches from the finest ingredients; expect chocolate that tastes amazing and is a healthier option than mass-produced confectionery due to a higher cocoa content and fewer additives.
Feast on a sublime selection of handmade white chocolate for just $39 – a special 15% off the normal RRP especially for Thursday – or pick up some Bianco Cuvee 35% white chocolate, not too sweet with a delicious nutty flavour.
Paddington locals seeking a decadent treat stop into Mayfield Chocolates on Latrobe Terrace. Using real Australian ingredients in imaginative and original ways, these chocoholic delights make an ideal gift for those with a discerning palate. Mayfield chocolates ‘taste real,' with substantial variations in texture as well as flavour and almost all are, in fact, world firsts - not just copies of existing chocolates.
Be enticed by selections such as wattle log with roasted wattle seed and white chocolate ganache, Sunshine truffles with pineapple, dark rum ganache, white chocolate and coconut; or Reef Star, with macadamia nut gianduja in white chocolate.
