Cocoa Designs Introduces New Line Of Premium Chocolate Caramels

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 17, 2006

Cocoa Designs today announced the launch of two new lines of hand made caramels, featuring Chocolate Caramels and Tea Caramels. A total of six new few flavors, including Thai, Earl Grey, and Jasmine Teas and Milk, Cinnamon, and Espresso Chocolates, each made with organic cream and natural infusions.

Cocoa Designs’ hand made caramels take a classic American sweet, and introduce them to the gourmet snacks industry. Chocolate caramels have a richer and dense consistency due to the high quality Venezuelan cacao added to the recipe. Flavors are inspired by our Cocoa Nuts™ best sellers; Cocoa Nuts Lait (milk chocolate), Cocoa Nuts Azteque (cinnamon and chili) and Cocoa Nuts Café (espresso and cardamom).

Nicely complementing the Chocolate Caramels, Cocoa Designs’ new Tea Caramels are available in Thai and Vanilla, Earl Grey and Jasmine green tea. Each batch is hand made with organic cream, sugar, Normandy-style butter (83% butter fat) and natural tea infusions. 10 individually wrapped caramels come in a natural kraft box and are perfect for stocking stuffers or gift baskets.

Cocoa Designs’ flagship product, Cocoa Nuts™ are hand made praline almonds and hazelnuts covered in Venezuelan chocolate and dusted in cocoa powder and spices. While there may be other chocolate covered almonds, only Cocoa Nuts are all natural, all hand made, and come in unique flavor combinations.

Signature almond flavors include Framboise (raspberry), Lait (milk chocolate), Noir (dark chocolate), Café (espresso), Epices (black pepper blended with allspice, nutmeg and cloves) and best selling Azteque (New Mexican chili and cinnamon). Hazelnut flavors include Extra Noir (very dark chocolate) and Orange (citrus marmalade). Cacao intensities range from 41% to 73% and ingredients, all hand-picked to match the flavor blends, include Valrhona, El Rey, Cocoa Barry, Scharffen Berger and Schokinag cocoa powder and chocolates.

All Cocoa Designs products, including Cocoa Nuts™ (chocolate covered praline almonds and hazelnuts), Cocoa Nuts™ Bars, and our new Caramels are available for purchase in gourmet, gift, and grocery stores throughout northern California and select locations nationwide. Online ordering and a complete list of retailers and flavors are available at http://www.cocoadesigns.com. Email or call for additional information or to receive samples of our products.

About Cocoa Designs

Cocoa Designs opened its doors in February 2004 with a passion for simple, quality foods and premium high-end chocolate and confections. The company’s vision is to bring these two worlds together with exceptional products. Our Pastry Chef and Chocolatier gained her experience in the culinary world cooking with Chefs Daniel Boulud and Jean Georges Vongrichten in New York City and Sebastien Gaudard in Paris. She has traveled the world sampling flavors and regional offerings, and incorporates a five-star background with her interest in creating luxurious treats, uncluttered by pretension or fuss. All Cocoa Designs products stand out from the rest by the combination of top quality ingredients with classic tradition and hand made process.

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