Texas Tortugas
By Chocolatier Steve Smith
$ 16.50
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The French variation of the American turtle. A cocoa-powder-dusted, dark chocolate shell encases a Texas pecan praline surrounded by French butter caramel.
Available in 4, 8, and 16 pieces.
Product Details: Steve Smith, who makes these French Butter Caramels, is a native Texan who studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and apprenticed at Michelin-starred restaurants Le Taillevent in Paris and Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain.
Ingredients: Roasted Texas pecans, chocolate (cacao beans, pure cane sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla beans), heavy cream, corn syrup, butter, cane sugar, cocoa powder, salt Contains: Soy, milk May Contain: Traces of peanuts
Fun Fact: Cacao beans—the basis of chocolate—were used as currency by the Mayans and Aztecs, proving that sometimes money does grow on trees!