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Highway 1 Collection

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Nicholas, Dillon, and our Confections team offer an evocative new bonbon assortment celebrating fresh, organic ingredients selected from the bountiful produce of five golden coastal counties along California’s Highway 1.

For each bonbon variety, thin shells of our classically chocolatey House Blend chocolate keep focus on the flavors, colors, and textures of enticing seasonal fillings. This limited, fifteen-piece, hand-crafted Collection includes three bonbons each of the following five varieties:

Pinot Noir & Thornless-Blackberry Ganache
Mendocino County blackberries & pinot noir, melded into House Blend ganache

Red Hawk Ganache
House Blend chocolate & Sonoma County triple-cream cheese ganache

Strawberry Jam & Rosemary Ganache
House-made Santa Cruz County strawberry pâte de fruit atop rosemary-infused ganache

Honey & Walnut Praliné
San Luis Obispo County sprouted-walnut & wildflower-honey praliné, on honeyed ganache

Chardonnay Caramel & White Oak Ganache
Santa Barbara County chardonnay caramel over oak bark-infused ganache

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Complete Ingredients: 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic heavy cream, organic butter, organic cane sugar, organic walnuts, organic blackberries, organic strawberries, wild strawberries, wildflower honey, pinot noir, chardonnay, Red Hawk cheese (pasteurized organic cow’s milk, pasteurized organic cream, salt, cultures, enzymes), invert sugar, pectin, glucose, apples, cocoa butter (from Camino Verde, Ecuador), oak-bark chips, organic lemons, organic rosemary, fleur de sel, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins]*)

Contains: tree nuts (walnuts), milk; less than 5% alcohol



Individual Bonbon Ingredient List:

1. Pinot Noir & Thornless-Blackberry Ganache

70% House Blend chocolate, organic butter, invert sugar, pinot noir, blackberry, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])* 


Contains: less than 5% alcohol, milk



2. Red Hawk Ganache

70% House Blend chocolate, organic heavy cream, invert sugar, Red Hawk cheese (organic pasteurized cow’s milk, organic pasteurized cream, salt, cultures, and enzymes), colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])*

Contains: milk



3. Strawberry Jam & Rosemary Ganache

Organic cane sugar, organic heavy cream, 70% House Blend chocolate, strawberry, wild strawberry, invert sugar, organic butter, apple, rosemary, lemon, pectin, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])* 


Contains: milk



4. Honey & Walnut Praliné

Walnuts, organic cane sugar, honey, 70% House Blend chocolate, cocoa butter (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador), fleur de sel, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])*

Contains: tree nuts (walnuts), milk



5. Chardonnay Caramel & White Oak Ganache

Organic heavy cream, chardonnay, 70% House Blend chocolate, organic butter, organic cane sugar, glucose, oak-bark chips, invert sugar, fleur de sel, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])*

Contains: less than 5% alcohol, milk

*Includes one or more of the following: aronia berries, beet, bilberries, black currant, grape-juice extract, tomato, vegetables, black carrot, caramel, toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed, turmeric, turmeric oleoresin, annatto, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, carrot oil, corn-endosperm oil, curcumin, carotene, paprika oleoresin, phaffia yeast, pumpkin, red cabbage, riboflavin, dried algae meal, fruits, haematococcus algae meal, lycopene extract, paprika, saffron

WEIGHT
6.3 oz (180 g)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Storage instructions:

Stored properly, your bonbons will remain ready to enjoy within six weeks of arrival.

vegetarian

gluten free

peanut free

Dandelion Chocolate Highway 1 Collection
Highway 1 Collection

Fifteen Bonbons, Five California Flavor Experiences

Pinot Noir bonbon
Mendocino County

Pinot Noir & Thornless-Blackberry Ganache

Petit Teton Farm blackberries & Pennyroyal Farm pinot noir, melded into velvety House Blend ganache

Red Hawke bonbon
Sonoma County

Red Hawk Ganache

Silky House Blend chocolate & Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk triple-cream cheese ganache

Strawberry Jam bonbon
Santa Cruz County

Strawberry Jam & Rosemary Ganache

House-made Tomatero Farm strawberry pâte de fruit atop Jacobs Farm rosemary-infused ganache

Honey and Walnut praline bonbon
San Luis Obispo County

Honey & Walnut Praliné

Manzanita Manor Organics sprouted-walnut & Rock Front Ranch wildflower-honey praliné, on honeyed ganache

Chardonnay caramel bonbon
Santa Barbara County

Chardonnay Caramel & White Oak Ganache

Delicate Au Bon Climat chardonnay caramel over oak bark-infused House Blend chocolate ganache

A Tribute to Producers Along California’s Coastal State Route

Our Confections team sources ingredients for this Collection directly from producers, farmers, and co-operatives in counties along Highway 1; each bonbon variety showcases a local producer or producers. Our contributors support organic food accessibility, and strengthen local agriculture and ecosystems through sustainable practices.

California's Coastal State Route
Confections Team

Hand-Crafted by Our Confections Team

Head Chocolatier Nicholas Bonamico, with Assistant Head Chocolatier Dillon Zell, runs Dandelion’s Confections program; their small team produces our Single-Origin Truffle Collection, Single-Origin Chocolate Nut Spreads, and seasonal confections by hand. Nicholas takes inspiration from the abundance of locally grown California produce to create elegant confections that tell a story. His ultimate mission is to honor and showcase the farmers and producers behind each ingredient, through origin-focused, indulgent "mementos" to savor.