Pearls of the Forest Collection

with håkan chocolatier IN BEACON, NY

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Håkan Mårtensson of New York-based HÅKAN Chocolatier grew up foraging wild berries in southern Sweden, where the small hidden treasures grew close to home (as well as at home, in his mother’s garden). He calls them “pearls of the forest” — tart, juicy, and sumptuously sweet. In this fifth annual collaboration, he renders those memories in bright berried ganaches and bursting fluid caramels, all encased in delicate shells of our fudgy Camino Verde chocolate.

included in this assortment

This set includes twenty-five bonbons showcasing Swedish wild berries:

  • Havtorn (Sea Buckthorn) Liquid Caramels
  • Lingon (Lingonberry) Truffles
  • Röda Körsbär (Red Cherry) Bonbons
  • Vinbär (Black & Red Currant) Truffles
  • Sommar Hallon (Raspberry-Rosemary) Liquid Caramels
INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Dandelion 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador, organic cane sugar), cream, whole-milk powder, butter, red currants, black currants, lingonberries, cherries, raspberries, sea buckthorn, sugar, maraschino liqueur, glucose, sorbitol, salt, natural vanilla flavor, rosemary salt, dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin), colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins]), food coloring (red beet powder).

Contains: milk, soy; less than 5% alcohol

WEIGHT
12.0 oz (340 g)

collaboration

nut-free

gluten-free

peanut-free

Dandelion Chocolate Pearls of the Forest Bonbon Collection
Pearls of the Forest Collection

Five Distinctive Flavors

Sommar Hallon
Illustration
Lingon Truffles
lingonberry
tart lingonberries, fudgy chocolate, and fresh cream form a toothsome, tangy-sweet ganache, enrobed in chocolate
Havron Liquid Caramel bonbon
Illustration
Havtorn Liquid Caramels
sea buckthorn
sour, fruity, slightly sweet sea-buckthorn fluid caramel, encased in 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate and rolled in delicate sugar crystals
Roda Korsbar bonbon
Illustration of Roda Korsbar
Röda Körsbär Bonbons
red cherry
silky, Marschino liqueur-spiked ganache of red-cherry purée, rich cream, and 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate, piped into a berry-red-glossed chocolate shell
Lingon Burst Liquid Caramels
Illustration
Sommar Hallon Liquid Caramels
raspberry-rosemary
buttery raspberry-rosemary liquid caramel encased in chocolate, with a dusting of raspberry-red sugar
Vinbar Truffle bonbon
Illustration of Vinbar
Vinbär Truffles
black & red currant
red- and black-currant pureés melted into rich chocolate ganache, enrobed in chocolate, and finished with a light-red chocolate drizzle

Five Distinctive Flavors

Sommar Hallon
Illustration
Lingon Truffles
lingonberry
tart lingonberries, fudgy chocolate, and fresh cream form a toothsome, tangy-sweet ganache, enrobed in chocolate

1/5

Havron Liquid Caramel bonbon
Sea Buckthorn Illustration
Havtorn Liquid Caramels
sea buckthorn
sour, fruity, slightly sweet sea-buckthorn fluid caramel, encased in 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate and rolled in delicate sugar crystals

2/5

Roda Korsbar bonbon
Illustration of Roda Korsbar
Röda Körsbär Bonbons
red cherry
silky, Marschino liqueur-spiked ganache of red-cherry purée, rich cream, and 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate, piped into a berry-red-glossed chocolate shell

3/5

Lingon Burst
Illustration
Sommar Hallon Liquid Caramels
raspberry-rosemary
buttery raspberry-rosemary liquid caramel encased in chocolate, with a dusting of raspberry-red sugar

4/5

Vinbar Truffle bonbon
Illustration of Vinbar
Vinbär Truffles
black & red currant
red- and black-currant pureés melted into rich chocolate ganache, enrobed in chocolate, and finished with a light-red chocolate drizzle

5/5

about our collaborator
Hakan Chocolatier

Håkan Chocolatier

Beacon, New York

Håkan Mårtensson of HÅKAN Chocolatier crafts chocolates and confections featuring hard-to-find ingredients with a distinctly Nordic bite, balancing salty and sweet, bitter and sour, and rough and elegant flavors.

Drawing upon his background as a sculptor on the Swedish National Culinary Team, Mårtensson’s chocolate speakeasy in Beacon, New York offers a wide selection of the chocolatier’s sculptural creations, including stunning bonbons and exquisite chocolate tablets.

Chocolate Makers

Chocolate Makers & Chocolatiers

What’s the difference, and how do we partner together?

While chocolate makers craft chocolate from cocoa beans, chocolatiers use finished chocolate to create truffles, bonbons, and other confections.

Many of our chocolatier partners have collaborated with us since our earliest days, back when we were at the Noe Valley and Mission farmers' markets. When we first started, we turned to this food community for advice. We’ve shared work spaces, taste-tested recipes, traded equipment tips, and commiserated over the City’s crazy permitting process.

It’s an exciting time for the craft-chocolate community, and it wouldn’t be nearly as special without chocolate-maker-and-chocolatier collaboration and special relationships. Since we don’t add emulsifiers or additional cocoa butter, our chocolate is tricky to work with. As a result, making truffles or chocolate-covered confections can be especially challenging. Still, our collaborators remain undaunted, inventing new recipes and chocolate collections each year. We celebrate their talents and are thrilled to share their treats with you.

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