Castronovo Chocolate Stuart

I saw a review on here from 7 years ago where the reviewer stated the Chocolate here was "inedible." I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while! I suppose if you're expecting a Chocolate Candy Bar from a grocery store with 80% sugar, perhaps you might be disappointed. My wife and I drove to Stuart from Orlando before New Year's specifically to try this chocolate. We read somewhere that it was one of the best Bean to Bar craft chocolates in the entire country, and we've been on a bit of a chocolate kick as of late. I lived in Belgium for a number of years. I've had truffles from the exact shop that literally invented the concept of a Filled Chocolate. I'm no connoisseur, but I have eaten my fair share of chocolate in my life. That all having been said, Castronovo is hands down the best tasting chocolate bar I've had in my life! Every bar has a distinctive flavor and undertone from the region the cacao was sourced, my favorite being the Honduran, but you cannot go wrong with any of them! You can find single origin chocolate in a lot of places in every price range - but there is a lot that goes into bringing out the flavors, getting the right texture, selecting the right beans, roasting them a certain way etc that takes a lot of time, and cheap chocolates do not have that kind of time spent on them. That's what separates grocery store chocolate from international award winning chocolate. Some folks might get a bit of sticker shock. If you go here with a "price per ounce" mindset you'll be taken aback. But you shouldn't be looking at the ounces - you should be respecting the skill and labor of a small business producing literally World Class Chocolate in our own Florida back yard. You are paying for expertise and time when you buy from a skilled artisan. You can spend tens of thousands on a vacation to Europe and be hard pressed to find a better quality chocolate. If you don't like Castronovo chocolate, then you probably don't like Real chocolate :-)

I can’t wait to go back! I got 2 chocolate bars, you can’t go wrong with any of them. And I also had the best mocha in town!!