You butter believe it!
The French do a lot of things very, very well, especially in the kitchen. One of the things we admire about the way they cook is their unwavering commitment to whole cream and butter. The flavours and the mouth feel of something made with whole ingredients is unsurpassed and when you’re eating something as simple as a caramel, even one little compromise can be tasted immediately.
Thankfully no one has skipped a step or compromised on taste when it comes to the Isigny Ste. Mere Caramel au Beurre carried at The Candy Store. These little treats are deceptive in their white and blue wrapper – they almost feel hard to the touch, but once in your mouth they are melty and buttery and ever-so-flavourful. You can really appreciate the quality of the core ingredients in a treat such as this and savouring one of these caramels is not unlike a mini vacation from reality and back to a simpler, more butter-filled time!
Labels: caramels, france
A solid foundation
In 1957 Paris-Caramels was established by Guy and Josette Conraux in Paris with only one product: the milk caramel. From these humble beginnings came a whole line of beautiful and award-winning sweets. Using only raw milk, fresh cream, butter from Charentes-Poitou, and natural flavours and extracts, the line of caramels produced by this family-run company are exceptional. In fact, their website puts it best when they say: "Small producers from the Normandy to the Rhone Valley supply Paris Caramels: restricted production, intensive care, and high quality. Productions, which by the way, are too limited and too expensive to interest industrialists. Consequently Paris Caramels knows how to give a remarkable and incomparable aroma and fineness to its products."
There's an unspoken challenge around The Candy Store to make one of the perfect caramel squares last more than one sitting - we've yet to meet that challenge! Their decadent, creamy, salty goodness makes it impossible to walk away from this luxurious French treat. Pick up one of the five different salted caramels today for yourself or a friend and see if you're able to meet this challenge...
Don't forget: the Sweet Memories contest runs until December 24th and we're still collecting all your fabulous memories for a chance to win a Candy Store gift card!
Labels: caramels, france
