Comments on: Valrhona Perles Craquant

By: megan

megan — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:31:29 +0000

Tegan – They taste very different from Maltesers, which I can confidently say since we had Maltesers in the house and I actually did taste them side by side! The crunchy center of the perles is more of a dry cookie, no hint of malt.

By: Tegan

Tegan — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:16:00 +0000

Are these like mini Maltesers? I’m from Australia so we don’t have these but they look yum. :)

By: megan

megan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:11:50 +0000

Heather – I had no idea that Shake Shack uses these, thanks so much for the note. It makes me feel fancy.

Sam – Thanks! I couldn’t find them there.

Lia – Yes, yes they are :)

By: lia

lia — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:59:33 +0000

ooooo yummmm are they as good as they look :)

By: Elsa

Elsa — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:27:32 +0000

Thanks for the head-up on these — this is exactly the kind of dark-crunchy-tiny-garnishy thing I adore.

I loved those little mushroom cookie things! The import shop where I used to buy them closed up and I can’t find them in town any more. This is my sad face.

By: samin

samin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:10:50 +0000

we used to use them at the restaurant all of the time, both in and on desserts and drinks. the coverture has some sort of waxy stuff in it, so they don’t melt exactly, even when baked into cookies or biscotti. also great in ice cream, on top of cocoa, and even in (so 90′s, i know) chocolate martinis…i love these so much!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:04:56 +0000

I found these on Amazon and there they are called: Valrhona Crunchy Dark Chocolate Pearls

By: Amy Kelly

Amy Kelly — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:53:11 +0000

I found them just last week at The Fresh Market packaged the same way as you described them being at Whole Foods (from bulk). They also had Valrhona cocoa and the white chocolate and dark chocolate disks. Now if only I can save up some money to buy some. I told my hubby I wanted some for my birthday. (We’re still in that poor college student stage of life, though not for much longer thankfully.)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:48:31 +0000

I bought a bag from my favourite dessert bar about a year ago. I tend to eat them plain, but I did throw some into a batch of banana oatmeal cookies once. They didn’t melt, but the crunchy centers softened, so it wasn’t the textural contrast I wanted to achieve.

By: Marian

Marian — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:10:43 +0000

Thanks for the tip! Heading the Whole Foods this afternoon. Oh my gosh – must.try.these.

By: Uncle Beefy

Uncle Beefy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:19:28 +0000

You wild, wicked, wonderful woman!!! Cute, tiny, crunchy, chocolatey? ON IT! Awesomesauce! :)

By: Jenny G.

Jenny G. — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:16:08 +0000

Thank you for sharing this- these sound great!

By: Abril

Abril — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:32:39 +0000

The bakery I used to work at used them on top of the chocoalte buttercream frosted cupcakes and on top of chocolate tartlets, yum!

By: melissa

melissa — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:22:06 +0000

omg I bought a tin of plain chocolate Valhrona pearls a few years ago! The tin was really well designed – it was a round tin, but with a dispenser to only allow one pearl out at a time, so it was great for keeping in my bag when I just needed a small hit of something sweet. It saved me from ordering many big desserts at restaurants since my tongue just needed something small to be satisfied.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:31:49 +0000

Shake Shack uses the Valhrona crunchies in their sundaes here in NYC. They have one (served at the location next to the American Museum of Natural History) that's made with vanilla custard, malt, the crunchies, and chocolate toffee. It's divine. (It is hilariously called the Natural History Crunch-stellation.)

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:14:46 +0000

Yummmm. I’m drooling over here:)