Stuart, Fla.--Award winning chocolate is the way to impress your sweetheart this Valentine's Day. And if it's small batch, artisanal, single origin, ethically and sustainably sourced, heirloom, bean-to-bar and locally made it makes it even better. Dennis Castronovo founder of Castronovo Chocolate Factory in Stuart, Florida, makes this style of chocolate. Her international award winning chocolate comes in bars (dark, milk and white), bonbons, pralines, one-pound blocks (for chefs), and even as sipping chocolate.
Dennis sources rare heirloom cacao from plantations in Central and South America, and then sorts, winnows, and mills the beans into a delicious chocolate mixture, which allows the full flavors of the beans to shine through in the bars. This has resulted in her chocolate bars winning gold, silver and bronze metals at the Academy of Chocolate in London, and International Chocolate Awards Worlds Finals, here in the United States.
Last year she even won a Golden Bean Award from the Academy of Chocolate, for her Sierra Nevada Dark Milk 63 percent chocolate bar. She also makes White Chocolate infused with lemon oil and lemon salt. Most of her ingredients are organic too.
You don't have to travel to Stuart, Florida to buy her chocolate, although it would be worth it for the aromas and the prices are lower, because you can buy all her delicious creations online at www.castronovochocolate.com
If you do go in person
her address is: Castronovo Chocolate Factory, 555 Colorado Avenue, suite 103, Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: 772-521-1699
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| Bean-To Bar artisanal chocolates at Castronovo Chocolate Factory, Stuart, Fla. Copyright 2020 by Helen A Lockey |
Dennis sources rare heirloom cacao from plantations in Central and South America, and then sorts, winnows, and mills the beans into a delicious chocolate mixture, which allows the full flavors of the beans to shine through in the bars. This has resulted in her chocolate bars winning gold, silver and bronze metals at the Academy of Chocolate in London, and International Chocolate Awards Worlds Finals, here in the United States.
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| The Golden Bean awarded to Castronovo Chocolate, Stuart, Fla. Copyright 2020 by Helen A Lockey |
Last year she even won a Golden Bean Award from the Academy of Chocolate, for her Sierra Nevada Dark Milk 63 percent chocolate bar. She also makes White Chocolate infused with lemon oil and lemon salt. Most of her ingredients are organic too.
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| Bean-to-Bar award winning Castronovo Chocolate in Stuart, Fla. Copyright 2020 by Helen A Lockey |
You don't have to travel to Stuart, Florida to buy her chocolate, although it would be worth it for the aromas and the prices are lower, because you can buy all her delicious creations online at www.castronovochocolate.com
If you do go in person
her address is: Castronovo Chocolate Factory, 555 Colorado Avenue, suite 103, Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: 772-521-1699
