Check Yes or No: Spicy Chocolate

We talked a lot about chocolate a couple weeks ago - we even had an interview with a master chocolate maker and video instructions for grinding your own chocolate! One of our favorite chocolate treats is a Chocolate Chili Bite from Clotilde's weblog. Chocolate has its roots in Central America, where it was often drunk with many hot chilies and other spices like cinnamon.

We're curious - do you like spicy chocolate, like the Vosges Chocolate Flaming Heart above? If so, tell us how hot you like it, and if you like cinnamon, cloves, and other spicy goodness along with your chilies and chocolate.

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One of my favorite ice creams ever - chocolate & chili gelato from La Casa Gelato in Vancouver, BC.

posted by Kathryn Hill on February 13th 2008 at 11:20am
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Two of my favourite chocolates back home, from Miss Chocolat:

* AzteÌque

posted by mschatelaine on February 13th 2008 at 11:29am
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mm, THE BEST chocolate i've ever had my cousin brought back from milan.

it's chocolate with pepperoncino. holy crap it's delish.

posted by kdkaboom on February 13th 2008 at 1:07pm
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There are these brilliant truffles at our local chocolate shop (The Chocolate Fetish) called "Ancient Pleasures"--they have cayenne mixed in the ganache center and dusted (along with cocoa powder) on the outside, so you get a hit of heat from the first taste, then it gets drowned in rich chocolate, THEN you get this slow, wonderfully warm after-taste rolling across your tongue from the ganache. Magnificent.

posted by the joyery! on February 13th 2008 at 1:58pm
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I love spicy chocolate, especially hot chocolate.
The Dagoba Xocolatl (sp??) is fantastic. We like the Vosges red fire bars around here as well.

posted by laura c on February 13th 2008 at 4:21pm
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I made Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes just last week! They were beyond awesome!

posted by gretchenkjer on February 13th 2008 at 4:52pm
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YES! Yes, spicy, yes, cinnamon, cloves, and "other spicy goodness," yes yes yes!

posted by cmcinnyc on February 14th 2008 at 6:21am
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Chocolate with Piment d Espilette from Bayonne.

posted by art on February 14th 2008 at 7:34am
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I would be remiss if I didn't mention my friend's excellent artisan chocolate company, Eclipse Chocolat, which specializes in exotic spice combinations in chocolate.

posted by benfest on February 14th 2008 at 10:31am
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Being Mexican, I grew up with my fair share of Tijuana supplied Mexican candy. I have always said that Mexicans have ruined perfectly good chocolate with the addition of cinnamon. I have not tasted any kind of gourmet spice infused chocolate, but these years of candy abuse will probably never let me try a fancy spicy chocolate.

posted by chusmabilly on February 14th 2008 at 7:39pm
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