Our second stop on the chocolate trail was C.G. Higgins . This place was chosen as the official candy maker for the 400th anniversary of Sant Fe. As you enter the doorway, you are in a little foyer and can see into a small kitchen where it look like most of the sugar and popcorn work is done and we actually saw a worker there making kettle or caramel corn. There is a couple of really cool pieces of artwork on the wall and a little space to hang your dogs leash before you enter the next room that houses the display cases filled with chocolate and other sweets.
As we entered the display/tasting area, we were greeted by two very friendly workers who were very nice and eager to tell us about all the confections that they produced at their establishment. They had some very interesting chocolate combinations and we were excited to try them all. We skipped the usual combos and went with some more inciting ones, like blue cheese, mango habanero, balsamic cherry, and Himalayan sea salt. We also tried their chocolate that they created for the anniversary of Santa Fe
All of these truffles were delicious, but my faces were the blue cheese and the anniversary truffle. The blue cheese really comes through and compliments the chocolate nicely. The tart bite of the cheese is smoothed out and at the same time enhanced by the velvety chocolate. The anniversary truffle was really a unique combo of flavors and actually tasted like a oatmeal cookie.
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