Serious Eats
Ruth Reichl's Ultimate Chocolate Ice Cream: Choctal
I signed myself up for Gourmet's weekly email newsletter last month and am now puzzled as to why I didn't before, as it's a great short read and I always look forward to seeing it in my inbox. In this week's installment, Ruth Reichl spilled the beans on what she calls the perfect chocolate ice cream... which turns out to be four different flavors from a small company named Choctal!
She says their ice creams, "like single-vineyard wines, or single-barrel Bourbons, are made from the chocolate of a single region. You find yourself tasting the Kalimantan, with its sneaky sweetness, and then going to the deep coffee back-notes of the Costa Rican, the round, tropical intensity of the Ghana, and the light spiciness of the San Dominican." $5.99 a pint at Whole Foods, if you'd like to try them for yourself.