Crafted in collaboration with master confectioner — and former Certified Sommelier — Michael Benner of Oakland’s Michael’s Chocolates, our Spirit & Craft Collection celebrates the pairing of locally made, small-batch, barrel-aged spirits and dark chocolate, with four distinctive bonbon flavors.

While working in fine-dining restaurants, Michael's passion lay in harmonizing foods with his favorite wines, layering intriguing flavors and textures in each bite — a talent that has carried over to his award-winning confections. On his approach to pairing classic spirits with our dynamic chocolate, Michael shares that he relishes balance: “When the flavor is so amazingly silky-smooth, I don’t want texture to distract from the silkiness; while with other components, I want to highlight some texture. Like the Bourbon Caramel Pecan Bonbon — it’s all those things I just love: toasty pecans, toasty (aroma) after the caramel, and a salt finish. It’s sweet, smoky, and buttery … like a roller coaster.”

The carefully selected small-batch craft liquors featured in this collection are combined with locally sourced ingredients, and showcased in flavorful caramels, crunchy pralines, bright fruit, and smooth ganaches. Each complex pairing is anchored by the bold, deeply chocolatey flavor notes of our 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate.

This spirits flight includes four confection varieties:

3 Bourbon Caramel Pecan Bonbons
3 Rye Whiskey Truffles
3 Hazelnut Espresso Pralines with Rum
3 Framboise Bonbons

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Ingredients & Allergens

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\nIngredients: Dandelion 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador, organic cane sugar), organic butter, blonde chocolate (cocoa butter, sugar, whole-milk powder, dried skim milk, whey, butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), organic cane sugar, organic cream, pecans, raspberry purée, Lost Republic bourbon, Old Potrero single-malt rye whiskey, Wright & Brown rum, St. George Spirits framboise, hazelnut praline (hazelnuts, milk chocolate [cocoa butter, sugar, whole-milk powder, sunflower lecithin, vanilla], butter, espresso beans, cocoa butter, glucose, dextrose, vanilla bean, sea salt), FD&C and Lake colors: Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, and titanium dioxide, mica

Contains: milk, tree nuts (pecans and hazelnuts) and less than 5% alcohol

Made in a facility that processes dairy, tree nuts (pecans, almonds, coconuts), soy, eggs, wheat, and peanuts.\n

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Weight

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4 oz (113 g)

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Learn More

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\nLearn more about our cocoa beans and sugar — the region, the farms, and the producers.

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