Seth Ellis Chocolatier is a Boulder-based company that makes certified organic, nut-free, gluten-free confections. Before you raise a skeptical eyebrow at the laundry list of buzzwords, you should meet one of the brains behind Seth Ellis Chocolatier. And since you probably won’t, I met with Rick Levine for you. See how far I’ll go for my readers? Visiting a chocolate shop while on vacation – crazy stuff.
You won’t find any really wacky flavours from Seth Ellis. They make chocolates that they like to eat, and that their family and friends like to eat. That’s always good criteria to follow. In keeping with that, all their ingredients are certified organic (many of them custom-made for Seth Ellis). All of their chocolate and sugar is fairly traded.
So let’s start with the most pedestrian of chocolates. Their milk chocolate truffles look pretty shy. I mean, they’re shiny and pretty with a stripe of dark chocolate down them, but really?
Oh, really.
The milk chocolate doesn’t taste cloyingly sweet or leave a milky aftertaste on your tongue. And it’s nothing compared to the ganache inside: buttery, caramel notes on top of actual cocoa flavour that melts on your tongue like silk.
What a great way to start a box of chocolates, and this series of posts.
Seth Ellis chocolates are available at select locations in the Denver/Boulder area. You can also buy them online through It’s Only Natural Gifts.
[EDIT: Apparently, you can also get them at five Whole Foods stores in NYC. They'll be updating their website soon, apparently. Also, you can buy them online through Foodzie.]