Éclat Chocolate is an artisanal chocolate company founded in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 2005 by Christopher Curtin. They are acknowledged most for their liquid caramels,[1] Peruvian Pure Nacional Truffles[2] and the "Good & Evil" collaboration bar with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert.[3]

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The company is most widely known for the "Good & Evil" Bar with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert launched in 2012 after their trip to Peru with Bourdain on CNN’s “Parts Unknown.”[4][5][6]

Éclat Chocolate currently offers five different flavors of their liquid caramels truffles: Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt, Ginger, Pear, and Calvados.[7][8][9]

In addition to the more classic flavors, Éclat Chocolate offers more flavor combinations such as Green Tea & Roasted Rice and Porcini & Thyme in their newest product line, the Parallel Bars.[10] The Parallel bars have been featured in the New York Times[10] and Bon Appetit[11] for their unique use of dual flavors and chocolates that run parallel to each other within the bar, hence the name.

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  1. ^ "Chocolate Caramels Worthy of Your Sweetheart". The New York Times. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Valentines Gifts That Aren't Chocolate—They're Better - Bon Appétit". Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  3. ^ Forbes, Paula (2012-11-07). "Here's Bourdain and Ripert's Good & Evil Chocolate Bar". Eater. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  4. ^ Bourdain, Anthony, The wages of cacao, CNN, retrieved 2016-07-01
  5. ^ "Local chocolatier appears on CNN". Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  6. ^ "Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert discuss Good & Evil Chocolate Bar". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  7. ^ "11 Secrets to Easy Parties". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  8. ^ Clark, Melissa; Myint, Jacky; Shoe, Des. "Chocolate Caramels Worthy of Your Sweetheart". Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  9. ^ "World's Greatest Caramels Archives - Éclat Chocolate". Éclat Chocolate. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  10. ^ a b Fabricant, Florence (2015-11-02). "Bien Cuit Offers a Seasonal Danish". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  11. ^ "9 Mother's Day Gifts for Moms Who Already Have *All* the Pans - Bon Appétit". Retrieved 2016-07-01.