Pairing Cheese and Chocolate
Pairing Cheese and Chocolate
Delicious flavors come together in surprising new ways with these unique chocolate and cheese pairings! Edina Cheesemonger Kelsey Pass has expertly matched our rich, velvety Signature chocolate bars with smooth, salty cheeses to create a delightful balance of flavors. Whether you're sharing with someone special or treating yourself, you'll enjoy discovering how different cheeses and chocolates complement each other. Find these cheeses in the Specialty Cheese Department and our chocolate bars in the Specialty Chocolate Section. Selection and availability of products vary by market.
Kowalski's Toffee Pretzel Milk Chocolate
+ Castello Aged Havarti
This cheese and chocolate bar combo does amazing things for each other. The salty snacks bring out more savory notes in the cheese, which surprised me. The toffee pretzel and milk chocolate are perfectly balanced in this pairing. The whole thing together is almost like a cheese board all in one bite!
Kowalski's Raspberry Filled Dark Chocolate
+ Point Reyes Original Blue Cheese
The most obvious of all the pairings. This American blue cheese offers just enough funk to handle the bold chocolate flavor and tartness of the raspberry. This would go extremely well with a glass of port.
Kowalski's Dark Chocolate with Espresso & Cocoa Nibs
+ Marin Petite Breakfast Brie
My personal favorite! This Brie is so unconventional. It does not have a traditional mold rind, and the flavor profile is like a tangy yogurt. It is creamy without being oozy. The tangy yogurt matches perfectly with the espresso, and those of you who bake know that chocolate's flavor is always enhanced by coffee. This one is cool.
Kowalski's Milk Chocolate
+ Dueto
This milk chocolate is amazing! It's rich with a cocoa finish and reminds me a little of the chocolate sauces you would get with churros in Spain. I paired it with Dueto, which is a mixed sheep and cow's milk cheese. Reminiscent of a Manchego, Dueto has a slightly tangy gaminess from the sheep's milk, which is rounded out by the cow's milk. The milk chocolate and Dueto together bring out the best flavors in each other.
Kowalski's Peanut Butter Filled Milk Chocolate
+ Deer Creek's Vat 17 World Cheddar
This Cheddar has an acidic bite and balances perfectly with the sweet and nutty nature of the milk chocolate and peanut butter. Highly addictive!
Kowalski's Caramel Filled Dark Chocolate
+ Hook's Five-Year Aged Cheddar
Everything about this is a winner! The savory Cheddar's bitter finish marries well with the bitterness of the dark chocolate. The caramel offers a beautiful relief from the intensity. Bold flavors in this one.
Kowalski's Sea Salt Dark Chocolate
+ Deer Creek's The Night Walker Cheddar
This sea salt bar LOVES bourbon, so pairing it with this bourbon-washed cheese makes for a real treat! All the sweet vanilla notes of the bourbon in this union are amplified by the salt and bitterness of the chocolate. Add the richness and complexity of the Cheddar base, and everything sings.
Kowalski's 72% Dark Chocolate
+ The Drunken Goat
This 72% dark bar is incredibly earthy. The wine-soaked goat cheese has a slight grassy gaminess and great red wine flavor. When you put them together, it turns into the most intense raisin flavor. The whole pairing is fascinating and makes you think!
Kowalski's Caramel Filled Milk Chocolate
+ Sartori Cherrywood Smoked Cheddar
The light smoke and crystalline texture of this cheese counters the smoothness of the chocolate and the sweetness of the caramel.
Selection and availability of products vary by market.
