Halloween Chocolate Gifts / Barcelona Skull

Barcelona Skull, 41% cacao: Hickory smoked almonds + grey sea salt + deep milk chocolate

Consume within 6 months

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In Mexico, Día de los Muertos is a festive holiday devoted to honoring and welcoming back the souls of deceased loved ones. Mexican families construct altars in their homes and adorn them with a vibrant array of glowing votive candles, photos, favorite foods, beer, chocolate, grasshoppers, sugar skull heads and toys (ofrendas). Try our version of the sugar skull, or calaverita, a popular treat purchased and exchanged between families during Día de los Muertos.

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For the best new pastry shop in Barcelona try Cacao Sampaka with a brown and beige Japanese-inspired interior and such outré creations as anchovy- or Parmesan-flavored bonbons, Barcelona's newest temple to chocolate is co-owned by Albert Adrià, the brainy pastry chef at El Bulli and brother of chef Ferran Adrià. Sit down for a cup of flavored hot chocolate (perhaps passion fruit) and a chocolate-smeared toast, or pick up a sleek box of exotic confections flavored with herbs, spices or fruit (292 Carrer Consell de Cent; 011-34-93-272-0833).

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