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Caramelised white craft chocolate: Putting Caramac to shame!
In 2023, Nestlé announced that it would be discontinuing their Caramac bars in the UK. But this caramel-flavoured white chocolate confectionery is a far cry away from the amazing creations of craft chocolate makers. Here's our list of extraordinary white chocolate, with rich caramelisations to tickle the sweet tooth of chocolate lovers. And you won't find palm oil and flavourings in the ingredient lists of any of these! Caramac fans will never look back after trying a bar from this list!
Print / PDFIn 2023, Nestlé announced that it would be discontinuing their Caramac bars in the UK. But this caramel-flavoured white chocolate confectionery is a far cry away from the amazing creations of craft chocolate makers. Here's our list of extraordinary white chocolate, with rich caramelisations to tickle the sweet tooth of chocolate lovers. And you won't find palm oil and flavourings in the ingredient lists of any of these! Caramac fans will never look back after trying a bar from this list!
Print / PDFDormouse - Madagascar toasted white, Madagascar 38%
One of the most exceptional examples of “toasted white” chocolate, this bar from Manchester-based Dormouse is a beloved, much-sought-after creation. It has a soft and fudgy texture. There’s caramelly sweetness of course, but touches muscovado and malt.
Chocolarder - Caramelised blonde, Ghana 40%
This is a serious take on caramelised white chocolate. Chocolarder’s ‘blonde’ bar has impactful flavours of biscuit, shortbread and caramel, sweetened further by the ethical sourcing of the cocoa butter from a cooperative in Ghana which is challenging the status-quo in the region.
Latitude - Semuliki, Uganda, white 42%
Once described as “posh Caramac” by an attendee at one of our virtual tastings, this bar, made in Uganda, with Ugandan cocoa, is a proper upgrade from Nestlé’s mass-produced concoction. The rich cocoa butter on offer in this bar from Latitude is one to savour.
Sirene - Caramelised white
The technical precision employed by Sirene Chocolate in Canada is certainly evident in this bar. Starting with ‘just’ a ‘normal’ white chocolate, they elevate the richness of flavours by roasting the finished bars to exactly the specifications to optimally caramelise the sugars. The result is a bar which evokes dulce-de-leche.
Fruition - Toasted white 38%
If you’re pursuing some familiar flavour notes, then vanilla might be welcome ingredient. Fruition here have crafted a white chocolate, warm in colour and flavour from toasting, with a dash of vanilla and pinch of salt to bring it to extraordinary heights of flavour.
