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Tea & Truffles Collection

a three-course tea & chocolate pairing experience

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pre-order for MOTHER’S DAY This item is baked fresh and shipped on April 30th, for Mother’s Day. Please pre-order by April 28th, 2025.

Please Note: Any additional items in this order will be held and shipped at the same time as the Tea & Truffles.

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This product is available by pre-order only and will begin shipping on April 30th. All items in your cart will ship together with this item.

Indulge in an elegant, three-course afternoon-tea tasting experience, inspired by formal English tea services — and created specially for sharing on Mother’s Day. With guidance from Bay Area tea expert Jody Beavers of Tap Twice Tea, Nicholas and our Confections team selected one specialty tea to complement each exquisite, hand-crafted confectionery course, for a symphony of flavors in every bite and sip.

included in this assortment

Course 1
4 Chocolate-Dipped Fig Truffles
Tea: Eastern Beauty (Champagne) Oolong

Course 2
5 Strawberries & Cream Truffles
5 Banoffee Pie Truffles
5 Treacle Tart Truffles
Tea: 2018 Aged Shou Mei “Dragon Pearls”

Course 3 
Single-Origin Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
6 Chocolate Sablés (by Maison Nico)
Tea: Rosemint Cacao Herbal Tea

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Chocolate-Dipped Fig Truffles:
Dried black Mission figs (figs, potassium sorbate), 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador, organic cane sugar), heavy cream, cocoa butter, sugar, glucose, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, salt, star anise, cloves, edible 24k gold

Contains: milk 

Eastern Beauty (Champagne) Oolong:
Bug-bitten oolong tea leaves from Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Afternoon Truffles:
70% chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, organic cream, organic butter, fraises de bois, invert sugar, hazelnuts, bananas, 100% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador), rum, breadcrumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), gelatin, fleur de sel, yellow pectin, citric acid

Contains: tree nuts (hazelnuts), wheat, milk; less than 5% alcohol

2018 Aged Shou Mei Dragon Pearls:
Aged white tea leaves from Fuding, China

Single-Origin Chocolate Hazelnut Spread:
70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador, organic cane sugar), hazelnuts, organic cane sugar, hazelnut oil

Contains: tree nuts (hazelnuts)

Chocolate Sablés:
Butter, sugar, organic eggs, organic flour, 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador, organic cane sugar), baking soda, fleur de sel

Contains: milk, eggs, wheat

Rosemint Cacao Herbal Tea:
Peppermint leaves, rose petals, damiana leaves, 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Camino Verde, Ecuador, organic cane sugar)

WEIGHT
20.4 oz (577 g)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Storage instructions:

Please store the Collection in a cool, dry place. Enjoy Sablés within two weeks of receipt; Afternoon Truffles within six weeks; Fig Truffles within several months; and teas within one year (stored in an airtight container).

Dandelion Chocolate Tea & Truffles Collection
Tea & Truffles Collection

FIRST COURSE

Chocolate-Dipped Fig Truffles

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Eastern Beauty (Champagne) Oolong

Chocolate-Covered Figs

Four black Mission figs, hand-filled with spiced ganache, then enrobed in our 70% Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate, and finished with a touch of gold leaf.

Second COURSE

AFTERNOON TRUFFLES

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2018 Aged Shou Mei Dragon Pearls

Truffles

Fifteen house-made Truffles, featuring three decadent fillings: Banoffee Pie (banana caramel with a hint of rum, atop roasted-hazelnut praliné); Treacle Tart (buttery treacle caramel enhanced with California lemon and toasted breadcrumbs); and Strawberries & Cream (fraises de bois jam on strawberry vanilla-bean marshmallow).

Third COURSE

SHORTBREAD & CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT SPREAD

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Rosemint Cacao Herbal Tea

Shortbread

Silky-smooth spread house-crafted with roasted Freddy Guys hazelnuts and fudgy Camino Verde, Ecuador chocolate; paired with tender, buttery Chocolate Sablés speckled with Costa Esmeraldas chocolate and French sea salt — baked by Maison Nico, the French-inspired San Francisco épicerie and café from Chef Nicolas Delaroque and his wife, Andrea Delaroque.

The confections team

From left: Dillon, Nick, Ajani, Shelby, Martha, and Madison

HAND-CRAFTED BY OUR CONFECTIONS TEAM

Head Chocolatier Nicholas Bonamico leads Dandelion’s Confections program; his small team produces our Single-Origin Collections, Single-Origin Chocolate Nut Spreads, and seasonal confections by hand. Nicholas takes inspiration from the abundance of locally grown California produce to create elegant confections that tell a story. His ultimate mission is to honor and showcase the farmers and producers behind each ingredient, through origin-focused, indulgent "mementos" to savor.