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The Chocolate Cartel, a chocoholic’s paradise on Juan Tabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cStrength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands —
\nand then eat just one of the pieces.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span>
\nJudith Viorst, American Author & Journalist<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Betcha can’t eat just one.”\u00a0 In the early 1960s, Lay’s Potato Chips made that slogan a household phrase, in the process increasing potato chip sales significantly and opening up new markets internationally.\u00a0 Today, North Americans consume approximately 1.2 billion pounds of potato chips every year, making it the most consumed snack food in the entire continent.\u00a0 There is no physiological basis, however, for Lay’s assertion that its salty snack favorite is so addictive it can’t be resisted.\u00a0 The same can’t be said of chocolate <\/span><\/p>\n

Chocolate most assuredly does have psychoactive properties.\u00a0 Similar to turkey, chocolate is replete with tryptophan, amino acids in the human diet which assist in the production of serotonin, our mood-modulating neurotransmitter. It is also imbued with phenyl-ethylamine, a substance which stimulates the same bodily reaction as falling in love. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A chocolate menagerie under glass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Female humorists have often extolled the superiority of chocolate over sex, even comprising a list of twenty reasons chocolate is better than sex. Perhaps in retort, Italian researchers (mostly men) “discovered” that women who eat chocolate regularly have a better sex life than those who abstain from chocolate goodness. Women who consume chocolate frequently were shown to have higher levels of desire, arousal and satisfaction from sex than women who deny themselves chocolate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Milton S. Hershey, John Cadbury, Frank C. Mars, Henri Nestle, Willy Wonka…all famous chocolatiers, all men.\u00a0 Hmm.\u00a0 Could it be they all got into the trade because they suspected chocolate could help them “get lucky?”\u00a0 They wouldn’t be the first.\u00a0 Mexico’s despotic emperor Montezuma drank as many as fifty goblets of chocolate (flavored with chili peppers, vanilla, wild bee honey and aromatic flowers) because he believed chocolate had stamina-enhancing properties which came in handy when “entertaining” concubines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dark chocolate turtles: macadamia nuts, pecan, cashews and almonds<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most men, it seems, also believe in the ability of chocolate to help us advance in the game of seduction (either that or we lack the imagination to buy our significant others anything else) because we buy some 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate each year for Valentine’s Day.\u00a0 If the fact that tons of chocolate are left on shelves is any indication, maybe we’re not buying enough.\u00a0 Maybe the chocolate we’re buying–Brach’s, Nestle’s, Dove–isn’t having our desired effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2009, men and women throughout the Duke City have improved the quality of their chocolate purchases, ergo perhaps the quality of our trysts.\u00a0 That’s because Scott and Tim Van Rixel relocated their nationally acclaimed Xocoatl Chocolates from Taos, renaming it The Chocolate Cartel.\u00a0 In their 5,500 square-foot facility on Juan Tabo, which includes a retail shop, customers have discovered the difference truly great chocolates can make.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sea salt and caramel gelatto (left) and Mayan Spiced Chocolate Sorbet<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Truly great chocolate isn’t cheap like the stuff left on shelves the day after Valentine’s Day. <\/span>Assortments of chocolate truffles, available in quantities of four, six or twelve, start at eight dollars for a four piece box.\u00a0 No ordinary truffles are these: Ultra Dark, Espresso, Irish Cream, Honey & Pollen, Pomegranate, Smoked Chile, Raspberry & Rose, Almond Amaretto, Cinnamon, Blueberry Port and Blood Oranges.\u00a0 The flavor profiles are so absolutely amazing, your eyes might just tear up in sheer awe.\u00a0 The smoked chile, in particular, warrants a salute to Montezuma, especially when the deceptively piquant chile kicks in.\u00a0 New flavors are periodically introduced.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Chocolate Cartel obtains its beans, the criollo cacao, from a Venezuelan supplier renown for its organic farming.\u00a0 Criollo cacao beans produce the highest quality chocolate though its yields are low because of their susceptibility to diseases.\u00a0 In the hands of certified master chocolatier Scott Van Rixel, the very best in handcrafted chocolates are created from these most rare of cacao beans.\u00a0 Chocolate Cartel chocolates are both smooth and intensely flavored, rich and mellow, decadent and delicious beyond any chocolate you’ll find in Albuquerque.
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To say the Chocolate Cartel is a serious chocoholic’s paradise is an understatement.\u00a0 Its offerings include chocolate covered almonds, assorted turtles, Mayan hot chocolate, dark chocolate flourless cake and chocolate bars. As popular as the chocolates are, the Cartel has earned almost as much acclaim for its gelatto and sorbet products, both of which are without peer in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mayan-spiced chocolate sorbet<\/em> (cinnamon, red chile, almonds, cocoa powder) is smooth and creamy, devoid of the graininess found in inferior sorbet. \u00a0 Unlike ice cream, sorbet isn’t made from cream, milk or egg yolks, but there’s absolutely no skimping on the rich chocolate goodness of this one.\u00a0 It’s an adult chocolate kids of all ages can appreciate. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was first introduced to what may be the Van Rixel’s magnus opus at Nicky V’s Neighborhood Pizzeria<\/a> where the sea salt and caramel gelatto<\/em> (local milk, agave, no corn syrup, gluten-free) stands out as Albuquerque’s best gelatto by far.\u00a0 Made with a lower butterfat content than ice cream, but with many of the same ingredients, it is the essence of the best sea salt caramel candies in a frozen treat.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the Chocolate Cartel, you definitely can’t eat just one.\u00a0 This is the best chocolate in Albuquerque!
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Chocolate Cartel<\/strong>
\n315 Juan Tabo Blvd, N.E.
\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(505 797-1193
\nWeb Site<\/strong><\/a>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 4 June 2011
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 3
\nRATING<\/strong>: Excellent<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 High quality dining experience; very good to excellent food, attentive service, and a well-maintained atmosphere; worth a detour.
\nCOST<\/strong>: $ – $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Sea Salt and Caramel Gelatto, Mayan Spiced Chocolate Sorbet, Pecan Chocolate Turtle<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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