About
Coco-luxe Confections
Whimsical Chocolates Inspired by Retro American Desserts and Flavors (San Francisco, CA) – Coco-luxe Confections is a new confection company that creates deliciously playful chocolates inspired by classic dessert flavors. Chocolatier Stephanie Marcon combines artisan dark, milk and white chocolate with natural ingredients for chocolates that satisfy the demanding palate of the premium chocolate lover.
Genesis
Stephanie, the middle child in an Italian-American household, is an avowed foodie and lifelong sweet tooth. She and her siblings grew up helping their mom and grandmother with the daily cooking and celebration meals. They were encouraged to experiment and she recalls making desserts with her Easy Bake oven and creating Easter and Christmas candies and Christmas cookies. After and MBA and ten years in corporate America, she decided to embrace her passion for fine chocolate as a career. She enrolled in and graduated from the pastry program at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone and worked in the kitchen of renowned chocolatier Michael Recchiuti before launching Coco-luxe Confections in January 2006. “I saw and tasted dozens of super premium chocolates but not many that celebrate classic American flavors,” says Stephanie. “I decided to make high quality chocolate in retro American flavors that are whimsical, fun and delicious – better than what you remember having as a child. I think of it as comfort food in a high end form.”
The Chocolates
The creation of each new Coco-luxe flavor starts in her kitchen where Stephanie experiments with ingredients and develops recipes. She insists on using the best including local cream, whole vanilla beans, and natural peanut butter. Her sense of fun and insistence on quality comes across in her chocolates. Coco-luxe flavors include After Dinner Mint, dark chocolate ganache swirled with mint; German Chocolate, milk chocolate coconut ganache seasoned with toasted pecans and coconut; Angel Food, white chocolate coats a square of vanilla bean white chocolate ganache; and Banana Split, milk chocolate surrounds milk chocolate-banana ganache studded with bits of dried cherries.
