The Learning Center’s (TLC) TLC Gift Shop is offering their choco crowns this Christmas. It is a special gift you can give to loved ones this holiday season. This school for special kids has a special significance for me because it has been helping special kids since 1975. Located in Merville Parañaque, it is not only a school for people with special needs but it is also a livelihood center for adults with special needs as well, one that teaches vocational skills like making beadwork and baking. This TLC Gift Shoppe where the choco crowns are being sold is supported by a special grant given by the Australian embassy.
Being a mother of a child with
autism, I am grateful for schools like TLC. They help us cope with the
challenges of having a child with special needs. And though my son is not
attending school there, only attended therapies, I wholeheartedly support their
projects and their generous gestures of giving time and talent to children like
mine.
So it is with great anticipation that
I tried TLC’s choco crowns. Milk and white chocolates embedded with flavored
polvoron on top which comes in different flavors, strawberry, lemon and orange.
It was my first time to
try chocolates with embedded polvoron on top. And it was good and unique. The sweetness of the chocolate and the fruity
flavors of the polvoron went well together. I was also amazed that it wasn't’t
messy eating it, the case usually when eating polvoron. But here, the polvoron
powder was compact enough because even if you bite into it, it didn't scatter
around. So I admire the complexity of how it was made, I assume they let the chocolate
set in a mold first then put the polvoron powder on top then cooled it in the
ref. They must have set a specific amount of time to cool it so it would set
well inside the chocolate. Bravo to the teachers and the students preparing
this J
My favorite among the three
flavors is the strawberry topped choco crown. I like the coalescing flavors of
sweetness and tartness with the flavor of the dark chocolate. There is something about a strawberry and
choco combo that’s quite appealing to your tastebuds.
I also like the lemon topped choco crown with
white chocolate. Even if it is lemon-flavored, it’s not too sour and the
creaminess of the white chocolate complements it.
Meanwhile, the orange-flavored choco
crown has this tangerine flavor, another fruity combination with chocolate that
leaves a refreshing taste in your mouth, quite different and tasty too.
This chocolate and polvoron treat is
something you don’t see in malls or other places. I’m glad I was able to try
it. And I wouldn’t be surprised that this product is as good as the chocolate
offering they had last year, their choco nibbles which I miss.
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| from TLC's Facebook page last year |
Their choco nibbles, their chocolate offering last year came
in two different flavors, nuggets of milk chocolate with
bits of fruit and nuts inside and small chunks of white chocolate with bits of
cookies inside like a small chunk of a cookies and cream bar. It wasn't too sweet and had the right
amount of choco creaminess as well as texture with its bits of fruit and cookies. I admit it has become one of my favorite best chocolates. In fact, I like it better that
many chocolates sold in malls. I almost finished one tin can in one sitting. Maybe
next year though if it's available then I could order some. J I just had to write that TLC sure know how to make
their chocolates.
One thing about these
chocolate products of TLC's Gift Shop is that these are not always available all year round especially in big batches since these
are specially prepared by students with special needs assisted by their teachers. Its preparation is usually done in a certain schedule with a specific order in
mind because the teachers want the products prepared at their student’s pace and orders are
cooked and packed by the students themselves not teachers doing it for them. But they accept orders especially
during the holiday season or special orders for certain occasions.
To end, maybe it’s the special hands that
make them or the special chocolate recipe they have but TLC’s choco crowns like
their choco nibbles is a gift everyone can appreciate, chocoholics or not. Chocolates that are only engaging to eat but inspiring too. It indeed is a special gift made
my special people.
For more information about The Learning Center (TLC), The TLC Gift Shop and its TLC its goodies like their choco crowns, you can check out TLC's Facebook
page here https://www.facebook.com/tlcinc75
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