The Golden Truffle award is a cross-category recognition, awarded to the top craft chocolate truffle, bonbon, pavé au chocolat, praline, or similar confection, across any submitted category, and is one of the most prestigious awards in the world of craft chocolate. Each winner of the Golden Truffle Award is noted for extraordinary excellence across all judgment categories and represents the best filled chocolate in the world.
2022 Winners: Guido Castagna- Giuinott
Our most heavily weighted metric. Each truffle, bonbon, or other chocolate candy is evaluated on fullness of flavor and how harmoniously the shell and filling flavors compliment each other.
Each truffle is evaluated on texture, tempering, and molding, with marks against any uneven tempering or molding, air gaps between the shell and filling, or broken emulsions.
Each entry is judged on the balance of its components and use of fresh, high quality ingredients.
Each entry is evaluated on both its packaged and unpackaged appearance to determine if the bar compels tasting.
