Get your taste buds ready for Beirut's new chocolate
ALBAWABA – After the viral success of Dubai chocolate, get your taste buds ready for Beirut's new chocolate. This innovative Middle Eastern treat is now competing with Dubai's chocolate.
Beirut Chocolate Bar
Beirut Chocolate Bar is the new trend! The new innovative middle-eastern chocolate bar is competing with Dubai viral chocolate bar.
Beirut Chocolate Bar was designed and created by Philip Khoury, an Australian pastry chef who specializes in plant-based desserts. The bar is made of Esmeraldas almond milk, orange blossom caramel, and layered with cashew cream baklava.
'I designed this chocolate bar with a vintage Lebanese postage stamp and even included a London postmark—like a sweet connection between past and present, home and away. I created my own version, infused with flavors that feel deeply personal: orange blossom caramel, twice-baked baklawa, cashew crème, and the incredible Esmeraldas 50% almond milk chocolate,' Khoury posted on Instagram platform.
Notably, the new Beirut Chocolate Bar is 100% plant based and is widely competing now with the famous viral Dubai Chocolate.
The creator, Philip Khoury, is an award-winning chef and the former Head of Pastry at Harrod's in London. He is the author of A New Way to Bake, an award-winning book on plant-based baking.
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