Khrustalva chocolates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Chocolate shop

Khrustalva chocolates

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Pascoe Vale 3044 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://khrustalevachocolates.com

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24.01.2022 Do you want to know how chocolates are made? It’s a fun and creative process! I don’t know what I like more: making chocolates or eating them ... #khrustalëva

21.01.2022 Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy this festive season with your loved ones! #khrustalëva

18.01.2022 Christmas chocolate boxes are now available for orders. Each chocolate is hand painted and filled with a nice combination of creamy ganache and crunchy nuts. Almond, hazelnut, pistachio, macadamia, cashew and walnut - could it have any more nuts? It’s only $19 for a box of handcrafted chocolates. ... #christmasgifts #chocolatecake #melbournegiftstore #xmasgiftideas #chocoholic @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

18.01.2022 Gold chocolate bomboniere - filled with salted caramel chocolate ganache and hazelnut praline #melbourne #weddingfavours #wedding cake #weddingplanning #bridetobe #lebaneseweddings #fluidart #chocolatejewels #foodie #foodart #weddingidea #engaged #weddingdecor #hamperbox #khrustalëva

16.01.2022 How I almost ruined my wedding cake. A few weeks ago I stated telling you about how I got into baking and decided to make our wedding cake. To read other posts use #khrustalevastory ... I ended my last post asking for your suggestions on what could have gone wrong with our wedding cake. There were a few good ones like the mousse didn’t set but it wasn’t the case. The problem was with the glaze! Since we were getting married in Lorne (150 km away from Melbourne) I had to make all the parts of the cake in advance and take the frozen cake with us, thinking that I can finish it at the house that we rented for the weekend. I packed all the equipment, ingredients and frozen cake and went to Lorne a day before the wedding. My plan was to finish the cake in the evening: glaze it then decorate and let it defrost over night. And yeah, I forgot to mention that I’ve never made a mirror glaze before but I watched a lot videos of people glazing the cakes and I thought how hard can it be? It turned out to be not that simple. I started with melting the chocolate on a bain-marie and when it reached the right consistency I started draining the hot water and something went really wrong.. I dropped the chocolate into hot water. In case you don’t know - water and chocolate don’t go well together.. So... the wedding is next day, the shops are closed and I don’t have anymore chocolate. The cake won’t look nice without the glaze.. It seems like my wedding cake is ruined.. What a nightmare! Since I had no choice I had to work with my watered down chocolate. The glaze was very thick but I managed to cover the cake with it. Our cake still turned out beautiful and delicious and everyone enjoyed it. It was exactly 4 years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. We are celebrating our anniversary today

14.01.2022 Valentine’s Day is in 3 weeks and this year I prepared something special: a box full of chocolate and surprises. Inside you will find: 4 cocoa bombs (drop them in a cup with hot milk and enjoy hot cocoa with chocolate and marshmallows) 2 breakable love hearts. First, you need to smash the big love heart with the mallet and under that, you will see another breakable heart and ..... 8 chocolate bonbons filled with salted caramel and crisps If you want to order a box you can do it via my website (link in bio) or DM #breakableheart #valentinesday #melbournegifts #khrustalëva #handmadeinaustralia #handmadechocolate

14.01.2022 Christmas is almost here.. It’s time to start buying gifts! This year I created new festive flavours:... cinnamon + gingerbread rosemary and apple caramel + crisps orange and balsamic caramel + crisps strawberry and balsamic + wafers coffee + caramelized cocoa nibs coconut raspberry + yogurt Chocolates are available in boxes of 2, 4 and 9 pieces. They make a perfect gift for teachers, neighbours, friends and family. Everybody loves chocolate, right? For orders please go to my website: www.khrustalevachocolates.com or send me a message. Shipping Australia wide #christmasgifts #melbournechristmas #xmas2020 #melbournegifts

13.01.2022 Last week I started telling you about myself and how I got into dessert making. It’s going to a series of posts and you can find the rest of them using this tag #khrustalevastory In my previous post I was telling you how one Christmas gift has changed my life. @luksetamso guessed it, it’s was a stand mixer, the kitchen appliance that I dreamt of. Looking at it everyday motivated me to cook more and since I have a massive sweet tooth I started baking a lot. Every weekend I’...d make a cake or a dessert using recipes from my favourite food blog of all time @niksya I was learning together with Nina, following her journey from simple homemade desserts to sophisticated recipes created by the world known chefs (including Nina) (Swipe right in the gallery to see some of my early desserts) After 1 month of practice I had enough confidence to make my wedding cake And not just a simple sponge and frosting cake - I set my mind on a mousse cake. Very ambitious.. And of course it didn’t go as planned What do you think went wrong?

10.01.2022 Personalised chocolate cards have just been added to my website They make such a beautiful and unique gift. Made with delicious Belgian chocolate and dried berries. ... Anything can be written on the card: from birthday wishes to motivational quotes. You can either choose an available message or write your own. Today I’m celebrating International Women’s Day and my first collection is dedicated to all the business girls out there. Do you have any female role models who inspire you? #iwd2021

07.01.2022 I am back after a long break and I have some great news! I partnered with @dancingwithher - a wedding magazine and a directory, one of its kind, that celebrates women in love. I’m joining this celebration with these special chocolates I made to mark our partnership and support the LGBTQ+ community. ... #dancingwithher #dancingwiththem #weddingfavours #weddingcake #pride

05.01.2022 How to survive Valentine’s Day during a snap lockdown? Pre-lockdown diary: Thursday 4.30 pm: I dropped off chocolate boxes that’s I’ve been working on for the last 2 weeks at Kylie’s @thedessertplateaus for her Valentine’s pop-up store at @melbourne.artisan.collective ... Friday 11 am: I started making a cake for a client, I baked chocolate sponge and made caramel Friday 12.20: the sponge is out of the oven, caramel is cooling down. I have a spare minute and I messaged Kylie asking her to send me photos from the pop-up so I can post them Friday 12.38: Kylie says that there might be a snap lockdown starting from tonight. I don’t really believe it. Friday 13.16 my husband texts me Stage 4 lockdown from 11:59 pm tonight I did not see that coming at all! Now I have to decide what to do with the cake and the chocolates.. I was lucky enough to rearrange a few things quickly. I made a smaller cake for my client and he picked it up before the lockdown on Friday. Some chocolates were sold at the pop-up store and I was going to sell the rest of them online. I also had some cake ingredients left so I made a cake for my husband. (The cake on the photo) At the end of the day I didn’t loose much. But I feel so terrible for other business that were affected by this snap lockdown. All those restaurants that were preparing for the most romantic holiday would have lost a lot of money! Or the florists, or other gift shops.. this whole situation really upsets me I hope that you were able to #supportsmallbusiness and #supportlocal and at least ordered your dinner and bought some flowers. Love to all of you

03.01.2022 A story about a self-taught chocolatier. One of the most popular questions I receive is how and where I learnt to make chocolate. It’s simple - I’m self-taught. It all started with following lots of famous pastry chefs on Instagram and watching their photos and videos of chocolate making process. After watching a number of them I got inspired and thought that I can do it. how hard could it be - you know how confident I am in the kitchen ... Surprisingly, it wasn’t that hard. But I had to read a lot of tutorials because chocolate is a very sensitive product. There are a lot of conditions that you have to follow: from room temperature and chocolate temperature to certain tools and equipment that you need to use. In spite of all these conditions I fell in love with chocolate and the process. 3,5 years later I’m still creating new flavours, experiment with new designs and most definitely enjoy it and proudly call myself a chocolatier.

02.01.2022 Easter is next week! If you haven’t bought any chocolate eggs yet I have a very good offer for you. Cute chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs in a box These beautiful boxes come in 2 flavours: ... milk chocolate and caramel raspberry and black currant chocolate If can’t choose which one you want, just get both! And if you order 4 boxes or more I have a special discount for you - use this promo code at the checkout EASTER2021 Link to the website is in bio

01.01.2022 Looking for a last-minute Valentine’s Day gift in Melbourne? We have something for you! Order a beautiful box of handcrafted chocolates for your loved one.... Each box contains: 1 big block or ruby chocolate 2 mini-blocks of strawberry chocolate 2 mini-blocks of raspberry chocolate These delicious chocolates are decorated with freeze-dried berries and crisps to add more flavour.