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FLAVOR QUEST
Midwest Living
|Fall 2025
UPGRADE YOUR NEXT SPREAD WITH ONE OF THESE MIDWEST-SOURCED NIBBLES THAT BRING THE HEAT, THE SWEET, AND THE SAVORY YOU'LL WANT TO REPEAT.
1 CHOCOLATE
Minnesotan Monica Jimenez creates her inventive Hacienda San José and Inkakaw bars using cacao from her family's fifth-generation Ecuadorian farm and a Kichwa growers' collective in the Amazon. Try combos like rosemary and tart cherry. From $6. chocolatesanjose-minneapolis.com
2 TRUFFLE HONEY
There are 8 grams of shaved fungi in every jar of organic honey from Detroit's Old World Truffles. Dab this earthy liquid gold—available in original or hot—on a bit of Brie and prepare for umami heaven. From $22. oldworldtruffles.com
3 PISTACHIOS
This story is from the Fall 2025 edition of Midwest Living.
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