Cordial Creations

I first saw Cordial Creations at the Austin Chocolate Festival this month and my interest was piqued. They were supposed to be offering samples of their Butter Rum and Dark Mocha cherries, but I guess they had some Grand Opening issues, so they were offering some of their Dark Mocha ganache instead. I tried some and it was really good. So, I took a business card and later that night I ordered some of their cherry cordials online.
I ordered the sample pack — a one dozen cordial mix of both the Butter Rum and Dark Mocha cherries. A few days later, I got a text telling me that my cherries would be delivered in the morning. They do have local delivery within Austin, and even though I am in Cedar Park, my cherries were hand delivered by none other than the same nice guy who was at the Austin Chocolate Festival — in the freezing morning cold. Well, kudos for that!
Anyways, on to the cordials. These are no ordinary cherry cordials, as the diagram on their website explains. These are maraschino cherries, wrapped in a thick layer of ganache that has either rum or kahlua, coated with Belgian chocolate. This is serious stuff, people. Not only that, but the Butter Rum cordials have been wonderfully half-​dipped in a golden finish that makes them really beautiful. Then they are wrapped in colorful foil and set upon two layers of paper liners inside their custom plastic casing. I was very delighted to see the detail put into every step of these cordials!
So how were they? Well, my husband and I shared a few with friends and ate the rest. They’re gone… and we really tried to make them last. Everyone truly enjoyed them including ourselves and I’m contemplating making another order really soon, and maybe even sending out a bunch locally for Christmas.
Butter Rum: These were my husband and I’s favorite. The butter rum ganache was amazingly creamy — it went really well with the chocolate and the cherry.
Dark Mocha: We liked these ones too, but because the ganache in these are chocolate, it was a little bit of chocolate overload but still incredibly good!
If anyone is looking to try these guys out, they seem to be making the holiday craft fair circuit.
Anyways… I had a fantastic experience with Cordial Creations and really hope that they stick around. I think their unique cordials are fantastic. Thanks for everything!