Cherry Lux

Ever had a truly nasty cherry cordial? We have! This is our response to the kind of plastic-y and gooey red stuff that’s been preserved for eternity. Frankly, this bar needed raising, and we went for the exact opposite of the status quo here: Dried Michigan tart cherries candied in Luxardo syrup until tender, topped with smooth, slightly fudgy dark chocolate ganache, the prettiest cherry on top, and the tiniest bit of large crystal sugar (paying homage with gratitude to the crunch of the classic sugar-encrusted cordial).

This Bon is close to the heart of our founder, Alex. Her grandpa was a devoted cordial man (who lived well into his 90s, presumably preserved purely by his outsized consumption of whatever awful stuff allows gas station cherry cordials to have a half decade shelf life). He’d swing by Bon Bon Bon to pick up Bons for his very lovely, very patient girlfriend Tufi, then not-so-secretly hit up the Polish Arts Center for his own sugar-packed liquor-filled truffles. 

Alex grew up a little differently (than her dad did with her grandpa but also than maybe most people) — homemade bread, homemade peanut butter, parents who even homemade the home itself out of a pile of literal trash. And, like all of them, she’s a pit-spittin’ Michigan kid who knew like anyone else that the perfect dried cherry could put even the gushers in your lunch to shame. When she entered the food world, she romanced with more Griotte big city dreams while high prices for little cartons of the fresh stuff left her a little homesick. 

The result is a classic. To this day, Cherry Lux is one of our favorite Bons that we make. It's the perfect cherry chocolate for a chocolatier from Michigan who loves her grandpa and was lucky enough to experience something truly fancy once or twice.