Strawberry Rhubarb Pie S'mores: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day

Today is Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day. I've posted several recipes for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Chocolate Crust, but for today's celebration I thought I'd post a fun recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie S'mores. S'mores you say? Pie in S'mores you ask? Yes!

TCHO Chocolate here in the San Francisco Bay Area makes a very unique bar--Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar. This unique bar won a Bronze medal at the Americas 2015 International Chocolate Awards.

As their materials note:
Remember when you were a kid and your mom baked a fresh pie with strawberries you'd picked that summer afternoon? Bursting with summer berry goodness, here are all the fixings in a real strawberry rhubarb pie — including the pie crust.

TCHO Pairings are about how great ingredients and great chocolate enhance the flavors of each other, masterfully mixing to create extraordinary chocolate delight! TCHO Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar has chocolate-covered strawberry rhubarb pie goodness that even has crunchy bits of real pie crust included.

FYI: This bar is temporarily sold out, but you can also use other bars to make some uniquely flavored S'mores. 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie S'mores

Ingredients
Graham Crackers
Tcho Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar
Marshmallows

Directions
Break graham cracker in half. Put a piece of TCHO Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar on graham cracker
Put marshmallow on stick and roast (or cook over a stove) until golden brown.
Take marshmallow off stick and lay on top of chocolate bar piece that's on top of the graham cracker. Cover with other graham cracker part and EAT!

This Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Bar can also be substituted in other S'mores recipes (I've posted over 50 over the years! I love variety in my S'mores!

TCHO MOVING TO BERKELEY!

SF Business Times reports that Tcho Chocolate will be leaving the San Francisco Waterfront for Berkeley.

According to Tcho’s new CEO Andrew Burke, Tcho simply outgrew its 29,000-sqaure-foot facility on the Embarcadero’s Pier 17 and couldn’t find a suitable place in the city to meet its needs for an all-in-one office, warehouse and factory.

“With the growth needs that we now have, this new space is ideal for us,” said Burke, adding that the company’s production and revenue has shot up to more than $6 million — up from $4.5 million at the beginning of last year.

While Tcho is still searching for a location to keep a small shop in San Francisco, it will shut its doors at the Pier 17 property next month. The company hopes to reopen in Berkeley by April.

Burke said that the move shouldn’t affect the gourmet chocolate company’s brand, which has leaned heavily on San Francisco’s culture of innovation and creativity — qualities he said are represented in cities throughout the Bay Area.

“If you think of Tcho and what we stand for — innovation, creating a high quality product with passionate people — that stands for the whole Bay Area, not just San Francisco,” he said.

“Community and culture is very important, and we love where we are today. If we could hold our needs of growth, it would be great, but we can’t.”

Burke said that the new facility will allow the company to better integrate its retail shop and manufacturing to create a better experience for visitors.

“We always felt like Willy Wonka and now we can really do that well,” he said. “People will be able to come into the store and better interact to see how the chocolate is actually being made.”

The new factory in West Berkeley will house the factory, offices and a tasting room.

HT: Janet Appel