And it takes Hamouda’s creation to a whole other level. The Dubai chocolate strawberry cup is a cup filled with layers of strawberries, chocolate, and a pistachio cream-kataifi pastry mixture.

Vanilla extract 1 cup fresh strawberries, washed, trimmed & quartered Fresh mint leaf Melt chocolate in double boiler Fold in vegetable oil Fill paper cupcake cups with melted chocolate ...

For Corpuz, it’s thrilling to explore flavors of his Filipino background, “and by extension, [other] Asian flavors [that] haven’t been introduced or explored” in chocolate, he says.