Based around the International Chocolate Salon held late last year in San Francisco, the 2013 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Award winners were announced this week by TasteTV, which created the contest and event. I was a judge at the Salon, where I got to sample amazing artisanry and talk to the artisans themselves. Mindy Fong of SF-based Jade Chocolates was premiering her latest product: dried green mango with a chili-lime spice rub atop chocolate tiles. I snapped a picture of these spicy little guys: Wendy Lieu, who operates SF-based Socola Chocolatier with her sister, crafts truffles flavored with guava, lychee, durian, black sesame, bacon, pumpkin, PB&J, tea, Vietnamese…