October is Breast Cancer awareness month and Ghirardelli is using the power and popularity of chocolate to make a difference.  Each time you purchase an Intense Dark chocolate bar, Ghirardelli will donate $1.00 to the National Breast Cancer foundation.  After enjoying one of the many varieties of Intense Dark, don’t throw away the wrapper until after you’ve entered the code on their website.  The code is printed on the inside of the packaging.

It is hard to choose my favorite among the Intense Dark varieties because they’re all so good! 

I most recently had the pleasure of eating Toffee Interlude.  This rich, bold chocolate surrounds crunchy toffee pieces and caramelized almonds.  The buttery and caramel flavors blend nicely with the soft sweetness of the chocolate and the hint of salt from the almonds. 

A couple different wines pair very well with the Toffee Interlude.  Choose a Chardonnay with buttery and vanilla notes to bring out the toffee, or a sweet late harvest Riesling to bring out the chocolate and almond.

Ghirardelli (pronounced Gear-ar-delly) was founded in 1852 and has been making chocolate ever since.  One of Ghirardelli’s promotional campaigns declares “Lose yourself in the Dark”.  They offer seven different flavors to do just that; 60% Evening Dream, 72% Twilight Delight, 86% Midnight Reverie, Espresso Escape, Toffee Interlude, Sea Salt Soiree, and Hazelnut Heaven. 

Ghirardelli is a bean to bar operation.  They begin by roasting cacao beans and finish with the molded chocolate bar.  This means they can control the entire process for flavor, quality and consistency.  If you are a Ghirardelli lover, you instantly recognize their signature flavor profile in their chocolates.  That’s due to a proprietary bean blend they use to create this unique flavor.
 
After selecting, blending and roasting the cacao beans, Ghirardelli mixes and refines their chocolate into a velvety smooth texture and a melt-in- your-mouth deliciousness.  Ghirardelli takes careful steps to make sure their chocolate is memorable.  I have already lost myself to the Dark side of chocolate and it is a beautiful place to be!

Please enjoy an Intense Dark Chocolate.  And make a difference in the cure for Breast Cancer at the same time!

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Bryn Kirk

Course Facilitator at Chocolate University Online

Bryn worked for nearly 10 years in a research and product development for Ambrosia Chocolate Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now she develops all of the CUO lessons and coaches the members of the Primal Chocolate Club.

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