Guittard Nocturne 91% Cocoa
December 21, 2015
91% cocoa is an extremely dark chocolate. If you want to taste a multi-bean chocolate blend without the distraction of other added ingredients, then this is your bar!
Actually, there are very small amounts of added sugar, vanilla, and cocoa butter, but considering that 91% out of 100% is pure crushed cacao, these are not much of a contributing factor.
Chocolate this dark is not for everyone. The level of sweetness is there only to soften the bitter notes enough to appreciate all the naturally occurring flavor notes in chocolate.
This particular chocolate blend showcases strong red berry fruit notes along with bold, roasted, nutty notes. The end is astringent and dry, with rich cocoa notes in the aftertaste. There is a hint of earth and paper throughout.
The texture is velvety smooth and the bite is hard and crisp.
Sometimes an intensely sweet chocolate or one rich in creamy flavors can make you want to be done eating before you can honestly say you’ve enjoyed it. Or sometimes you are done but feeling that something is still missing.
The nice thing about eating this chocolate is that your mouth doesn’t experience any flavor fatigue. Nor is there any lack of satisfaction!
Guittard Nocturne is full of flavor and surprisingly easy to enjoy in spite of the low sugar content.
I Remember When...
This is not your mother’s unsweetened baking chocolate. You know what I’m talking about –remember when you were a kid, and you accidentally thought the square of baking chocolate was a candy bar, only to find yourself involuntarily spitting it out and vowing never to eat sugarless chocolate again?
And then, of course, you had the realization that you knew something your gullible little brother didn’t know... (wait, did I just share that publicly? oops.)
So, that’s in the past. Now you are a grown up and can handle a grown-up, sophisticated, and hard-core chocolate taste experience!
Go ahead, give it try. I double dog dare you.
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