Tag Archive: dark chocolate
Cémoi Chocolatier Francais – Equador 50%
December 21, 2018
It’s not very often that I find a “dark milk” chocolate bar among the other chocolates in my local retail store. But today is one of those rare days when I happen upon a 50% Ecuadoran Milk Chocolate from Cémoi.
Heavenly Organics Almond Chocolate Honey Patties
December 17, 2018
Heavenly Organics products contain honey made from free-range bees living in India. They harvest all organic honey from wild beehives. The honey is sold in jars as raw white honey, but also in the form of sweet patties covered in 100% cacao chocolate (unsweetened baking chocolate) with a variety of organic flavorings added.
Tcho Bites Toffee & Sea Salt Chocolate Discs
December 9, 2018
It’s my personal mission to bring chocolate just about everywhere I go. Doesn’t matter if it’s a casual visit or a formal evening, chocolate is a welcomed gift. If it’s shared right away, I have the pleasure of discussing flavor and texture with the recipient(s) as well as learning what they think about it.
In a recent trip over to a friend’s house, I took a bag of Tcho Bites - Toffee and Sea Salt chocolate snacks. They are round bite-sized wafers of toffee coated in organic 53% cacao “dark milk” chocolate.
Indulgence Chocolate – Cranberry Pumpkin Seed
November 30, 2018
Just as fall leaves were reaching their peak colors, and pumpkin was on my mind, I happened upon a 54% chocolate bar from Indulgence called Cranberry Pumpkin Seed. I bought it and took it along with me as I visited a dear friend and her mother one evening. We broke open the bar with high expectations. It did not disappoint – well, almost. Read more
Baci Perugina Dark 70%
November 24, 2018
In 1922, Luisa Spagnoli created a hazelnut confection and covered it in dark chocolate. She called it “Cazzotto,” because the shape reminded her of a “fist.” But one of the founding partners, Giovanni Buitoni, wondered why a customer would want to buy something called a fist? She changed the name to Baci, meaning “kisses.”
Tabal Chocolate – Ka 70% Columbia
October 30, 2018
My last post about a Tabal chocolate bar described their single origin 70% from Bolivia. Today’s review is also a Tabal single origin but this time it’s a 70% from Colombia and it only contains two ingredients; chocolate and cane sugar. In fact, the name of the bar, “Ka”, means “two”.
Salba Chia – Chocolate Covered Chia Seeds
October 24, 2018
I remember commercials from my childhood for “Chia Pet”. And it is because of this memory that I had a hard time thinking of chia as an edible food.
Chia seeds as an ingredient is all the rage these days. Sprinkle them on yogurt. Make your own chia seed pudding. You can even find them in pre-packaged items like cereal, granola bars, applesauce, candy bars, and crackers. Now there’s another twist – dark chocolate coated chia seeds.
Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier
October 19, 2018
I love it when Gail Ambrosius, owner and masterful chocolate creator of Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier, writes “In my opinion, good chocolate is its own food group”.
It’s like she knows me!
Theo Orange Dark Chocolate
October 11, 2018
I’ve tasted and reviewed a few Theo chocolates in the past. It’s been a while, though. Revisiting a familiar friend is nice once in a while.
Alter Eco Super Blackout
September 20, 2018
Alter Eco offers a variety of chocolate snacks, chocolate bars, and chocolate truffles. According their website, www.alterecofoods.com, they work with their cacao partner, Acopagro Co-op in Peru to conserve the Amazon rain forest by replanting. They intend to boost biodiversity, improve the co-op’s food security with crop diversity, and provide a retirement plan for farmers by creating a sustainable forestry of mature trees.
Alter Eco is one of my top go-to chocolate bar crafters, especially the really dark bars like Blackout (85%) and Super Blackout (90%).