Tag Archive: dark chocolate
Raaka Virgin Chocolate – Bourbon Cask Aged
March 21, 2018
Virgin chocolate. Bourbon cask aged. Tanzania. 82% cacao. Good Food awards winner.
Okay, this has my attention. But wait, what’s virgin chocolate? And, what’s this about - aged in bourbon casks?
Luck O’ the Irish – Shamrock Truffles
March 12, 2018
I have a little Irish blood in my veins, and just a drop is all you need to celebrate with my family. Each year, we gather together for a splendid St. Patty’s Day meal. While there are many specialty foods associated with St. Patrick’s Day, chocolate is usually not one of them. But it’s top o’ mind at my nearby chocolates shop – Allo! Chocolat.
Dark Chocolate With Passion Fruit Filling
March 6, 2018
While rummaging through my chocolate drawer, I found a bar that had somehow found its way to the very bottom, hidden underneath all the other chocolates. What caught my eye was a square block of chocolate wrapped in bright yellow packaging with large reddish-pink print: “Dark Chocolate with Passion Fruit Filling”.
Sometimes I forget where some of the chocolate comes from that winds up in my chocolate drawer. Did I buy it? Was it a gift from someone? Is it a gift for someone that I forgot to give (that happens to you too, right!?)?
Indulgence Chocolatiers – Porter
February 27, 2018
I’m an avid reader. I especially like a good book series. I’m always eager to dive into the next book even when I’ve barely finished the one I’m reading.
I have the same relationship with chocolate bars from Indulgence Chocolatiers. After I finish one variety of bar, I’m ready to try the next. Out of the nearly 20 different offerings, I think I’ve only had 5 so far.
Casa del Chocolate – Varadero, Cuba
February 19, 2018
Every chocolate I’ve ever tasted comes with a story. This is no exception.
I found chocolate in Cuba! And what an extraordinary experience for me. Born in the mid-sixties in the U.S., everything Cuba has been off limits for my entire life.
Last month I traveled to Cuba with my husband and other alumni from our alma mater, Carroll University. We had a packed itinerary focusing on cultural and educational activities. Our People to People experience was equal parts eye opening and heart opening.
Mast Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Chocolate
February 12, 2018
Some gifts are better than others. For me, the best gifts I receive are consumable; chocolate, wine, chocolate. Actually, it doesn’t even have to be food. Could be anti-wrinkle, anti-aging, antioxidant facial serum. Just saying!
Hands down, the best gift to receive (and give!) is chocolate. Recently, my brother gave me a gift of some chocolate bars from Mast Brothers. He knows what I like!
Madécasse – Sea Salt & Nibs Dark Chocolate
January 29, 2018
Madécasse, pronounced Mah-day-kas, is an old French word for Madagascar.
Madécasse uses Heirloom cacao to make their Madagascar origin chocolate. According to their website, www.madecasse.com, “…it is some of earth’s original genetic variety of cocoa that has remained untouched for hundreds of years and is found in only a few places in the world”.
Tabal Bolivia – Bolivian Single Source Cacao Bar
January 22, 2018
Today’s chocolate comes from a company located in my old stomping grounds where I grew up – Wauwatosa, WI. I lived on 73rd and Center and spent countless hours riding my bike around town. North Avenue was the longest, busiest street, and it had everything. There was Tosa Variety, the penny candy store, A&P grocery (and then a Kohl’s Food Store). I bought all my hamsters at Wisconsin Garden and Pet. I remember eating the most delicious bakery at Hartter’s with my Dad on Sunday morning.
Amedei Tuscany Madagascar 70%
January 15, 2018
My third and final review of a chocolate purchased from the World of Chocolate Museum and Café in Orlando, Florida is a single origin “Cru” from Amedei Tuscany. The bar is a 70% dark chocolate made from beans grown in Madagascar.
Domori Chocolate – 90% Dark Criollo
January 8, 2018
Last week I reviewed a milk chocolate, Zotter’s Labooko Nicaragua 50%, that I purchased from the World of Chocolate Café and Museum in Orlando, Florida. I also purchased today’s selection from there. I’m going from the extreme milk chocolate experience to the extreme dark chocolate experience – today’s review is a 90% dark from Domori.
As opposite as these two bars seem, there is something they have in common. They are both rated as “made from a top rated chocolate manufacturer” according to author and taste tester G. Bernardini.