Wednesday, February 25, 2009

ChocolateBet: February 25, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1 package
Leaves-n-Trees
Chocolate Dipped Pineapple (Pina con Chocolate)
Very Good - nice tropical taste
Wt.: 5.29 oz. (150 grams)
Calories: ~430 calories for whole pkg.
Cost: $ ? (need to find/check receipt)
Purchased from: (store in San Jose, Costa Rica, airport)

ChocolateBet: February 24, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

2.3 suckers
Signature Chocolates
Gourmet Chocolate Truffle Pops (3 different flavors)
1 oz. (each) x 2.3 = 2.3 oz. total
1.) Very Good (rolled in coconut?) 1 oz.
2.) Good (chocolate) 1 oz.
3.) Good +(white chocolate w/ lime?) ~.3 oz. bite
Calories: 150 cals for 1 oz. sucker (estimate) x 2.3 = 345 cals. total for 3 different suckers I ate
Cost: $ N/A (gift from Megan)
Purchased from: N/A - gift

It was a 3 sucker day. Thank you Megan!
Note: Entries were posted late this week due to international travel, and lack of regular Internet access.

ChocolateBet: February 23, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

Approx. 2 oz.
Leaves-n-Trees
chocolate-covered macadamia ("chocolate relleno de macadamia")
Very Good
Wt.: ~ 2 oz. (~56.6 grams)/ 5.29 oz. (150 g.) in total pkg.
Calories: ~260 calories for ~ 2 oz. (56.6 g.)
Cost: $? (receipt?)
Purchased from: (store at San Jose, Costa Rica, airport)

Note: Entries were posted late this week due to my being out of the country (in Costa Rica), and not having regular Internet access.

ChocolateBet: February 22, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1.5 oz.
Aloha Gourmet Products, Inc.
Chocolate Covered Kona Coffee Beans
Good + - Very Good
Wt.: 1.5 oz. (~42.5 g.)/6.75 oz. (191.7g.) ttl pkg/bag
Calories: ~225 calories (estimate)
Cost: $? (receipt?)
Purchased from: (a shop in Hawaii a few months back)

Oh me of little faith. I brought a stash of chocolate along with me to Costa Rica (where I've been the past week or so), just in case I couldn't find a new chocolate each day of this trip. Chocolate has become so globally available, I needn't have worried.

And bringing coffee from Hawaii (U.S.) to Costa Rica was a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle.

ChocolateBet: February 21, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1 truffle
Starbucks Chocolate
Caramel Macchiato Truffles
Good
Wt.: ~.42 oz. (~11.5 g.) in 1 truffle /.84 oz. (23 g.) small box of 2 truffles
Calories: 65 calories in 1 truffle/130 cals. for 1 pkg. of 2 pcs.
Cost: $? (receipt?)
Walgreens, Palo Alto, CA

Note: Entries were posted late this week due to international travel, and lack of regular Internet access.

ChocolateBet: February 20, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:
1/2 bar
Harry & David
Moose Munch Chocolate Bar (Drk Choc.)
Good+ - Very Good
Wt.: 1 oz. (28.3 g.)/2 oz. (56 g.) total bar
Calories: 145 calories for 1/2 bar
Cost: $2.49
Purchased from: Walgreens, in Palo Alto, CA

Note: Entries were posted late this week due to international travel and lack of regular Internet access. This chocolate made the trip down to Costa Rica with me, and was eaten there. I have tried Harry & David's Moose Munch chocolate popcorn candy before. The combination of flavors is similar in this bar, however the popcorn plays more of a back seat to the chocolate.

ChocolateBet: February 19, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1 bar
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Luxe Milk Almond bar (milk chocolate with toasted almonds)
Very Good
Wt.: 3 oz. (85 g.)
Calories: 460 calories for 1 bar
Cost: $2.49 for 1 bar
Purchased from: Michaels (store), in Mountain View, CA

I enjoyed this bar for lunch one day while on vacation in Costa Rica. Yes, I admit I hauled down some chocolates to eat on my trip, even though I was traveling to a cacao-producing country...because you never know.

Note: Entries were posted later this week, due to my being out of the country without regular Internet access.

ChocolateBet: February 18, 2009



Chocolate of the Day:
~1/5 bar
Green & Black's (Organic)
Toffee bar (milk chocolate (34% cacao) with toffee pieces)
Good + - Very Good
Wt.: .7 oz. (20 g.)/3.5 oz. (100g.) total bar
Calories: 105 calories for 1/5 bar
Cost: $ ?
Purchased from: Walgreens, in Palo Alto, CA

Note: Entries were posted late this week due to travel outside the country.

ChocolateBet: February 17, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:
1/3 bar
Starbucks Chocolate
Mocha Dark Chocolate (made w/ Guatamalan Casi Cielo coffee)
Very Good +
Wt.: 1 oz. (28.3 oz.)/3 oz. (85 g.) in total bar
Calories: ~ 132 calories for 1/3 bar
Cost: $ ? (need to check receipt)
Purchased from: Walgreens, in Palo Alto, CA

Note: Entries this week were posted late, due to travel outside the country.

ChocolateBet: February 16, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:
1/3 bar
Ikea Food
Choklad Mork (Dark chocolate) bar
Very Good
Wt.: ~1.16 oz. (33 g.)/3.5 oz. (100 g.) total bar
Calories: ~170 cals for 1/3 bar
Cost: $0.99 for 1 bar
Purchased from: IKEA store in Palo Alto, CA

Note: Entries this week were posted after the fact, due to travel outside the country. This bar was shared with a small group while in Costa Rica.

ChocolateBet: February 15, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1 bar
Bumble Bar Inc.
Bumble Bar (Chocolate Crisp); Organic, gluten-free, vegan
Good + - Very Good
Wt.: 1 bar = 1.6 oz. (45 grams)
Calories: 200 calories for 1 bar
Cost: $ $1.79
Purchased from: Whole Foods Market, in Cupertino, CA

Note: entries this week were posted after they actually occurred this week - after I returned to the U.S. from a trip. I ate this bar near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. What a beautiful country.

ChocolateBet: February 14, 2009


Chocolate(s) of the Day:

1.)
1/4 package
Saxon Chocolates
Belgian Chocolate Dipped Australian Ginger
Very Good
Wt.: ~.7 oz. (20 g.)/2.8 oz. (80g.) in total pkg.
Calories: 115 calories in 1 20-gram serving
Cost: $0 (gift from Megan - Thank you Megan!)
Purchased from: Loehmanns store, in Sunnyvale, CA
How wonderful to have eaten/shared these at the Nectandra Cloud Forest garden/reserve in Costa Rica. Thank you Evelyne for the great tour and lunch.

2.)
(El) Gallito (Kraft Foods)
2 hearts/pieces
Corazones (little red foil-wrapped milk chocolate hearts)
Cost: 685 Costa Rica colones (CRC) = (~$1.25 USD)
Purchased from: El Sesteo store in Heredia, Costa Rica

This was a "2 chocolate day" in honor of Valentines Day

Note: Entries this week were posted after they occurred, due to my traveling outside the U.S. and not having Internet access.

ChocolateBet: February 13, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

2 pieces/clusters
Madi K's/Madison's Grand Avenue Chocolates
Dark Choc Almond Clusters - California Roasted Nonpareil Almonds (52% cacao)
Wt.: ~1.29 oz. (~37 g.) for 2 clusters/1.95 oz. (56 g.) total box of 3 clusters
Very Good
Calories: 200 cals. in 2 clusters (2/3 box)
Cost: $2.99 for total package
Purchased from: Piazza's Fine Foods, in Palo Alto, CA

I packed up these almond clusters to eat on a trip down to Costa Rica. As noted before, I almost never need this chocolate stash (as there is usually plenty of local chocolates to try). However, because my goal is to eat a different kind of chocolate each day, for at least 1,000 days, I travel with some extra chocolates that are on my list to eat, just in case.

I ate these at the Hotel Bougainvillea near San Jose, Costa Rica, which has a large, beautiful garden in back of the hotel. In this garden there are a few little cacao trees, coffee bushes, gardenias, and many other beautiful plants, trees, flowers, ponds, and statues. Seeing cacao trees on this trip (and a few days later trying the white fruit that surrounds the cacao beans) was a major highlight.
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