Wednesday, July 8, 2009

ChocolateBet: July 8, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 small taste piece
Escazu Artisan Chocolates
Single-Origin Dark Chocolate with Pumpkin Seeds & Guajillo Chili (bar)
74% cocoa
Very Good - Very Good +
Weight: ~.15 oz. (4.245 g.) in one taste-sized piece
Calories: ~ 22.5 calories in small taste-sized piece
Cost: $0 (free sample)
Purchased from: (Fog City News, in San Francisco, CA)

Two new firsts today: 1.) I finally made it to Fog City News. (That previous time I arrived there after closing time does not count, although I did discover a great toy store on that dry-run trip.) 2.) I had the opportunity to taste chocolate from a "new" vendor: Escazu Artisan Chocolates, from North Carolina. (Thank you to Fog City for the introduction.) I liked the fact that I could taste the pumpkin seeds in this dark bar; the seeds were still a little crispy, and weren't just little mushy bits.

ChocolateBet: July 7, 2009


Chocolate(s) of the Day:

1.) 1/2 container
Whole Foods
Vegan Chocolate Mousse (with tofu)
Very Good +
Weight: 4.88 oz. (138 g.)/Net Wt. 0.61 lb. total container
Calories: 150 calories (guess) for 1/2 container
Cost: $3.65 for total container
Purchase from: Whole Foods, in Los Altos, CA
Surprisingly good I might add.

2.) 1 bar
Snickers with yellow nougat inside
("Transformers" Bits and Bytes - 4 of 4)
Very Good
Weight: 1.83 oz. (51.9 g.) in 1 bar
Calories: 240 calories in 1 bar
Cost: $0.62 for 1 bar (sale)
Purchased from: Walgreens, in Palo Alto, CA
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