ChocolateBet: October 5, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 bar
Green & Black's Chocolate Ltd.
Very Good + - Yum
Weight: 3.5 oz. (100 grams) in 1 bar
Calories: ~ 520 calories (estimate)
Cost: $3.79
Purchased from: Gualala Supermarket, in Gualala, CA

Good, professional execution on texture, ingredients, and taste is the way I would describe this organic, dark chocolate bar. The bar tasted freshly made as well, which always helps.

And where is Gualala you might ask? (It is a small town on the Pacific Ocean, a few hours North of San Francisco.)

ChocolateBet: October 4, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 piece
Sonoma Chocolatiers
Spicy Peanut Butter
Very Good
Weight: ~.6 oz. (17 g.) in 1 piece
Calories: ~ 90 calories (estimate)
Cost: $2.20
Purchased from: Infusions Tea House, Sebastopol, CA

The Infusions Tea House carries several interesting flavored chocolates from Sonoma Chocolatiers (and a few from Love Bird Chocolates). This individual Spicy Peanut Butter chocolate has a ganache (filling) made with 62% cacao and peanut butter. (If you're looking for a Reese's style peanut butter center, this is not it. It's more dark cacao than peanut butter.) The ganache is surrounded by a 75% cacao coating, and finally rolled in chopped peanuts. The hot, spicy flavor is more of a slight aftertaste than a full-on burn.

Note: the image above is from the Sonoma Chocolatiers website: http://sonomachocolatiers.com/flavors