Friday, April 22, 2011

ChocolateBet: April 22, 2011

Chocolate of the Day:
3 small eggs2 Almond Praline Milk Chocolate Eggs
1 Almond Praline Dark Chocolate Egg
Very Good
Weight: .84 oz. (23.7 g.) for 3 small eggs/ 4.5 oz. (127 g.) total egg
Calories:
Cost: $10 for total egg
Purchased from: Valrhona booth at International Chocolate Salon, in San Francisco, CA

Today was the last day for the Valrhona chocolate eggs this week. This variety of colorful foil-wrapped chocolate eggs had been enclosed in a clear, plastic egg "shell" container. I had previously sampled a Hazelnut Praline and Pure Dark (70%) chocolate eggs, and this morning I enjoyed an Almond Praline Milk Chocolate and Almond Praline Dark Chocolate eggs.

Today was Day #24 of Chocolate Egg Appreciation Month.

ChocolateBet: April 21, 2011

Chocolate(s) of the Day:
1 egg
Valrhona
Assorted eggs in larger plastic egg
Pure Dark Chocolate (70%) egg
Good + - Very Good
Weight: .28 oz. (7.9 g.) for 1 egg /4.5 oz. (127 g.) total egg
Calories: 42 calories
Cost: $10 total egg/container
Purchased from: Valrhona booth, at the San Francisco Chocolate Salon, San Francisco, CA

Today was Day #23 of Chocolate Egg Appreciation Month. Easter Sunday is 3 days away, and I've been "appreciating" different types and flavors of chocolate eggs for the past three weeks.

I returned to the Valrhona plastic mother egg (that I'd obtained at a recent Chocolate Salon event) -- to try another one of the different, foil-wrapped mini eggs that were nestled inside. Today, I chose the pure dark chocolate egg (70%) wrapped in red foil, filled with a dark chocolate ganache. The elegant pattern on each egg suggested a cracked shell; perhaps the chocolate chick(s) inside decided not to hatch, due to their tasty surroundings, and became reabsorbed inside the smooth filling. However, I detected no happy chocolate chick feathers or beaks in these eggs. So I'm discarding this theory.


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