ChocolateBet: August 27, 2011

Chocolate of the Day:

1/12 bar
Theo Chocolate
Orange (bar)
Good +
Weight: .25 oz. (7 g.) / 3 oz. (84 g.) total bar
Calories: 33 calories
Cost: $4.00 (sale)
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, in Palo Alto, CA

Today was Day #4 of Chocolate and Orange Theme Week.

Theo Chocolate (Seattle, WA) produces a variety of flavored bars, confections and caramels. Today's Organic, Fair Trade, Orange dark chocolate (70% cacao) bar had an attractive sheen and a hard snap. The orange in this Orange bar was hard to detect; I would have liked a bit more of this fruit flavor and texture to balance the dark bitterness of the chocolate.

ChocolateBet: August 26, 2011

Chocolate of the Day:

1/5 bar
Mink Chocolates
Navel Gazing (bar)
Very Good
Weight: .35 oz. (10 g.)/ 1.76 oz. (50 g.) total bar
Calories: 50 calories in 1/5 bar
Cost: $7.00 (approx. w/ tax)
Purchased from: Mink Chocolates, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Today was Day #3 of Chocolate and Orange Theme Week. I wish I had time for a little navel gazing today. But, today's sizzling work schedule did not allow for any such thing.

So, I enjoyed taking a break in name only with an organic, dark chocolate (70% cacao) bar from Mink Chocolates. While this bar suffered a bit from some heat in the car, Mink's "Navel Gazing" barre de chocolat was still very good -- with tasty bits of candied orange zest (with just the right amount of sweetness and texture, and a pleasant, almost malty taste) embedded (by hand if I'm not mistaken) in each of its raised compartments (squares).