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Taza Chocolate
Hazelnut Butter bar
Good
Weight: .75 oz. (21.25 g.) / 3 oz. (85 g.) in total bar
Calories: 120 calories in 1/4 bar
Cost: $7.95 in 1 bar
Purchased from: SweetE Organic, Mill Valley, CA
Today's Factory Limited Hazelnut Butter bar from Taza Chocolate (Somerville, MA) contained Hazelnut Butter with 52% Dark Stone Ground Chocolate, a smidge of vanilla, and not much else.
The certifications list on the wrapper took up more space than the ingredients list -- in this case, a sign that makers care about quality, customers and the world around them. (These certifications/logos included USDA Organic, Taza Chocolate Direct Trade Certified Cacao, Certified Gluten-Free, Dairy and Soy Free, and the "U" that indicates Pareve.)
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Adding hazelnut butter and cocoa butter to this bar helped smooth out "rough edges" (slightly gritty texture) often present with stoneground chocolate.
The upside with stone-ground: more volatile or delicate flavor elements aren't lost due to processing. With less grinding, conching and heating time -- flavors maintain their intensity. A strong, freshly ground cacao aroma wafts up when peeling back the foil inner wrapper of this bar (and other Taza bars) as a result.
Today was Day #7 of Chocolate and Hazelnut Theme Week, and Day #1 of Spring 2014. Happy Spring to all.