Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Nut 'n Bean - Chocolate Chip Cookie Almond Butter - June 3, 2014

Chocolate of the Day: 

Nut 'n Bean
Chocolate Chip Cookie Almond Butter
Good
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3) g.) / 8 oz. (227 g.) in total jar
Calories: 190 calories (estimate) in approx. 2 TB serving
Cost: $8.00 (estimate) for 1 jar
Purchased from: Nut 'n Bean table at Palo Alto Farmers Market, Palo Alto, CA

Today was Day #3 of Chocolate and Butter Theme Week.

There are many kinds of butters. The nut butter selection has expanded considerably in the past several years where I live. So, one can buy not just almond butter, but many different kinds of almond butter now.

Today's Chocolate Chip Cookie Almond Butter from Nut 'n Bean (Hayward, CA), purchased at a local farmers market, did capture the flavors of a chocolate chip cookie with a hint of coconut. It was good spread on bread or toast (or, in my case, gluten free bread).

If you like these buttery cookie and coconut flavors, you can take this cookie on toast concept one step further by garnishing your toast with chopped organic coconut butter toffee and almonds. Too much? Perhaps. This isn't an episode of "pimp my toast" after all; however buttery flavors are seductive.

Patric Chocolate - Browned Butter Bar - June 2, 2014

Chocolate of the Day: 

Patric Chocolate
Browned Butter Bar
Good + - Very Good
Weight: .766 oz. (11.6 g.) / 2.3 oz. (65 g.) in 1/3 bar
Calories: 115 calories (estimate) in 1/3 bar
Cost: $10.00 for 1 bar
Purchased from: The Chocolate Garage, Palo Alto, CA

Today was Day #2 of Chocolate and Butter Theme Week.

Butter has become more popular in recent years, as reports have surfaced that margarine isn't as healthy as it was once thought to be, and fats were deemed to be perhaps not quite the death knell that they were made out to be either. But, then again, a good solid majority of Americans continued their love affair with butter, without paying much attention to grim warnings.

Butter lovers now have something else to celebrate -- some new butter and craft chocolate combinations, such as today's glossy Browned Butter Bar from Patric Chocolate (Columbia, MO).

Dark chocolate with browned butter, brown sugar and sea salt. That's it. This bar was well balanced with fruit acid and tangy flavors from the chocolate and brown sugar and rich brown butter notes.





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