Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Liz Lovely - Triple Chocolate Mint Cookie - June 25, 2014

Chocolate of the Day:

Liz Lovely
Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Mint Cookie
Good + - Very Good
Weight: 3.17 oz. (90 g.) in 1 cookie
Calories: 190 calories in 1 cookie
Cost: $2.50 for 1 cookie
Purchased from: SweetE Organic, Mill Valley, CA

This Triple Chocolate Mint Cookie from Liz Lovely (Waitsfield, VT) had a nice, slightly crunchy chew, with plenty of chocolate and peppermint flavor.

The cookie held together well (sometimes crumbling is an issue with gluten-free cookies) and I felt like I was eating a "real" cookie.

Liz Lovely makes gluten free and vegan cookies in Vermont's Green Mountains. This cookie was also dairy free, egg-free, pareve and Non-GMO.


Hagensborg - Truffle Pig Dark Peppermint bar - June 24, 2014

Chocolate of the Day: 

Hagensborg Chocolates
Truffle Pig Dark Peppermint bar
Good+ - Very Good
Weight: 1.17 oz. (33.3 g.) / 1.76 oz. (50 g.) in total bar
Calories: 175 calories (estimate) in 2/3 bar
Cost: $ (not known)
Purchased from: information lost to the sands of time

Today was Day #10 of Chocolate and Mint Theme Week. As I previously explained, I'm taking liberties with the term "Week," and I'm stretching one theme week into, well, two weeks (14 days).

I considered re-titling Chocolate and Mint Theme Week to Chocolate and Peppermint Theme Week, as almost all the chocolates this past week or so have contained peppermint (with the exception of an absinthe chocolate).

So, back to the actual chocolate...This silky smooth Truffle Pig Dark Peppermint bar from Hagensborg Chocolates (Burnaby, BC, Canada) was cleverly made of three chocolate pigs stuck together, each with a different expression. I ate two of them. The aroma of peppermint wafted through the air when I opened the packaging. The bar had remained fresh tasting after spending a considerable time wallowing in my "chocolate vault" in the back room.

Thank you pigs; and thank you to Hagensborg for creating such entertaining lively pig characters -- such as the one stepping out with the scarf pictured on this wrapper. Other illustrated pigs frolic and recline in chocolate.
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